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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988

1988, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988 covers 165 countries. United States is highest, at 35,863; Chad is lowest, at 692. The middle country reads 6,089. Against 1987, 165 values changed (106 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1988

HighestUnited States

35,863

LowestChad

692

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), 1988, 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), 1988: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America35,863
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33,351
3SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe32,483
4CanadaCANNorthern America30,275
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe29,049
6IcelandISLNorthern Europe28,934
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe28,786
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe27,468
9JapanJPNEastern Asia27,393
10Hong KongHKGEastern Asia27,063
11FranceFRAWestern Europe26,763
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand26,702
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe25,905
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe25,759
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe25,679
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe25,644
17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe25,574
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe25,112
19ItalyITASouthern Europe24,743
20New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand22,022
21IsraelISRWestern Asia20,256
22United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia20,215
23SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe20,083
24SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia19,853
25EstoniaESTNorthern Europe17,661

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States35,863
  2. 2Luxembourg33,351
  3. 3Switzerland32,483
  4. 4Canada30,275
  5. 5Denmark29,049

Lowest

  1. 165Chad692
  2. 164Guinea856
  3. 163Tanzania867
  4. 162Malawi872
  5. 161DR Congo894

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,089. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 165values changed, of 165 in both
  • 106 · 59rose · 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 1988.

  • 162 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 3,920. 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) (1988). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1988

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988?

United States, at 35,863, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988 cover?

165.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1988?

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), 1988 the newest?

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

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