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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986

1986, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986 covers 165 countries. United States is highest, at 33,850; Chad is lowest, at 662. The middle country reads 6,204. Against 1985, 165 values changed (111 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1986

HighestUnited States

33,850

LowestChad

662

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), 1986, 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 165 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America33,850
2SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe30,848
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe30,051
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe28,681
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe28,504
6CanadaCANNorthern America28,472
7IcelandISLNorthern Europe27,439
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe26,309
9FranceFRAWestern Europe25,238
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand25,116
11JapanJPNEastern Asia24,992
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe24,893
13GermanyDEUWestern Europe24,657
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe24,221
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe24,039
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe23,621
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe23,498
18ItalyITASouthern Europe23,106
19Hong KongHKGEastern Asia22,823
20New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand22,124
21United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia21,949
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe21,122
23IsraelISRWestern Asia19,160
24EstoniaESTNorthern Europe16,866
25SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia16,831

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States33,850
  2. 2Switzerland30,848
  3. 3Luxembourg30,051
  4. 4Denmark28,681
  5. 5Norway28,504

Lowest

  1. 165Chad662
  2. 164Guinea819
  3. 163Tanzania845
  4. 162Uganda858
  5. 161Ethiopia920

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,204. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 165values changed, of 165 in both
  • 111 · 54rose · 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 1986.

  • 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 165 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) (1986). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1986

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986?

United States, at 33,850, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986 cover?

165.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1986?

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), 1986 the newest?

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

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