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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969

1969, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 56,236; Burundi is lowest, at 717. The middle country reads 3,720. Against 1968, 148 values changed (123 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1969

HighestQatar

56,236

LowestBurundi

717

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), 1969, 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), 1969: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia56,236
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia40,639
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia33,415
4United StatesUSANorthern America24,195
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe22,308
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe20,516
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe19,974
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe19,215
9CanadaCANNorthern America18,988
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand18,428
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand18,348
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe18,270
13FranceFRAWestern Europe17,352
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16,820
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe16,641
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe15,969
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe15,779
18ItalyITASouthern Europe15,248
19VenezuelaVENSouth America14,655
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe14,555
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe14,151
22JapanJPNEastern Asia14,145
23IcelandISLNorthern Europe13,880
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean12,588
25IsraelISRWestern Asia12,310

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar56,236
  2. 2United Arab Emirates40,639
  3. 3Kuwait33,415
  4. 4United States24,195
  5. 5Switzerland22,308

Lowest

  1. 149Burundi717
  2. 148Malawi722
  3. 147Guinea784
  4. 146Laos842
  5. 145Botswana843

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,720. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 148values changed, of 149 in both
  • 123 · 25rose · 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 1969.

  • 146 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,379. 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) (1969). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1969

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969?

Qatar, at 56,236, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969 describe?

1969.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969?

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), 1969 the newest?

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

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