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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954

1954, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954 covers 149 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 52,920; Botswana is lowest, at 521. The middle country reads 2,291. Against 1953, 147 values changed (120 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1954

HighestKuwait

52,920

LowestBotswana

521

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), 1954, 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), 1954: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1KuwaitKWTWestern Asia52,920
2QatarQATWestern Asia51,490
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia31,695
4United StatesUSANorthern America16,512
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand13,936
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13,238
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13,171
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12,419
9CanadaCANNorthern America12,272
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12,145
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe11,799
12DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11,749
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11,010
14VenezuelaVENSouth America10,020
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe9,923
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe9,610
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe9,446
18FranceFRAWestern Europe9,428
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe8,364
20UruguayURYSouth America8,273
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe7,973
22ArgentinaARGSouth America7,938
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe7,261
24ItalyITASouthern Europe7,092
25LebanonLBNWestern Asia6,668

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kuwait52,920
  2. 2Qatar51,490
  3. 3United Arab Emirates31,695
  4. 4United States16,512
  5. 5New Zealand13,936

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana521
  2. 148Malawi566
  3. 147Guinea587
  4. 146Comoros590
  5. 145Ethiopia650

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,291. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 147values changed, of 149 in both
  • 120 · 27rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

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 1954.

  • 145 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,759. 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) (1954). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1954

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954?

Kuwait, at 52,920, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1954?

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), 1954 the newest?

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

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