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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961

1961, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 48,516; Botswana is lowest, at 575. The middle country reads 2,868. Against 1960, 148 values changed (114 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1961

HighestQatar

48,516

LowestBotswana

575

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), 1961, 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), 1961: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia48,516
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia41,622
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia36,949
4United StatesUSANorthern America18,175
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe17,308
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe16,349
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand15,533
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14,843
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe14,564
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14,118
11CanadaCANNorthern America14,080
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13,793
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe13,074
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe12,675
15FranceFRAWestern Europe12,302
16VenezuelaVENSouth America12,231
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe12,106
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe11,561
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe10,882
20IcelandISLNorthern Europe10,728
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe10,613
22ItalyITASouthern Europe10,158
23Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean10,155
24ArgentinaARGSouth America9,344
25IsraelISRWestern Asia7,964

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar48,516
  2. 2Kuwait41,622
  3. 3United Arab Emirates36,949
  4. 4United States18,175
  5. 5Switzerland17,308

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana575
  2. 148Burundi615
  3. 147Malawi644
  4. 146Comoros671
  5. 144Tanzaniashared703

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,868. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 148values changed, of 149 in both
  • 114 · 34rose · 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 1961.

  • 147 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 1,093. 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) (1961). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1961

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961?

Qatar, at 48,516, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1961?

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), 1961 the newest?

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

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