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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930

1930, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930 covers 64 countries. United States is highest, at 10,695; Malawi is lowest, at 513. The middle country reads 2,548. Against 1929, 64 values changed (23 up, 41 down), 3 left.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1930

HighestUnited States

10,695

LowestMalawi

513

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), 1930, 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 64 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America10,695
2SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9,969
3NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8,931
4United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe8,673
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8,513
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,936
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand7,906
8CanadaCANNorthern America7,669
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7,504
10FranceFRAWestern Europe7,224
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe6,755
12ArgentinaARGSouth America6,503
13GermanyDEUWestern Europe6,333
14UruguayURYSouth America5,950
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe5,781
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe5,716
17ChileCHLSouth America4,876
18ItalyITASouthern Europe4,631
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4,618
20IcelandISLNorthern Europe4,337
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe4,250
22SpainESPSouthern Europe3,918
23HungaryHUNEastern Europe3,832
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3,599
25JapanJPNEastern Asia3,334

02In 1930

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States10,695
  2. 2Switzerland9,969
  3. 3Netherlands8,931
  4. 4United Kingdom8,673
  5. 5Denmark8,513

Lowest

  1. 64Malawi513
  2. 63Zambia622
  3. 62Zimbabwe822
  4. 61Uganda853
  5. 60Nigeria907

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,548. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031929 → 1930

Since 1929

What changed between 1929 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −3countries joined / left
  • 64values changed, of 64 in both
  • 23 · 41rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Albania− Jamaica− Thailand

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 1930.

  • 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 64 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) (1930). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930 [data set], describing 1930. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1930

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930?

United States, at 10,695, of the 64 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930 describe?

1930.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930 cover?

64.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1930?

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), 1930 the newest?

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

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