Data for 2016

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2016

2016, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2016 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 160,051; Central African Republic is lowest, at 593. The middle country reads 12,128. Against 2015, 166 values changed (133 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2016

HighestQatar

160,051

LowestCentral African Republic

593

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

166countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
166distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2016, as published. GGDC ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2016: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	160,051
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	83,213
3	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	79,289
4	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	74,293
5	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	69,211
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	60,648
7	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	55,516
8	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	53,687
9	United StatesUSANorthern America	53,301
10	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	51,959
11	OmanOMNWestern Asia	51,383
12	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	48,675
13	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	48,385
14	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	46,019
15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	45,654
16	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	45,030
17	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	44,131
18	CanadaCANNorthern America	43,702
19	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	43,262
20	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	41,683
21	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	41,545
22	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	39,457
23	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	38,805
24	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	37,924
25	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	37,594
26	JapanJPNEastern Asia	37,385
27	FranceFRAWestern Europe	37,344
28	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	36,255
29	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	35,595
30	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	34,880
31	ItalyITASouthern Europe	34,120
32	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	33,207
33	SpainESPSouthern Europe	33,003
34	IsraelISRWestern Asia	31,823
35	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	30,158
36	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	29,207
37	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	29,098
38	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	28,589
39	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	27,005
40	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	26,608
41	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	25,569
42	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	25,196
43	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	25,088
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	25,021
45	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	24,887
46	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	23,732
47	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	23,610
48	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	23,569
49	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	23,252
50	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	22,913
51	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	22,680
52	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	21,937
53	ChileCHLSouth America	21,716
54	PanamaPANCentral America	21,445
55	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	20,915
56	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	19,826
57	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	19,525
58	UruguayURYSouth America	19,394
59	ArgentinaARGSouth America	18,820
60	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	17,777
61	IranIRNSouthern Asia	17,738
62	BelarusBLREastern Europe	17,702
63	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	17,485
64	GabonGABMiddle Africa	16,995
65	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	16,796
66	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	16,771
67	MexicoMEXCentral America	16,705
68	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	15,412
69	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	14,752
70	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	14,530
71	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	14,219
72	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	14,198
73	IraqIRQWestern Asia	14,174
74	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	14,139
75	BrazilBRASouth America	13,991
76	Costa RicaCRICentral America	13,959
77	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	13,519
78	VenezuelaVENSouth America	13,429
79	ColombiaCOLSouth America	13,367
80	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	13,074
81	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	12,753
82	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	12,314
83	PeruPERSouth America	12,132
84	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	12,125
85	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	11,908
86	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	11,458
87	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	11,236
88	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	11,064
89	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	10,945
90	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	10,850
91	EcuadorECUSouth America	10,604
92	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	10,547
93	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	10,487
94	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	10,113
95	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	9,966
96	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	9,845
97	DominicaDMACaribbean	9,567
98	UkraineUKREastern Europe	9,222
99	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	9,153
100	JordanJORWestern Asia	9,149
101	ParaguayPRYSouth America	8,439
102	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	8,289
103	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	7,993
104	CubaCUBCaribbean	7,928
105	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	7,912
106	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	7,819
107	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	7,464
108	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	7,381
109	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	7,187
110	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	6,461
111	BoliviaBOLSouth America	6,338
112	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	6,326
113	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	6,103
114	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	6,090
115	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	5,860
116	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	5,337
117	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	5,317
118	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	5,315
119	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	5,253
120	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	5,031
121	NicaraguaNICCentral America	5,016
122	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,925
123	HondurasHNDCentral America	4,803
124	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,979
125	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3,641
126	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3,629
127	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	3,599
128	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	3,477
129	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	3,381
130	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	3,377
131	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3,329
132	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	3,312
133	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,140
134	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	3,085
135	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2,975
136	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	2,775
137	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	2,758
138	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	2,593
139	YemenYEMWestern Asia	2,495
140	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2,443
141	SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,336
142	BeninBENWestern Africa	2,062
143	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1,953
144	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	1,931
145	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1,821
146	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	1,783
147	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1,775
148	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,770
149	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,749
150	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	1,722
151	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,706
152	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	1,648
153	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,622
154	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,603
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,500
156	GuineaGINWestern Africa	1,473
157	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,443
158	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,413
159	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,379
160	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	1,139
161	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,103
162	NigerNERWestern Africa	904
163	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	844
164	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	783
165	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	705
166	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	593

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar160,051
2Norway83,213
3Kuwait79,289
4United Arab Emirates74,293
5Singapore69,211

Lowest

166Central African Republic593
165Burundi705
164DR Congo783
163Liberia844
162Niger904

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12,128. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
133 · 33rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates71,320 → 74,293+2,973
Seychelles25,690 → 28,589+2,899
Iceland39,757 → 41,683+1,926
Iraq12,575 → 14,174+1,599
Singapore67,674 → 69,211+1,537

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea37,822 → 33,207−4,615
Venezuela16,333 → 13,429−2,904
Trinidad and Tobago32,481 → 30,158−2,322
Republic of the Congo6,079 → 5,315−764
Azerbaijan17,464 → 16,771−693

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 2016.
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

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Cite this edition

Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2016). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2016

06112 held

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07Questions