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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947

1947, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947 covers 55 countries. United States is highest, at 14,312; Zambia is lowest, at 899. The middle country reads 3,231. Against 1946, 54 values changed (40 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1947

HighestUnited States

14,312

LowestZambia

899

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), 1947, 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 55 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America14,312
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand12,506
3CanadaCANNorthern America11,298
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe11,021
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10,622
6United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10,527
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe9,709
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9,620
9IcelandISLNorthern Europe9,231
10ArgentinaARGSouth America8,112
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8,046
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe7,753
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,651
14FranceFRAWestern Europe6,596
15VenezuelaVENSouth America6,500
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe5,925
17UruguayURYSouth America5,757
18ChileCHLSouth America5,187
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4,929
20ItalyITASouthern Europe4,498
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,883
22South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,647
23SpainESPSouthern Europe3,509
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe3,453
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe3,301

02In 1947

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States14,312
  2. 2New Zealand12,506
  3. 3Canada11,298
  4. 4Switzerland11,021
  5. 5Australia10,622

Lowest

  1. 55Zambia899
  2. 54South Korea937
  3. 53Zimbabwe943
  4. 52India985
  5. 51Romania1,087

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,231. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031946 → 1947

Since 1946

What changed between 1946 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 54values changed, of 54 in both
  • 40 · 14rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Malaysia

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 1947.

  • 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 55 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) (1947). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947 [data set], describing 1947. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1947

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947?

United States, at 14,312, of the 55 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947 describe?

1947.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947 cover?

55.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1947?

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), 1947 the newest?

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

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