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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002

2002, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002 covers 166 countries. Norway is highest, at 58,840; DR Congo is lowest, at 414. The middle country reads 7,149. Against 2001, 166 values changed (138 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2002

HighestNorway

58,840

LowestDR Congo

414

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), 2002, 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), 2002: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe58,840
2QatarQATWestern Asia57,541
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia54,077
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe51,710
5United StatesUSANorthern America46,266
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe44,934
7IrelandIRLNorthern Europe43,013
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia39,943
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39,709
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe38,653
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand38,567
12CanadaCANNorthern America38,124
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia37,830
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe35,824
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe35,570
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe34,591
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe34,420
18FranceFRAWestern Europe34,153
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe33,987
20ItalyITASouthern Europe33,780
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe33,470
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33,271
23JapanJPNEastern Asia33,195
24Hong KongHKGEastern Asia33,038
25Puerto RicoPRICaribbean30,218

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Norway58,840
  2. 2Qatar57,541
  3. 3United Arab Emirates54,077
  4. 4Luxembourg51,710
  5. 5United States46,266

Lowest

  1. 166DR Congo414
  2. 165Niger735
  3. 164Burundi737
  4. 163Ethiopia794
  5. 162Afghanistan797

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 7,149. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 166 in both
  • 138 · 28rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2002.

  • 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) (2002). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2002

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002?

Norway, at 58,840, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002 cover?

166.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2002?

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), 2002 the newest?

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

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