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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913

1913, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913 covers 72 countries. United States is highest, at 10,108; Malawi is lowest, at 487. The middle country reads 1,858. Against 1912, 49 values changed (35 up, 14 down), 23 countries joined, 1 left.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1913

HighestUnited States

10,108

LowestMalawi

487

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), 1913, 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 72 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America10,108
2AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8,220
=3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand8,212
=3United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe8,212
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe8,172
6CanadaCANNorthern America7,088
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe6,727
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe6,454
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe6,236
10ArgentinaARGSouth America6,052
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,815
12FranceFRAWestern Europe5,555
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe5,523
14UruguayURYSouth America4,838
15ChileCHLSouth America4,836
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe4,581
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe4,415
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4,361
19ItalyITASouthern Europe4,057
20FinlandFINNorthern Europe3,365
21HungaryHUNEastern Europe3,344
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe3,212
23SpainESPSouthern Europe3,063
24PanamaPANCentral America2,927
25PolandPOLEastern Europe2,772

02In 1913

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States10,108
  2. 2Australia8,220
  3. 3United Kingdomshared8,212
  4. 3New Zealandshared8,212
  5. 5Switzerland8,172

Lowest

  1. 72Malawi487
  2. 71Zambia585
  3. 70Uganda708
  4. 69Kenya718
  5. 68Nepal870

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,858. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031912 → 1913

Since 1912

What changed between 1912 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +23 / −1countries joined / left
  • 49values changed, of 49 in both
  • 35 · 14rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ China+ Algeria+ Egypt+ Hong Kong+ Hungary+ Ireland+ Iran+ Iraq+ Jamaica+ Jordan+ Lebanon+ Morocco+ Myanmar+ Nepal+ Poland+ Palestine+ Saudi Arabia+ Syria+ Thailand+ Tunisia+ Türkiye+ Vietnam− Nigeria

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 1913.

  • 70 distinct values among 72

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 8,212. 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 72 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) (1913). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913 [data set], describing 1913. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1913

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913?

United States, at 10,108, of the 72 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913 describe?

1913.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913 cover?

72.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1913?

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), 1913 the newest?

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

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