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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908

1908, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908 covers 50 countries. United States is highest, at 8,976; Malawi is lowest, at 417. The middle country reads 2,320. Against 1907, 48 values changed (24 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1908

HighestUnited States

8,976

LowestMalawi

417

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), 1908, 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 50 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America8,976
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand7,707
3SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe7,508
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7,481
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe7,461
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe6,269
7ArgentinaARGSouth America5,829
8CanadaCANNorthern America5,694
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe5,662
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5,628
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe5,292
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,187
13FranceFRAWestern Europe4,854
14UruguayURYSouth America4,355
15ChileCHLSouth America4,020
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe3,959
17ItalyITASouthern Europe3,795
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,612
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe2,915
20SpainESPSouthern Europe2,913
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe2,767
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2,550
23PanamaPANCentral America2,504
24SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,488
25JapanJPNEastern Asia2,357

02In 1908

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States8,976
  2. 2New Zealand7,707
  3. 3Switzerland7,508
  4. 4Australia7,481
  5. 5United Kingdom7,461

Lowest

  1. 50Malawi417
  2. 49Zambia582
  3. 48Kenya630
  4. 47Uganda708
  5. 46Brazil945

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,320. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031907 → 1908

Since 1907

What changed between 1907 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 48values changed, of 50 in both
  • 24 · 24rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1908.

  • 49 distinct values among 50

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 1,160. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 50 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) (1908). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908 [data set], describing 1908. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1908

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908?

United States, at 8,976, of the 50 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908 describe?

1908.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908 cover?

50.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1908?

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), 1908 the newest?

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

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