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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965

1965, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965 covers 149 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 41,705; Botswana is lowest, at 612. The middle country reads 3,351. Against 1964, 147 values changed (118 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1965

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

41,705

LowestBotswana

612

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), 1965, 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), 1965: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia41,705
2QatarQATWestern Asia41,101
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia37,511
4United StatesUSANorthern America21,390
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe19,803
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe18,002
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe17,459
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand17,341
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe17,239
10CanadaCANNorthern America16,694
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16,182
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe15,618
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15,545
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe14,642
15FranceFRAWestern Europe14,609
16VenezuelaVENSouth America14,347
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe14,100
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe13,852
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe13,643
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe12,328
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe12,226
22ItalyITASouthern Europe12,111
23Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean11,206
24ArgentinaARGSouth America10,155
25IsraelISRWestern Asia9,997

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United Arab Emirates41,705
  2. 2Qatar41,101
  3. 3Kuwait37,511
  4. 4United States21,390
  5. 5Switzerland19,803

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana612
  2. 148Malawi633
  3. 147Burundi703
  4. 146Guinea756
  5. 145Tanzania792

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,351. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 147values changed, of 149 in both
  • 118 · 29rose · 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 1965.

  • 145 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,351. 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) (1965). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1965

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965?

United Arab Emirates, at 41,705, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965 describe?

1965.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965?

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), 1965 the newest?

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

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