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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958

1958, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 50,042; Botswana is lowest, at 550. The middle country reads 2,576. Against 1957, 147 values changed (103 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1958

HighestQatar

50,042

LowestBotswana

550

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), 1958, 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), 1958: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia50,042
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia47,671
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32,473
4United StatesUSANorthern America16,946
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe15,093
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14,644
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14,641
8CanadaCANNorthern America13,603
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13,238
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe12,903
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe12,884
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12,698
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11,926
14VenezuelaVENSouth America11,615
15FranceFRAWestern Europe10,927
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe10,739
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe10,603
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe10,568
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe10,268
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe9,416
21ArgentinaARGSouth America9,083
22Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean8,941
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe8,725
24ItalyITASouthern Europe8,544
25UruguayURYSouth America7,788

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar50,042
  2. 2Kuwait47,671
  3. 3United Arab Emirates32,473
  4. 4United States16,946
  5. 5Luxembourg15,093

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana550
  2. 147Malawishared618
  3. 147Comorosshared618
  4. 146Guinea630
  5. 145Ethiopia674

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,576. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 147values changed, of 149 in both
  • 103 · 44rose · 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 1958.

  • 147 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 708. 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) (1958). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1958

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958?

Qatar, at 50,042, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958?

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), 1958 the newest?

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

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