Data for 1976

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976

1976, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 55,169; Bangladesh is lowest, at 862. The middle country reads 4,907. Against 1975, 150 values changed (119 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1976

HighestQatar

55,169

LowestBangladesh

862

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

150countries
1measure
1976the year it describes
149distinct values12 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976, as published. GGDC ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	QatarQATWestern Asia	55,169
2	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	40,803
3	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	28,956
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	27,058
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	24,753
6	CanadaCANNorthern America	23,754
7	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	23,100
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	23,059
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	22,765
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	22,132
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	21,613
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	21,465
13	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	20,916
14	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	20,610
15	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	20,218
16	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	20,161
17	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	19,877
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	19,448
19	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	19,311
20	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	19,297
21	JapanJPNEastern Asia	18,600
22	ItalyITASouthern Europe	18,147
23	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	18,104
24	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	17,462
25	VenezuelaVENSouth America	17,174
26	IsraelISRWestern Asia	16,053
27	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	15,696
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	13,045
29	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	12,929
30	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	12,919
31	GabonGABMiddle Africa	12,747
32	ArgentinaARGSouth America	12,696
33	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11,639
34	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	11,469
35	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	11,426
36	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	11,317
37	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	11,308
38	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	10,861
39	IranIRNSouthern Asia	10,665
40	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	10,222
41	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	10,178
42	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	9,535
43	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	9,526
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	9,397
45	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	9,231
46	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	8,877
47	UruguayURYSouth America	8,853
48	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	8,319
49	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	8,142
50	MexicoMEXCentral America	8,131
51	IraqIRQWestern Asia	8,007
52	OmanOMNWestern Asia	7,328
53	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	7,264
54	Costa RicaCRICentral America	7,182
55	BrazilBRASouth America	7,079
56	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	6,875
57	ChileCHLSouth America	6,868
58	PeruPERSouth America	6,808
59	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	6,802
60	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	6,684
61	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	6,652
62	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	6,245
63	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	6,243
64	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	6,150
65	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	6,110
66	ColombiaCOLSouth America	5,918
67	EcuadorECUSouth America	5,877
68	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	5,740
69	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5,705
70	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	5,681
71	PanamaPANCentral America	5,604
72	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	5,268
73	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	5,149
74	NicaraguaNICCentral America	5,099
75	JordanJORWestern Asia	4,935
76	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	4,878
77	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	4,856
78	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	4,638
79	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	4,605
80	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	4,415
81	BoliviaBOLSouth America	4,219
82	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	4,157
83	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	4,095
84	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	4,084
85	CubaCUBCaribbean	3,786
86	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,665
87	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3,629
88	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	3,504
89	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3,453
90	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3,430
91	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	3,333
92	YemenYEMWestern Asia	3,193
93	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3,175
94	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	3,142
95	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3,017
96	HondurasHNDCentral America	2,954
97	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	2,820
98	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2,794
99	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	2,560
100	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	2,536
101	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	2,464
102	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2,442
103	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,432
104	SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,370
105	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	2,208
106	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,163
107	DominicaDMACaribbean	2,066
108	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,064
109	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1,878
110	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,835
111	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1,801
112	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1,779
113	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,707
114	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,694
=115	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1,664
=115	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1,664
117	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	1,604
118	BeninBENWestern Africa	1,548
119	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1,521
120	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	1,519
121	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,511
122	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,505
123	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,503
124	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1,447
125	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,443
126	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,436
127	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	1,417
128	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	1,401
129	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1,387
130	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1,345
131	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	1,290
132	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	1,251
133	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1,219
134	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	1,111
135	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	1,105
136	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1,103
137	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,090
138	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,071
139	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,039
140	NigerNERWestern Africa	1,033
141	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1,025
142	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	1,023
143	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,009
144	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	996
145	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	974
146	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	956
147	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	942
148	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	918
149	GuineaGINWestern Africa	905
150	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	862

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar55,169
2United Arab Emirates40,803
3Kuwait28,956
4United States27,058
5Switzerland24,753

Lowest

150Bangladesh862
149Guinea905
148Chad918
147Malawi942
146Burundi956

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,907. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
119 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gabon9,985 → 12,747+2,762
Hong Kong11,456 → 12,929+1,473
Denmark21,712 → 23,059+1,347
Iran9,377 → 10,665+1,288
Libya6,872 → 8,142+1,270

Fell most

Lebanon5,742 → 2,442−3,300
Jamaica6,129 → 5,681−448
Argentina12,946 → 12,696−250
Angola1,710 → 1,521−189
Mozambique2,238 → 2,064−174

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 1976.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 1,664. 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

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Cite this edition

Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1976). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1976

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