Data for 2022

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022

2022, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 149,171; Central African Republic is lowest, at 596. The middle country reads 12,890. Against 2021, 166 values changed (142 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2022

HighestQatar

149,171

LowestCentral African Republic

596

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

166countries
1measure
2022the 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), 2022, 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), 2022: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	QatarQATWestern Asia	149,171
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	88,366
3	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	80,320
4	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	77,204
5	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	71,534
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	63,323
7	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	60,257
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	58,487
9	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	55,485
10	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	53,517
11	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	53,143
12	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	52,049
13	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	50,690
14	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	49,670
15	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	48,289
16	OmanOMNWestern Asia	47,989
17	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	47,126
18	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	46,648
19	CanadaCANNorthern America	45,530
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	43,793
21	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	42,146
22	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	41,872
23	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	41,321
24	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	40,701
25	FranceFRAWestern Europe	39,066
26	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	38,652
27	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	38,407
28	JapanJPNEastern Asia	38,269
29	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	38,250
30	IsraelISRWestern Asia	36,649
31	ItalyITASouthern Europe	36,224
32	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	35,281
33	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	34,496
34	SpainESPSouthern Europe	34,123
35	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	32,674
36	PolandPOLEastern Europe	32,468
37	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	32,247
38	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	31,523
39	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	31,055
40	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	30,863
41	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	30,067
42	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	29,452
43	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	28,992
44	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	27,519
45	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	27,362
46	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	27,220
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	26,987
48	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	26,629
49	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	26,492
50	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	26,198
51	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	25,773
52	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	25,437
53	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	25,284
54	PanamaPANCentral America	23,557
55	ChileCHLSouth America	22,741
56	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	22,707
57	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	20,942
58	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	20,643
59	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	20,592
60	UruguayURYSouth America	20,182
61	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	19,238
62	BelarusBLREastern Europe	18,700
63	IranIRNSouthern Asia	18,473
64	ArgentinaARGSouth America	18,292
65	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	17,714
66	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	17,683
67	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	17,235
68	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	17,098
69	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	16,421
70	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	16,352
71	MexicoMEXCentral America	16,235
72	GabonGABMiddle Africa	15,721
73	Costa RicaCRICentral America	15,497
74	BrazilBRASouth America	14,640
75	ColombiaCOLSouth America	14,469
76	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	14,360
77	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	14,051
78	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	13,838
79	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	13,506
80	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	13,443
81	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	13,205
82	IraqIRQWestern Asia	13,072
83	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	12,978
84	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	12,802
85	PeruPERSouth America	12,763
86	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	12,755
87	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	12,559
88	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	12,143
89	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	11,546
90	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	11,416
91	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	10,914
92	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	10,705
93	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	10,452
94	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	10,341
95	EcuadorECUSouth America	10,124
96	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	9,219
97	JordanJORWestern Asia	9,151
98	DominicaDMACaribbean	8,880
99	ParaguayPRYSouth America	8,763
100	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	8,522
101	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	8,400
102	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	8,371
103	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	8,050
104	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	7,979
105	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	7,969
106	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	7,766
107	UkraineUKREastern Europe	7,749
108	CubaCUBCaribbean	7,649
109	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	7,482
110	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	7,203
111	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	7,168
112	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	6,675
113	BoliviaBOLSouth America	6,481
114	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	6,119
115	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	5,532
116	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	5,508
117	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	5,305
118	VenezuelaVENSouth America	5,267
119	HondurasHNDCentral America	5,187
120	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	5,177
121	NicaraguaNICCentral America	5,093
122	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	5,070
123	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4,926
124	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	4,775
125	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	4,242
126	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4,188
127	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	4,012
128	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	3,944
129	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3,752
130	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	3,680
131	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	3,623
132	KenyaKENEastern Africa	3,404
133	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	3,342
134	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3,057
135	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3,014
136	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	2,812
137	SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,661
138	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	2,495
139	BeninBENWestern Africa	2,477
140	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2,405
141	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	2,313
142	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	2,289
143	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2,198
144	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2,122
145	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,011
146	YemenYEMWestern Asia	1,959
147	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1,900
148	GuineaGINWestern Africa	1,809
149	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,705
150	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	1,704
151	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,690
152	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,652
153	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,625
154	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,587
155	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1,569
156	HaitiHTICaribbean	1,546
157	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	1,394
158	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,367
159	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	1,358
160	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	1,190
161	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,088
162	NigerNERWestern Africa	1,008
163	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	844
164	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	811
165	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	717
166	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	596

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar149,171
2Norway88,366
3Singapore80,320
4United Arab Emirates77,204
5Kuwait71,534

Lowest

166Central African Republic596
165Burundi717
164Liberia811
163DR Congo844
162Niger1,008

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12,890. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
142 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar143,469 → 149,171+5,702
Kuwait66,418 → 71,534+5,115
United Arab Emirates72,460 → 77,204+4,744
Saudi Arabia49,841 → 53,517+3,676
Ireland57,278 → 60,257+2,979

Fell most

Ukraine10,134 → 7,749−2,385
Libya14,797 → 12,755−2,042
Hong Kong50,006 → 48,289−1,717
Sri Lanka11,752 → 10,705−1,046
Moldova7,557 → 6,675−883

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

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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 2022.
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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) (2022). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2022

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