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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934

1934, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934 covers 64 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 9,997.4; Malawi is lowest, at 649.8. The middle country reads 2,473.0. Against 1933, 63 values changed (43 up, 20 down), 2 left.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1934

HighestSwitzerland

9,997.4

LowestMalawi

649.8

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), 1934, 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), 1934: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9,997.4
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe8,939.0
3United StatesUSANorthern America8,667.1
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8,611.0
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8,066.0
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe7,659.0
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand7,600.0
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,371.0
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe6,845.0
10FranceFRAWestern Europe6,682.0
11GermanyDEUWestern Europe6,150.0
12ArgentinaARGSouth America6,129.0
13CanadaCANNorthern America5,883.0
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe5,799.0
15FinlandFINNorthern Europe4,763.0
16UruguayURYSouth America4,693.0
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4,594.0
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe4,546.0
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe4,500.3
20ItalyITASouthern Europe4,466.0
21ChileCHLSouth America4,269.0
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3,854.0
23HungaryHUNEastern Europe3,778.0
24SpainESPSouthern Europe3,777.8
25JapanJPNEastern Asia3,755.7

02In 1934

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Switzerland9,997.4
  2. 2United Kingdom8,939.0
  3. 3United States8,667.1
  4. 4Denmark8,611.0
  5. 5Australia8,066.0

Lowest

  1. 64Malawi649.8
  2. 63Uganda801.7
  3. 62Zimbabwe854.1
  4. 61Zambia857.9
  5. 60Nigeria908.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,473.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031933 → 1934

Since 1933

What changed between 1933 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −2countries joined / left
  • 63values changed, of 64 in both
  • 43 · 20rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Côte d’Ivoire− Jamaica

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 1934.

  • 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) (1934). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934 [data set], describing 1934. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1934

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934?

Switzerland, at 9,997.4, of the 64 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934 describe?

1934.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934 cover?

64.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1934?

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), 1934 the newest?

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

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