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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979

1979, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 45,806; Chad is lowest, at 622. The middle country reads 5,414. Against 1978, 150 values changed (109 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1979

HighestQatar

45,806

LowestChad

622

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), 1979, 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), 1979: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia45,806
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia39,534
3United StatesUSANorthern America29,949
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia28,174
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe26,641
6CanadaCANNorthern America25,775
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe24,836
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24,409
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe23,465
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe23,443
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe23,347
12FranceFRAWestern Europe23,326
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe22,971
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand22,826
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe22,305
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe22,094
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe21,436
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe21,367
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe20,988
20JapanJPNEastern Asia20,982
21Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20,472
22ItalyITASouthern Europe20,275
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe19,657
24New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand19,580
25Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean18,568

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar45,806
  2. 2United Arab Emirates39,534
  3. 3United States29,949
  4. 4Kuwait28,174
  5. 5Switzerland26,641

Lowest

  1. 150Chad622
  2. 149Guinea869
  3. 148Bangladesh894
  4. 147DR Congo961
  5. 145Ugandashared966

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,414. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 150 in both
  • 109 · 41rose · 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 1979.

  • 147 distinct values among 150

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 3,382. 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) (1979). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1979

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979?

Qatar, at 45,806, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979 cover?

150.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1979?

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), 1979 the newest?

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

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