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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970

1970, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 51,921; Malawi is lowest, at 713. The middle country reads 3,967. Against 1969, 149 values changed (121 up, 28 down), 1 country joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1970

HighestQatar

51,921

LowestMalawi

713

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), 1970, 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 150 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia51,921
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia48,927
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia39,135
4United StatesUSANorthern America23,958
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe23,479
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe20,763
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe20,269
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe20,221
9CanadaCANNorthern America19,207
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand19,166
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe19,075
12FranceFRAWestern Europe18,187
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand17,835
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe17,277
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe17,162
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe16,914
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe15,983
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe15,537
19ItalyITASouthern Europe15,492
20JapanJPNEastern Asia15,484
21VenezuelaVENSouth America15,289
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe15,266
23IcelandISLNorthern Europe14,830
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean13,141
25IsraelISRWestern Asia12,913

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar51,921
  2. 2Kuwait48,927
  3. 3United Arab Emirates39,135
  4. 4United States23,958
  5. 5Switzerland23,479

Lowest

  1. 150Malawi713
  2. 149Guinea795
  3. 148Laos850
  4. 147Chad880
  5. 146Burundi893

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 149values changed, of 149 in both
  • 121 · 28rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Czechia

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 1970.

  • 149 distinct values among 150

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 1,337. 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 150 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) (1970). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1970

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970?

Qatar, at 51,921, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970 cover?

150.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1970?

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), 1970 the newest?

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

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