Data for 1983

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1983

1983, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1983 covers 164 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 32,737; Chad is lowest, at 577. The middle country reads 6,245. Against 1982, 163 values changed (87 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1983

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

32,737

LowestChad

577

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

164countries
1measure
1983the year it describes
164distinct 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), 1983, 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), 1983: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	32,737
2	United StatesUSANorthern America	30,158
3	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	28,009
4	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	25,738
5	CanadaCANNorthern America	25,625
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	25,450
7	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	24,924
8	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	24,605
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	24,412
10	FranceFRAWestern Europe	24,300
11	QatarQATWestern Asia	23,146
12	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	23,086
13	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	23,071
14	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	22,944
15	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	22,840
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	22,805
17	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	22,697
18	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	21,944
19	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	21,366
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	21,345
21	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	21,015
22	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	20,451
23	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	19,349
24	IsraelISRWestern Asia	18,468
25	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	17,315
26	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	16,982
27	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	16,361
28	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	15,720
29	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	14,376
30	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	14,292
31	SpainESPSouthern Europe	14,241
32	VenezuelaVENSouth America	14,155
33	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	14,132
34	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	13,931
35	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	13,841
36	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	13,718
37	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	13,158
38	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	12,428
39	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	12,420
40	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	12,301
41	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	12,234
42	ArgentinaARGSouth America	11,775
43	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	11,735
44	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11,419
45	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	10,707
46	BelarusBLREastern Europe	10,667
47	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	10,581
48	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	10,544
49	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	10,401
50	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	10,378
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	9,942
52	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	9,865
53	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	9,728
54	MexicoMEXCentral America	9,656
55	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	9,586
56	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	9,530
57	UkraineUKREastern Europe	9,288
58	UruguayURYSouth America	8,950
59	PolandPOLEastern Europe	8,764
60	OmanOMNWestern Asia	8,521
61	GabonGABMiddle Africa	8,281
62	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	8,010
63	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	7,672
64	ChileCHLSouth America	7,667
65	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	7,612
66	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	7,610
67	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	7,516
68	JordanJORWestern Asia	7,262
69	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	7,240
70	BrazilBRASouth America	7,203
71	PanamaPANCentral America	7,186
72	IranIRNSouthern Asia	7,108
73	IraqIRQWestern Asia	6,805
74	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	6,773
75	Costa RicaCRICentral America	6,743
76	ColombiaCOLSouth America	6,655
77	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	6,554
78	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	6,535
79	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	6,529
80	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	6,489
81	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	6,418
82	EcuadorECUSouth America	6,252
83	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	6,237
84	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	5,992
85	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5,734
86	PeruPERSouth America	5,729
87	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	5,638
88	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5,585
89	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	5,547
90	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	5,243
91	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	5,117
92	ParaguayPRYSouth America	4,935
93	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	4,844
94	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	4,733
95	CubaCUBCaribbean	4,705
96	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	4,538
97	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4,473
98	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	3,905
99	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3,837
100	YemenYEMWestern Asia	3,827
101	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,805
102	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3,701
103	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3,606
104	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3,585
105	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3,572
106	NicaraguaNICCentral America	3,437
107	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	3,402
108	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	3,330
109	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3,268
110	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	3,229
111	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	2,994
112	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2,963
113	HondurasHNDCentral America	2,947
114	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2,901
115	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	2,888
116	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2,848
117	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,656
118	DominicaDMACaribbean	2,644
119	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	2,534
120	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	2,345
121	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	2,227
122	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,190
123	SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,153
124	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,077
125	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	1,876
126	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,835
127	BeninBENWestern Africa	1,728
128	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1,722
129	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,694
130	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	1,663
131	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1,631
132	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,627
133	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	1,588
134	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,575
135	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1,561
136	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1,553
137	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1,527
138	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1,487
139	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,482
140	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1,451
141	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1,412
142	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,395
143	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	1,347
144	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	1,333
145	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,320
146	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1,288
147	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	1,283
148	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,211
149	NigerNERWestern Africa	1,180
150	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,149
151	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,140
152	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,129
153	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1,105
154	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,076
155	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,057
156	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1,014
157	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	999
158	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	991
159	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	913
160	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	909
161	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	891
162	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	875
163	GuineaGINWestern Africa	850
164	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	577

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

164Chad577
163Guinea850
162Tanzania875
161Bangladesh891
160DR Congo909

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,245. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 164 in both
87 · 76rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Singapore14,687 → 15,720+1,033
United States29,210 → 30,158+948
Oman7,651 → 8,521+870
Hong Kong18,527 → 19,349+822
South Korea6,821 → 7,612+790

Fell most

Qatar29,046 → 23,146−5,900
United Arab Emirates36,635 → 32,737−3,898
Saudi Arabia20,535 → 17,315−3,220
Trinidad and Tobago18,771 → 16,982−1,789
Venezuela15,423 → 14,155−1,268

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

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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 1983.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1983). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1983

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