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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932

1932, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932 covers 63 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 9,752; Malawi is lowest, at 629. The middle country reads 2,268. Against 1931, 62 values changed (18 up, 44 down), 2 left.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1932

HighestSwitzerland

9,752

LowestMalawi

629

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), 1932, 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 63 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9,752
2United StatesUSANorthern America8,381
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8,239
4United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe8,206
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8,026
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,343
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7,275
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand6,897
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe6,325
10FranceFRAWestern Europe6,311
11CanadaCANNorthern America5,852
12ArgentinaARGSouth America5,614
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe5,526
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,359
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe4,686
16ItalyITASouthern Europe4,602
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4,599
18UruguayURYSouth America4,450
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe4,069
20FinlandFINNorthern Europe4,065
21SpainESPSouthern Europe3,851
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3,649
23JapanJPNEastern Asia3,529
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe3,494
25ChileCHLSouth America2,950

02In 1932

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Switzerland9,752
  2. 2United States8,381
  3. 3Denmark8,239
  4. 4United Kingdom8,206
  5. 5Netherlands8,026

Lowest

  1. 63Malawi629
  2. 62Zambia735
  3. 61Zimbabwe819
  4. 60Uganda853
  5. 59China1,039

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,268. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031931 → 1932

Since 1931

What changed between 1931 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −2countries joined / left
  • 62values changed, of 63 in both
  • 18 · 44rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Myanmar− 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 1932.

  • 62 distinct values among 63

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 1,890. 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 63 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) (1932). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932 [data set], describing 1932. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1932

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932?

Switzerland, at 9,752, of the 63 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932 describe?

1932.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932 cover?

63.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1932?

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), 1932 the newest?

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

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