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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966

1966, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 50,660; Botswana is lowest, at 663. The middle country reads 3,351. Against 1965, 148 values changed (116 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1966

HighestQatar

50,660

LowestBotswana

663

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), 1966, 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), 1966: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia50,660
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia42,213
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia38,335
4United StatesUSANorthern America22,529
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe20,225
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand18,111
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe18,084
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe17,789
9CanadaCANNorthern America17,448
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe17,432
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16,324
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe15,838
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15,757
14FranceFRAWestern Europe15,213
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe15,058
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe14,964
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe14,258
18VenezuelaVENSouth America14,174
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe13,989
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe12,930
21ItalyITASouthern Europe12,659
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe12,471
23Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean11,531
24JapanJPNEastern Asia10,370
25ArgentinaARGSouth America10,076

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar50,660
  2. 2United Arab Emirates42,213
  3. 3Kuwait38,335
  4. 4United States22,529
  5. 5Switzerland20,225

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana663
  2. 148Malawi679
  3. 147Burundi716
  4. 146Guinea759
  5. 145Laos818

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

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 148values changed, of 149 in both
  • 116 · 32rose · 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 1966.

  • 147 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 2,636. 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) (1966). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1966

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966?

Qatar, at 50,660, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966?

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), 1966 the newest?

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

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