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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011

2011, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 155,533; DR Congo is lowest, at 681. The middle country reads 11,029. Against 2010, 166 values changed (138 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2011

HighestQatar

155,533

LowestDR Congo

681

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), 2011, 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), 2011: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia155,533
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe80,623
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia77,126
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia65,307
5SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia61,672
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe58,686
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe54,031
8United StatesUSANorthern America49,675
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe48,980
10Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia48,470
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand46,132
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe44,591
13Hong KongHKGEastern Asia44,532
14OmanOMNWestern Asia44,454
15Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa43,841
16DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe43,575
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe43,189
18CanadaCANNorthern America42,197
19SwedenSWENorthern Europe42,079
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe41,446
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia38,565
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe38,432
23BelgiumBELWestern Europe38,130
24IcelandISLNorthern Europe36,740
25FranceFRAWestern Europe36,691

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar155,533
  2. 2Norway80,623
  3. 3Kuwait77,126
  4. 4United Arab Emirates65,307
  5. 5Singapore61,672

Lowest

  1. 166DR Congo681
  2. 165Burundi719
  3. 164Niger799
  4. 163Liberia820
  5. 162Central African Republic909

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11,029. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 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

  • Libya29,157 → 12,893−16,264
  • Greece26,517 → 24,349−2,168
  • Oman46,182 → 44,454−1,728
  • Yemen4,812 → 4,088−724
  • Sweden42,635 → 42,079−556

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 2011.

  • 163 distinct values among 166

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 9,484. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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) (2011). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2011

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011?

Qatar, at 155,533, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011 cover?

166.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011?

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), 2011 the newest?

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

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