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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953

1953, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953 covers 149 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 49,989; Botswana is lowest, at 513. The middle country reads 2,276. Against 1952, 148 values changed (124 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1953

HighestKuwait

49,989

LowestBotswana

513

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), 1953, 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 149 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1KuwaitKWTWestern Asia49,989
2QatarQATWestern Asia49,284
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia29,358
4United StatesUSANorthern America16,917
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13,256
6CanadaCANNorthern America12,726
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand12,522
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe12,471
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11,963
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11,709
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11,623
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe11,389
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe10,429
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe9,540
15VenezuelaVENSouth America9,500
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe9,274
17FranceFRAWestern Europe9,060
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe8,886
19UruguayURYSouth America8,030
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe7,818
21ArgentinaARGSouth America7,769
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe7,415
23ItalyITASouthern Europe6,790
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe6,594
25ChileCHLSouth America6,582

02In 1953

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kuwait49,989
  2. 2Qatar49,284
  3. 3United Arab Emirates29,358
  4. 4United States16,917
  5. 5Luxembourg13,256

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana513
  2. 148Guinea-Bissau547
  3. 147Malawi553
  4. 146Guinea563
  5. 145Comoros571

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,276. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031952 → 1953

Since 1952

What changed between 1952 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 148values changed, of 149 in both
  • 124 · 24rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1953.

  • 148 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 1,790. 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 149 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) (1953). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953 [data set], describing 1953. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1953

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953?

Kuwait, at 49,989, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953 describe?

1953.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1953?

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), 1953 the newest?

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

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