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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008

2008, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 107,402; DR Congo is lowest, at 579. The middle country reads 10,260. Against 2007, 166 values changed (143 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2008

HighestQatar

107,402

LowestDR Congo

579

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), 2008, 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), 2008: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia107,402
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe76,522
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia75,138
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia63,862
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe56,383
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe56,055
7SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia52,180
8United StatesUSANorthern America50,276
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe49,583
10Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa47,562
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe44,841
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand44,422
13DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe44,246
14Hong KongHKGEastern Asia42,635
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe42,190
16CanadaCANNorthern America41,896
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe40,965
18OmanOMNWestern Asia40,910
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe40,810
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe40,715
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe40,130
22Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia39,393
23BelgiumBELWestern Europe38,117
24FranceFRAWestern Europe36,762
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe36,265

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar107,402
  2. 2Norway76,522
  3. 3Kuwait75,138
  4. 4United Arab Emirates63,862
  5. 5Luxembourg56,383

Lowest

  1. 166DR Congo579
  2. 165Burundi709
  3. 164Niger809
  4. 163Liberia811
  5. 162Central African Republic902

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 10,260. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 166 in both
  • 143 · 23rose · 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 2008.

  • 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) (2008). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2008

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008?

Qatar, at 107,402, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008 cover?

166.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2008?

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), 2008 the newest?

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

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