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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949

1949, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949 covers 60 countries. United States is highest, at 14,197; Malawi is lowest, at 561. The middle country reads 3,319. Against 1948, 58 values changed (40 up, 18 down), 2 countries joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1949

HighestUnited States

14,197

LowestMalawi

561

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), 1949, 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 60 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America14,197
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand11,988
3AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11,536
4CanadaCANNorthern America11,260
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11,088
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe10,944
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe10,351
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe10,127
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe9,373
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe8,868
11NorwayNORNorthern Europe8,332
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe8,278
13ArgentinaARGSouth America8,045
14FranceFRAWestern Europe7,884
15VenezuelaVENSouth America7,828
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe6,604
17UruguayURYSouth America6,531
18ChileCHLSouth America5,710
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe5,426
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe5,249
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,231
22ItalyITASouthern Europe5,188
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3,819
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe3,752
25PolandPOLEastern Europe3,630

02In 1949

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States14,197
  2. 2New Zealand11,988
  3. 3Australia11,536
  4. 4Canada11,260
  5. 5United Kingdom11,088

Lowest

  1. 60Malawi561
  2. 59India995
  3. 58Zambia1,001
  4. 57Zimbabwe1,055
  5. 56Uganda1,060

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,319. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031948 → 1949

Since 1948

What changed between 1948 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 58values changed, of 58 in both
  • 40 · 18rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Indonesia+ Uganda

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 1949.

  • 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 60 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) (1949). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949 [data set], describing 1949. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1949

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949?

United States, at 14,197, of the 60 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949 describe?

1949.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949 cover?

60.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1949?

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), 1949 the newest?

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

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