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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993

1993, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993 covers 166 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 40,179; Liberia is lowest, at 560. The middle country reads 5,283. Against 1992, 165 values changed (96 up, 69 down), 1 country joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1993

HighestLuxembourg

40,179

LowestLiberia

560

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), 1993, 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 166 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe40,179
2United StatesUSANorthern America37,762
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe34,820
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe34,626
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia31,242
6JapanJPNEastern Asia30,921
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30,650
8CanadaCANNorthern America29,658
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe28,880
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand28,622
11FranceFRAWestern Europe28,336
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe28,101
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe27,857
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe27,251
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia27,074
16ItalyITASouthern Europe26,902
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe26,834
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe26,559
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe26,349
20United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia25,559
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe23,944
22New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand21,898
23IsraelISRWestern Asia21,485
24IrelandIRLNorthern Europe20,627
25SpainESPSouthern Europe20,057

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg40,179
  2. 2United States37,762
  3. 3Norway34,820
  4. 4Switzerland34,626
  5. 5Hong Kong31,242

Lowest

  1. 166Liberia560
  2. 165DR Congo564
  3. 164Afghanistan578
  4. 163Chad681
  5. 162Ethiopia699

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,283. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 165values changed, of 165 in both
  • 96 · 69rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates

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 1993.

  • 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 166 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) (1993). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1993

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993?

Luxembourg, at 40,179, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993 cover?

166.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993?

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), 1993 the newest?

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

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