Data for 1995

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1995

1995, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1995 covers 166 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 40,838.6; Liberia is lowest, at 377.6. The middle country reads 5,569.9. Against 1994, 166 values changed (132 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1995

HighestLuxembourg

40,838.6

LowestLiberia

377.6

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

166countries
1measure
1995the 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), 1995, 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), 1995: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	40,838.6
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	40,043.8
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	39,390.6
4	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	36,004.2
5	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	33,356.1
6	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	31,941.9
7	JapanJPNEastern Asia	31,887.3
8	CanadaCANNorthern America	31,330.7
9	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	31,239.9
10	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	30,957.3
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	30,690.1
12	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	30,680.3
13	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	29,621.7
14	FranceFRAWestern Europe	29,418.9
15	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	29,370.1
16	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	28,868.9
17	ItalyITASouthern Europe	28,666.4
18	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	28,519.4
19	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	27,861.2
20	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	27,553.0
21	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	27,235.8
22	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	25,761.6
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	24,266.1
24	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	23,751.9
25	IsraelISRWestern Asia	23,378.2
26	SpainESPSouthern Europe	21,522.1
27	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	21,329.7
28	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	21,267.4
29	QatarQATWestern Asia	19,959.7
30	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	19,262.0
31	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	19,223.3
32	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	19,089.3
33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	18,751.5
34	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	17,816.8
35	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	17,148.2
36	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	16,417.2
37	OmanOMNWestern Asia	15,292.2
38	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	14,550.1
39	VenezuelaVENSouth America	14,448.3
40	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	14,187.7
41	ChileCHLSouth America	13,715.9
42	ArgentinaARGSouth America	13,086.0
43	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	12,881.3
44	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	12,567.9
45	UruguayURYSouth America	12,092.6
46	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	11,874.4
47	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	11,725.1
48	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11,473.9
49	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	10,695.4
50	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	10,180.3
51	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	10,135.1
52	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	10,134.8
53	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	10,080.2
54	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	9,962.5
55	MexicoMEXCentral America	9,945.0
56	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	9,856.5
57	GabonGABMiddle Africa	9,834.0
58	PolandPOLEastern Europe	9,408.3
59	BrazilBRASouth America	8,951.7
60	ColombiaCOLSouth America	8,735.9
61	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	8,709.1
62	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	8,586.3
63	Costa RicaCRICentral America	8,576.4
64	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	8,566.6
65	PanamaPANCentral America	8,555.8
66	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	8,299.5
67	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	7,674.1
68	IranIRNSouthern Asia	7,093.7
69	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	7,039.1
70	BelarusBLREastern Europe	6,993.6
71	EcuadorECUSouth America	6,985.2
72	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	6,899.0
73	JordanJORWestern Asia	6,760.1
74	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	6,656.3
75	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	6,406.4
76	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6,318.5
77	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	6,095.8
78	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6,095.4
79	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	6,048.7
80	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	6,014.7
81	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	5,756.8
82	PeruPERSouth America	5,668.0
83	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5,638.8
84	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5,501.0
85	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	5,494.9
86	ParaguayPRYSouth America	5,463.6
87	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	5,325.5
88	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	5,142.4
89	UkraineUKREastern Europe	5,024.2
90	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	5,001.1
91	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	4,851.6
92	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	4,703.1
93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	4,702.3
94	DominicaDMACaribbean	4,606.7
95	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	4,592.3
96	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	4,535.3
97	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	4,383.7
98	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4,156.9
99	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3,999.7
100	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3,865.4
101	YemenYEMWestern Asia	3,823.3
102	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	3,763.6
103	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,666.7
104	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3,637.6
105	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3,610.8
106	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	3,571.1
107	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3,558.8
108	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	3,473.7
109	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3,364.6
110	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	3,237.3
111	HondurasHNDCentral America	3,163.8
112	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2,999.3
113	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,947.7
114	CubaCUBCaribbean	2,860.8
115	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2,776.0
116	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2,444.9
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,356.0
118	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2,264.1
119	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2,262.4
120	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,219.5
121	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2,167.0
122	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2,147.8
123	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,102.9
124	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2,035.2
125	IraqIRQWestern Asia	1,996.9
126	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1,888.7
127	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1,886.5
128	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1,856.6
129	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1,851.0
130	BeninBENWestern Africa	1,835.6
131	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1,816.0
132	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	1,801.5
133	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,789.9
134	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1,686.2
135	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1,666.2
136	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1,648.6
137	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,468.1
138	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1,467.7
139	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1,439.3
140	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1,423.7
141	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,383.1
142	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,378.5
143	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1,319.2
144	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,317.2
145	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,310.2
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,191.3
147	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1,183.0
148	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,180.9
149	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,170.6
150	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,166.9
151	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,165.8
152	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,129.8
153	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,100.2
154	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1,054.7
155	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1,049.2
156	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	978.6
157	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	934.2
158	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	931.0
159	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	906.9
160	GuineaGINWestern Africa	906.3
161	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	744.1
162	NigerNERWestern Africa	702.5
163	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	700.7
164	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	632.9
165	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	532.0
166	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	377.6

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg40,838.6
2Norway40,043.8
3United States39,390.6
4Switzerland36,004.2
5Denmark33,356.1

Lowest

166Liberia377.6
165DR Congo532.0
164Afghanistan632.9
163Chad700.7
162Niger702.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,569.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
132 · 34rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait24,532.4 → 27,553.0+3,020.5
United Arab Emirates28,334.6 → 31,239.9+2,905.3
Norway37,492.8 → 40,043.8+2,551.0
Ireland22,004.8 → 24,266.1+2,261.3
Qatar17,955.3 → 19,959.7+2,004.4

Fell most

Belarus7,932.0 → 6,993.6−938.4
Mexico10,721.0 → 9,945.0−776.1
Ukraine5,585.4 → 5,024.2−561.2
Kazakhstan8,178.8 → 7,674.1−504.7
Argentina13,571.4 → 13,086.0−485.3

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

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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 1995.
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) (1995). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1995

06112 held

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