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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987

1987, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987 covers 165 countries. United States is highest, at 34,730; Chad is lowest, at 663. The middle country reads 6,194. Against 1986, 164 values changed (97 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1987

HighestUnited States

34,730

LowestChad

663

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), 1987, 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), 1987: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America34,730
2SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31,774
3LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe30,533
4IcelandISLNorthern Europe29,576
5CanadaCANNorthern America29,246
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe28,953
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe28,728
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe27,016
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand25,971
10JapanJPNEastern Asia25,904
11FranceFRAWestern Europe25,756
12Hong KongHKGEastern Asia25,414
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe25,085
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe25,027
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe24,772
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe24,536
17FinlandFINNorthern Europe24,519
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe24,409
19ItalyITASouthern Europe23,824
20New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand22,142
21United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia21,487
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe20,851
23IsraelISRWestern Asia20,196
24SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia18,345
25EstoniaESTNorthern Europe16,898

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States34,730
  2. 2Switzerland31,774
  3. 3Luxembourg30,533
  4. 4Iceland29,576
  5. 5Canada29,246

Lowest

  1. 165Chad663
  2. 164Guinea826
  3. 163Tanzania859
  4. 162Uganda877
  5. 161Malawi905

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,194. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 165 in both
  • 97 · 67rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1987.

  • 162 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 3,370. 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 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) (1987). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1987

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987?

United States, at 34,730, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987 cover?

165.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1987?

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), 1987 the newest?

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

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