Data for 1994

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994

1994, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994 covers 166 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 40,990.7; Liberia is lowest, at 418.1. The middle country reads 5,420.8. Against 1993, 166 values changed (124 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1994

HighestLuxembourg

40,990.7

LowestLiberia

418.1

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

166countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
166distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994, as published. GGDC ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	40,990.7
2	United StatesUSANorthern America	38,807.3
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	37,492.8
4	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	35,423.8
5	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	32,359.3
6	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	32,219.4
7	JapanJPNEastern Asia	31,135.4
8	CanadaCANNorthern America	30,745.8
9	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	29,844.2
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	29,727.6
11	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	29,454.6
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	28,908.0
13	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	28,780.8
14	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	28,706.5
15	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	28,334.6
16	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	28,140.1
17	ItalyITASouthern Europe	27,668.3
18	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	27,506.0
19	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	27,457.8
20	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	27,277.5
21	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	24,797.7
22	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	24,532.4
23	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	23,076.9
24	IsraelISRWestern Asia	22,128.8
25	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	22,004.8
26	SpainESPSouthern Europe	20,674.0
27	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	20,269.3
28	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	20,213.1
29	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	18,819.0
30	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	18,678.9
31	QatarQATWestern Asia	17,955.3
32	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	17,720.4
33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	17,211.0
34	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	16,724.3
35	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	16,664.7
36	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	15,539.1
37	VenezuelaVENSouth America	14,129.3
38	OmanOMNWestern Asia	14,079.5
39	ArgentinaARGSouth America	13,571.4
40	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	13,517.6
41	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	13,350.9
42	ChileCHLSouth America	12,692.6
43	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	12,381.1
44	UruguayURYSouth America	12,344.2
45	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	12,070.1
46	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11,405.6
47	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	11,063.9
48	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	10,867.3
49	MexicoMEXCentral America	10,721.0
50	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	10,060.8
51	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	9,969.4
52	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	9,935.0
53	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	9,772.2
54	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	9,499.5
55	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	9,352.6
56	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	9,308.7
57	GabonGABMiddle Africa	9,192.6
58	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	8,743.7
59	PolandPOLEastern Europe	8,721.8
60	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	8,704.3
61	BrazilBRASouth America	8,615.7
62	PanamaPANCentral America	8,549.6
63	Costa RicaCRICentral America	8,479.6
64	ColombiaCOLSouth America	8,447.9
65	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	8,212.3
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	8,178.8
67	BelarusBLREastern Europe	7,932.0
68	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	7,830.0
69	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	7,154.1
70	EcuadorECUSouth America	6,940.1
71	IranIRNSouthern Asia	6,884.7
72	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	6,645.1
73	JordanJORWestern Asia	6,538.2
74	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	6,517.1
75	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	6,173.0
76	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	5,968.8
77	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	5,946.4
78	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	5,945.8
79	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	5,893.5
80	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	5,585.7
81	UkraineUKREastern Europe	5,585.4
82	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5,545.5
83	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	5,427.1
84	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5,414.5
85	PeruPERSouth America	5,361.4
86	ParaguayPRYSouth America	5,305.5
87	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	5,140.0
88	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	4,910.8
89	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	4,857.0
90	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	4,746.6
91	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	4,744.5
92	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	4,597.2
93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	4,500.8
94	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4,461.1
95	DominicaDMACaribbean	4,459.4
96	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	4,393.0
97	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	4,316.4
98	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	4,134.2
99	YemenYEMWestern Asia	3,775.1
100	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	3,769.6
101	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3,765.2
102	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3,730.2
103	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3,662.2
104	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	3,636.0
105	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3,529.0
106	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3,463.5
107	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3,453.4
108	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,399.7
109	HondurasHNDCentral America	3,106.0
110	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3,081.2
111	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	3,073.9
112	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	3,017.0
113	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2,993.8
114	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,855.9
115	CubaCUBCaribbean	2,683.1
116	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2,291.1
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,254.9
118	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,204.9
119	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2,175.4
120	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2,154.3
121	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,110.7
122	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2,108.5
123	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2,018.4
124	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	1,955.5
125	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1,951.5
126	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1,928.3
127	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1,926.0
128	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1,924.1
129	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1,847.6
130	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1,820.3
131	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1,813.6
132	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1,733.0
133	BeninBENWestern Africa	1,731.8
134	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,729.7
135	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	1,718.1
136	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1,615.6
137	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,500.2
138	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,456.0
139	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1,416.5
140	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1,386.1
141	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1,374.0
142	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,345.0
143	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,312.4
144	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,284.9
145	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,262.3
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,189.1
147	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,145.8
148	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,142.2
149	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,136.7
150	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1,136.4
151	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,132.2
152	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1,120.8
153	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,111.8
154	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1,057.6
155	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	994.5
156	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	952.0
157	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	904.8
158	GuineaGINWestern Africa	882.5
159	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	791.6
160	NigerNERWestern Africa	776.8
161	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	731.8
162	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	713.8
163	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	707.3
164	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	525.4
165	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	428.4
166	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	418.1

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg40,990.7
2United States38,807.3
3Norway37,492.8
4Switzerland35,423.8
5Denmark32,359.3

Lowest

166Liberia418.1
165Afghanistan428.4
164DR Congo525.4
163Rwanda707.3
162Chad713.8

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,420.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
124 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait19,955.3 → 24,532.4+4,577.1
United Arab Emirates25,558.8 → 28,334.6+2,775.8
Norway34,819.5 → 37,492.8+2,673.3
Singapore27,073.7 → 29,454.6+2,380.9
Qatar16,221.0 → 17,955.3+1,734.3

Fell most

Moldova5,383.9 → 3,662.2−1,721.6
Ukraine7,090.3 → 5,585.4−1,504.8
Belarus9,077.4 → 7,932.0−1,145.4
Russia9,789.1 → 8,743.7−1,045.3
Kazakhstan9,173.6 → 8,178.8−994.8

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 1994.
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

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Cite this edition

Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1994). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1994

06112 held

Other years

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison): every year
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