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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003

2003, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 62,234; DR Congo is lowest, at 436. The middle country reads 7,405. Against 2002, 166 values changed (148 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2003

HighestQatar

62,234

LowestDR Congo

436

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), 2003, 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), 2003: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia62,234
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe60,852
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia59,823
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe51,717
5KuwaitKWTWestern Asia48,810
6United StatesUSANorthern America47,158
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe45,442
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe44,373
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39,983
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand39,524
11SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia38,951
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe38,804
13CanadaCANNorthern America38,560
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe36,436
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe36,063
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe34,716
17FinlandFINNorthern Europe34,607
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe34,588
19FranceFRAWestern Europe34,292
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34,232
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe33,921
22ItalyITASouthern Europe33,918
23JapanJPNEastern Asia33,620
24Hong KongHKGEastern Asia33,594
25Puerto RicoPRICaribbean30,688

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar62,234
  2. 2Norway60,852
  3. 3United Arab Emirates59,823
  4. 4Luxembourg51,717
  5. 5Kuwait48,810

Lowest

  1. 166DR Congo436
  2. 165Burundi704
  3. 164Niger758
  4. 163Ethiopia765
  5. 162Afghanistan843

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 7,405. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 166 in both
  • 148 · 18rose · 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 2003.

  • 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) (2003). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2003

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003?

Qatar, at 62,234, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003 cover?

166.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003?

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), 2003 the newest?

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

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