Data for 1996

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1996

1996, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1996 covers 166 countries. Norway is highest, at 43,133.1; Liberia is lowest, at 391.1. The middle country reads 5,698.7. Against 1995, 166 values changed (141 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1996

HighestNorway

43,133.1

LowestLiberia

391.1

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

166countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
166distinct values13 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), 1996, 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), 1996: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	43,133.1
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	40,687.9
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	40,412.8
4	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	36,720.5
5	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	34,325.4
6	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	34,042.7
7	JapanJPNEastern Asia	32,784.2
8	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	32,724.5
9	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	32,261.8
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	31,811.7
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	31,740.5
12	CanadaCANNorthern America	31,594.2
13	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	30,413.2
14	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	29,820.3
15	FranceFRAWestern Europe	29,736.6
16	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	29,612.7
17	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	29,350.0
18	ItalyITASouthern Europe	29,231.3
19	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	29,012.1
20	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	28,472.2
21	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	28,277.8
22	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	26,637.3
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	26,562.9
24	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	24,321.2
25	IsraelISRWestern Asia	23,980.0
26	QatarQATWestern Asia	22,395.3
27	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	22,390.1
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	22,185.1
29	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	21,856.0
30	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	20,280.5
31	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	20,204.6
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	19,939.3
33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	18,875.3
34	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	18,376.2
35	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	17,719.6
36	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	16,932.0
37	OmanOMNWestern Asia	16,491.2
38	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	15,386.3
39	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	15,004.3
40	ChileCHLSouth America	14,433.3
41	VenezuelaVENSouth America	14,211.8
42	ArgentinaARGSouth America	13,715.2
43	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	13,547.7
44	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	12,841.9
45	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	12,668.7
46	UruguayURYSouth America	12,660.2
47	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	12,622.9
48	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11,760.8
49	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	11,640.8
50	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	11,030.1
51	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	10,644.6
52	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	10,469.0
53	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	10,458.4
54	GabonGABMiddle Africa	10,389.2
55	MexicoMEXCentral America	10,386.5
56	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	10,359.2
57	PolandPOLEastern Europe	10,066.2
58	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	9,517.4
59	BrazilBRASouth America	9,124.5
60	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	8,947.3
61	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	8,793.7
62	ColombiaCOLSouth America	8,770.6
63	PanamaPANCentral America	8,652.1
64	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	8,479.4
65	Costa RicaCRICentral America	8,446.8
66	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	7,901.1
67	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	7,826.9
68	IranIRNSouthern Asia	7,746.4
69	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	7,543.9
70	BelarusBLREastern Europe	7,128.4
71	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	7,095.2
72	EcuadorECUSouth America	6,993.6
73	JordanJORWestern Asia	6,783.2
74	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	6,725.8
75	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	6,648.9
76	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6,647.8
77	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6,567.4
78	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	6,476.5
79	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	6,388.4
80	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	6,330.9
81	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	5,851.3
82	PeruPERSouth America	5,739.8
83	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	5,710.2
84	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5,687.1
85	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5,511.9
86	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	5,451.6
87	ParaguayPRYSouth America	5,360.7
88	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	5,320.3
89	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	5,293.1
90	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	5,198.6
91	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5,187.7
92	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	4,915.3
93	DominicaDMACaribbean	4,894.8
94	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	4,811.5
95	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	4,671.3
96	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	4,663.2
97	UkraineUKREastern Europe	4,636.6
98	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4,603.7
99	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	4,514.5
100	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	4,452.9
101	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	4,426.3
102	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	4,219.6
103	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	4,030.9
104	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	3,988.9
105	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,965.7
106	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3,959.4
107	YemenYEMWestern Asia	3,855.6
108	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3,790.8
109	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3,305.5
110	CubaCUBCaribbean	3,249.6
111	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	3,227.0
112	HondurasHNDCentral America	3,210.3
113	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3,074.2
114	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,979.8
115	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2,901.6
116	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2,594.1
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,475.6
118	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2,395.2
119	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2,337.5
120	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2,323.0
121	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,292.5
122	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2,271.8
123	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,221.1
124	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2,179.0
125	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2,082.0
126	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1,931.7
127	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1,924.1
128	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1,907.9
129	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	1,899.9
130	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1,873.1
131	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1,866.3
132	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,851.3
133	BeninBENWestern Africa	1,840.5
134	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1,733.1
135	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1,710.1
136	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1,559.5
137	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1,551.9
138	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1,534.0
139	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,511.7
140	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1,469.0
141	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1,450.5
142	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,426.4
143	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,337.5
144	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,336.8
145	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,325.6
146	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,260.7
147	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,255.8
148	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1,234.1
149	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,215.7
150	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,141.6
151	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,132.4
152	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,130.5
153	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1,091.5
154	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,060.6
155	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	979.7
156	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	976.4
157	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	972.8
158	GuineaGINWestern Africa	927.1
159	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	885.9
160	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	824.5
161	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	783.0
162	NigerNERWestern Africa	712.9
163	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	694.1
164	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	600.2
165	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	523.9
166	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	391.1

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway43,133.1
2Luxembourg40,687.9
3United States40,412.8
4Switzerland36,720.5
5Denmark34,325.4

Lowest

166Liberia391.1
165DR Congo523.9
164Afghanistan600.2
163Chad694.1
162Niger712.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,698.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
141 · 25rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Norway40,043.8 → 43,133.1+3,089.3
United Arab Emirates31,239.9 → 34,042.7+2,802.8
Qatar19,959.7 → 22,395.3+2,435.6
Ireland24,266.1 → 26,562.9+2,296.8
Kuwait27,553.0 → 29,612.7+2,059.7

Fell most

Bulgaria8,566.6 → 7,901.1−665.5
Palestine5,756.8 → 5,320.3−436.6
Ukraine5,024.2 → 4,636.6−387.6
Syria9,856.5 → 9,517.4−339.1
Sierra Leone1,383.1 → 1,060.6−322.5

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 1996.
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) (1996). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1996

06112 held

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