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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009

2009, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 115,283; DR Congo is lowest, at 595. The middle country reads 10,262. Against 2008, 166 values changed (82 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2009

HighestQatar

115,283

LowestDR Congo

595

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), 2009, 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), 2009: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia115,283
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe76,626
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia70,073
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia58,861
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe55,172
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe52,731
7SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia51,344
8United StatesUSANorthern America48,453
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe47,376
10Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa47,161
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand44,687
12OmanOMNWestern Asia44,245
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe43,179
14DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe42,090
15Hong KongHKGEastern Asia41,076
16CanadaCANNorthern America40,313
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe40,116
18Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia39,672
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe39,464
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe38,963
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe37,702
22BelgiumBELWestern Europe36,999
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe36,663
24FranceFRAWestern Europe35,535
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34,402

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar115,283
  2. 2Norway76,626
  3. 3Kuwait70,073
  4. 4United Arab Emirates58,861
  5. 5Switzerland55,172

Lowest

  1. 166DR Congo595
  2. 165Burundi709
  3. 164Niger775
  4. 163Liberia838
  5. 162Central African Republic899

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 10,262. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 166 in both
  • 82 · 84rose · 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 2009.

  • 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) (2009). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2009

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009?

Qatar, at 115,283, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009 cover?

166.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2009?

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), 2009 the newest?

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

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