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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971

1971, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 59,731; Malawi is lowest, at 794. The middle country reads 4,229. Against 1970, 150 values changed (123 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1971

HighestQatar

59,731

LowestMalawi

794

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), 1971, 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), 1971: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia59,731
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia49,302
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia39,540
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe24,487
5United StatesUSANorthern America24,394
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21,117
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe20,617
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe20,320
9CanadaCANNorthern America20,024
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe19,636
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand19,590
12FranceFRAWestern Europe18,881
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand18,452
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe17,657
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe17,486
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe17,440
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe16,692
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe16,606
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe16,259
20JapanJPNEastern Asia16,004
21ItalyITASouthern Europe15,683
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe15,565
23VenezuelaVENSouth America15,192
24IsraelISRWestern Asia13,885
25SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe13,657

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar59,731
  2. 2Kuwait49,302
  3. 3United Arab Emirates39,540
  4. 4Switzerland24,487
  5. 5United States24,394

Lowest

  1. 150Malawi794
  2. 149Guinea822
  3. 148Laos875
  4. 147Chad877
  5. 146Burundi902

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,229. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 150 in both
  • 123 · 27rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 1971.

  • 147 distinct values among 150

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,987. 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) (1971). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1971

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971?

Qatar, at 59,731, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971 cover?

150.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1971?

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), 1971 the newest?

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

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