Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1974

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1974: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).

Positionderived	Country	GDP per capita (2011 international $)
1	QatarQATWestern Asia	57,594
2	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	45,347
3	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	34,962
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	26,286
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	25,718
6	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	24,503
7	CanadaCANNorthern America	22,643
8	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	22,132
9	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	21,919
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	21,514
11	FranceFRAWestern Europe	20,902
12	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	20,698
13	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	20,529
14	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	20,153
15	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	19,659
16	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	19,228
17	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	19,054
18	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	18,903
19	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	18,691
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	18,583
21	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	18,109
22	JapanJPNEastern Asia	17,765
23	ItalyITASouthern Europe	17,607
24	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	16,420
25	IsraelISRWestern Asia	15,980

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,537. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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− Armenia− Azerbaijan− Belarus− Estonia− Georgia− Kazakhstan− Kyrgyzstan− Lithuania− Latvia− Moldova− Tajikistan− Turkmenistan− Ukraine− Uzbekistan

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.

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