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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972

1972, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 62,416; Chad is lowest, at 800. The middle country reads 4,421. Against 1971, 149 values changed (116 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1972

HighestQatar

62,416

LowestChad

800

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), 1972, 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), 1972: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia62,416
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia48,283
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia39,540
4United StatesUSANorthern America25,414
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe25,357
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe22,236
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe21,579
8CanadaCANNorthern America20,837
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe20,725
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe20,079
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand19,772
12FranceFRAWestern Europe19,549
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand18,889
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe18,336
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe18,301
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe18,002
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe17,409
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe17,366
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe17,169
20JapanJPNEastern Asia17,110
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe16,654
22ItalyITASouthern Europe16,035
23Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia15,138
24VenezuelaVENSouth America15,135
25IsraelISRWestern Asia15,108

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar62,416
  2. 2Kuwait48,283
  3. 3United Arab Emirates39,540
  4. 4United States25,414
  5. 5Switzerland25,357

Lowest

  1. 150Chad800
  2. 149Bangladesh807
  3. 148Guinea826
  4. 147Malawi851
  5. 146Burundi866

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,421. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 149values changed, of 150 in both
  • 116 · 33rose · 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 1972.

  • 149 distinct values among 150

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 1,282. 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) (1972). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1972

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972?

Qatar, at 62,416, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972 cover?

150.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1972?

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), 1972 the newest?

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

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