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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968

1968, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 58,010; Malawi is lowest, at 697. The middle country reads 3,524. Against 1967, 149 values changed (113 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1968

HighestQatar

58,010

LowestMalawi

697

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), 1968, 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), 1968: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia58,010
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia42,040
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia35,546
4United StatesUSANorthern America23,691
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe21,395
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe18,868
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe18,774
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe18,428
9CanadaCANNorthern America18,297
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17,770
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe17,365
12New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand16,809
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16,593
14FranceFRAWestern Europe16,365
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe15,723
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe15,224
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe15,009
18VenezuelaVENSouth America14,520
19ItalyITASouthern Europe14,513
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe13,742
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe13,648
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe12,900
23JapanJPNEastern Asia12,725
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean12,248
25IsraelISRWestern Asia11,210

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar58,010
  2. 2United Arab Emirates42,040
  3. 3Kuwait35,546
  4. 4United States23,691
  5. 5Switzerland21,395

Lowest

  1. 149Malawi697
  2. 148Burundi740
  3. 147Guinea776
  4. 146Botswana781
  5. 145Laos834

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,524. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 149values changed, of 149 in both
  • 113 · 36rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar55,566 → 58,010+2,444
  • Oman2,788 → 4,932+2,144
  • Libya4,733 → 6,071+1,338
  • Japan11,400 → 12,725+1,325
  • Israel9,918 → 11,210+1,292

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 1968.

  • 144 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 1,471. 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) (1968). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1968

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968?

Qatar, at 58,010, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968 describe?

1968.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968?

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), 1968 the newest?

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

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