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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992

1992, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992 covers 165 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 39,232; DR Congo is lowest, at 657. The middle country reads 5,530. Against 1991, 165 values changed (95 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1992

HighestLuxembourg

39,232

LowestDR Congo

657

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), 1992, 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), 1992: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe39,232
2United StatesUSANorthern America37,240
3SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe34,357
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe33,041
5JapanJPNEastern Asia30,978
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30,574
7Hong KongHKGEastern Asia30,203
8CanadaCANNorthern America29,141
9FranceFRAWestern Europe28,620
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe28,556
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe28,200
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe28,072
13AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand27,560
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe27,385
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe27,199
16ItalyITASouthern Europe26,961
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe26,859
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe25,790
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia24,776
20FinlandFINNorthern Europe24,220
21IsraelISRWestern Asia21,532
22New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand21,093
23SpainESPSouthern Europe20,329
24IrelandIRLNorthern Europe20,033
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe18,599

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg39,232
  2. 2United States37,240
  3. 3Switzerland34,357
  4. 4Norway33,041
  5. 5Japan30,978

Lowest

  1. 165DR Congo657
  2. 164Chad699
  3. 163Ethiopia708
  4. 162Niger785
  5. 161Malawi803

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 165values changed, of 165 in both
  • 95 · 70rose · 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 1992.

  • 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) (1992). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1992

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992?

Luxembourg, at 39,232, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992 cover?

165.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1992?

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), 1992 the newest?

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

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