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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938

1938, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938 covers 67 countries. United States is highest, at 10,526.1; Malawi is lowest, at 691.2. The middle country reads 2,632.6. Against 1937, 64 values changed (36 up, 28 down), 3 countries joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1938

HighestUnited States

10,526.1

LowestMalawi

691.2

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), 1938, 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 67 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America10,526.1
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand10,300.0
3United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe9,988.0
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9,608.6
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand9,382.0
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9,185.0
7NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8,368.0
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe7,960.0
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe7,812.0
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,702.0
11CanadaCANNorthern America7,246.0
12FranceFRAWestern Europe7,119.0
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe6,794.0
14ArgentinaARGSouth America6,491.0
15FinlandFINNorthern Europe5,721.0
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe5,673.0
17UruguayURYSouth America5,273.0
18ChileCHLSouth America5,070.0
19ItalyITASouthern Europe4,981.0
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4,865.0
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe4,483.8
22VenezuelaVENSouth America4,289.0
23GreeceGRCSouthern Europe4,267.0
24JapanJPNEastern Asia4,256.8
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe4,232.0

02In 1938

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States10,526.1
  2. 2New Zealand10,300.0
  3. 3United Kingdom9,988.0
  4. 4Switzerland9,608.6
  5. 5Australia9,382.0

Lowest

  1. 67Malawi691.2
  2. 66Zimbabwe946.5
  3. 65Zambia951.9
  4. 64China1,003.0
  5. 63Uganda1,036.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,632.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031937 → 1938

Since 1937

What changed between 1937 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 64values changed, of 64 in both
  • 36 · 28rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Jamaica+ Myanmar+ 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 1938.

  • 66 distinct values among 67

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 2,295.0. 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 67 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) (1938). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938 [data set], describing 1938. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1938

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938?

United States, at 10,526.1, of the 67 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938 describe?

1938.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938 cover?

67.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1938?

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), 1938 the newest?

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

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