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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956

1956, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956 covers 149 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 52,404; Botswana is lowest, at 537. The middle country reads 2,447. Against 1955, 149 values changed (124 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1956

HighestKuwait

52,404

LowestBotswana

537

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), 1956, 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), 1956: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1KuwaitKWTWestern Asia52,404
2QatarQATWestern Asia50,628
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32,481
4United StatesUSANorthern America17,397
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14,507
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14,346
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14,343
8CanadaCANNorthern America13,791
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12,924
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12,639
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe12,428
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11,953
13DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11,858
14VenezuelaVENSouth America11,136
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe10,480
16IcelandISLNorthern Europe10,323
17FranceFRAWestern Europe10,278
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe10,237
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe9,846
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe8,603
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe8,440
22ArgentinaARGSouth America8,424
23UruguayURYSouth America8,225
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean8,064
25ItalyITASouthern Europe7,745

02In 1956

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kuwait52,404
  2. 2Qatar50,628
  3. 3United Arab Emirates32,481
  4. 4United States17,397
  5. 5Switzerland14,507

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana537
  2. 148Malawi599
  3. 147Comoros606
  4. 146Guinea610
  5. 145Eswatini673

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,447. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 149values changed, of 149 in both
  • 124 · 25rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 1956.

  • 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) (1956). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1956

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956?

Kuwait, at 52,404, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1956?

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), 1956 the newest?

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

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