Data for 2000

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2000

2000, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2000 covers 166 countries. Norway is highest, at 54,040; DR Congo is lowest, at 414. The middle country reads 6,691. Against 1999, 166 values changed (141 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2000

HighestNorway

54,040

LowestDR Congo

414

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

166countries
1measure
2000the 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), 2000, 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), 2000: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	54,040
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	50,064
3	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	48,888
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	45,886
5	QatarQATWestern Asia	45,788
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	43,251
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	39,021
8	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	38,807
9	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	37,900
10	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	37,773
11	CanadaCANNorthern America	36,943
12	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	36,603
13	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	35,845
14	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	34,796
15	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	34,203
16	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	33,720
17	FranceFRAWestern Europe	33,410
18	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	33,367
19	JapanJPNEastern Asia	33,211
20	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	33,108
21	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	32,894
22	ItalyITASouthern Europe	32,717
23	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	32,690
24	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	31,946
25	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	27,392
26	SpainESPSouthern Europe	26,995
27	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	26,823
28	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	26,787
29	IsraelISRWestern Asia	26,059
30	OmanOMNWestern Asia	24,186
31	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	23,905
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	23,372
33	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	23,108
34	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	22,327
35	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	21,501
36	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	20,965
37	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	20,435
38	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	19,180
39	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	17,056
40	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	17,022
41	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	16,807
42	ChileCHLSouth America	15,212
43	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	14,380
44	ArgentinaARGSouth America	14,369
45	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	14,272
46	VenezuelaVENSouth America	13,993
47	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	13,905
48	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13,475
49	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	13,245
50	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	13,129
51	UruguayURYSouth America	13,050
52	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	12,915
53	PolandPOLEastern Europe	12,732
54	MexicoMEXCentral America	12,613
55	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	12,600
56	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	11,904
57	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	11,310
58	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	10,807
59	GabonGABMiddle Africa	10,638
60	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	10,553
61	PanamaPANCentral America	9,899
62	BrazilBRASouth America	9,834
63	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	9,771
64	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	9,627
65	Costa RicaCRICentral America	9,320
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	9,309
67	BelarusBLREastern Europe	9,111
68	IranIRNSouthern Asia	9,105
69	ColombiaCOLSouth America	8,497
70	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	8,411
71	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	8,084
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	8,044
73	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	7,668
74	JordanJORWestern Asia	7,622
75	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	7,583
76	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	7,548
77	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	7,406
78	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	7,191
79	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	7,090
80	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	7,082
81	EcuadorECUSouth America	6,908
82	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	6,835
83	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	6,788
84	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	6,594
85	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	6,531
86	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	6,060
87	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	6,046
88	PeruPERSouth America	6,038
89	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5,972
90	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5,860
91	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5,841
92	DominicaDMACaribbean	5,697
93	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	5,404
94	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	5,384
95	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	5,377
96	UkraineUKREastern Europe	5,166
97	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	5,140
98	ParaguayPRYSouth America	4,896
99	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	4,895
100	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	4,892
101	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	4,808
102	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4,754
103	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	4,730
104	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	4,667
105	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	4,215
106	YemenYEMWestern Asia	4,212
107	BoliviaBOLSouth America	4,174
108	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	4,173
109	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4,159
110	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	4,034
111	CubaCUBCaribbean	4,009
112	IraqIRQWestern Asia	3,649
113	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	3,584
114	HondurasHNDCentral America	3,336
115	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3,246
116	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	3,155
117	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	2,990
118	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2,936
119	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2,859
120	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2,773
121	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,753
122	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2,353
123	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	2,262
124	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,219
125	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,211
126	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	2,145
127	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	2,100
128	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2,014
129	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1,984
130	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1,967
131	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1,961
132	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1,951
133	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1,935
134	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,915
135	BeninBENWestern Africa	1,909
136	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	1,881
137	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1,843
138	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1,723
139	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,677
140	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1,659
141	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1,657
142	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,521
143	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1,485
144	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,441
145	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,429
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,275
147	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,239
148	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,231
149	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,204
150	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,196
151	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1,192
152	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,153
153	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,150
154	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	1,149
155	GuineaGINWestern Africa	1,047
156	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1,024
157	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	972
158	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	967
159	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	964
160	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	829
161	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	772
162	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	740
163	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	716
164	NigerNERWestern Africa	693
165	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	502
166	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	414

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway54,040
2Luxembourg50,064
3United Arab Emirates48,888
4United States45,886
5Qatar45,788

Lowest

166DR Congo414
165Afghanistan502
164Niger693
163Chad716
162Burundi740

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,691. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 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

United Arab Emirates42,372 → 48,888+6,516
Qatar40,135 → 45,788+5,653
Ireland35,377 → 38,807+3,429
Luxembourg47,061 → 50,064+3,003
Norway51,129 → 54,040+2,911

Fell most

Palestine6,205 → 5,377−827
Uruguay13,349 → 13,050−299
Syria7,960 → 7,668−292
Paraguay5,150 → 4,896−254
Argentina14,578 → 14,369−209

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 2000.
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) (2000). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2000

06112 held

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07Questions