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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906

1906, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906 covers 51 countries. United States is highest, at 9,980; Malawi is lowest, at 423. The middle country reads 2,276. Against 1870, 42 values changed (37 up, 5 down), 9 countries joined, 25 left.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1906

HighestUnited States

9,980

LowestMalawi

423

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906, as published. GGDC ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 51 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America9,980
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand8,222
3United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe7,782
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe7,584
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7,184
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe6,244
7CanadaCANNorthern America6,130
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5,770
9ArgentinaARGSouth America5,608
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe5,423
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe5,062
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,024
13FranceFRAWestern Europe4,691
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe3,830
15UruguayURYSouth America3,822
16ChileCHLSouth America3,668
17ItalyITASouthern Europe3,652
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,496
19South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2,963
20FinlandFINNorthern Europe2,860
21SpainESPSouthern Europe2,771
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe2,683
23GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2,530
24SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,375
25JapanJPNEastern Asia2,329

02In 1906

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States9,980
  2. 2New Zealand8,222
  3. 3United Kingdom7,782
  4. 4Switzerland7,584
  5. 5Australia7,184

Lowest

  1. 51Malawi423
  2. 50Zambia582
  3. 49Kenya603
  4. 48Malaysia795
  5. 47Uganda804

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,276. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031870 → 1906

Since 1870

What changed between 1870 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −25countries joined / left
  • 42values changed, of 42 in both
  • 37 · 5rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bolivia+ Cuba+ Ghana+ Kenya+ Malawi+ Nigeria+ Panama+ Uganda+ Zambia− Albania− Bulgaria− China− Algeria− Egypt− Hong Kong− Hungary− Ireland− Iran− Iraq− Jamaica− Jordan− South Korea− Lebanon− Morocco− Nepal− Poland− North Korea− Palestine− Saudi Arabia− Syria− Thailand− Tunisia− Türkiye− Vietnam

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2023 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2023 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1906.

  • The position is ours

    GGDC publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 51 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1906). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906 [data set], describing 1906. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1906

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906?

United States, at 9,980, of the 51 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906 describe?

1906.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906 cover?

51.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1906 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022.

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