Data for 2012

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2012

2012, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2012 covers 151 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 713,314; Central African Republic is lowest, at 699. The middle country reads 20,311. Against 2011, 150 values changed (118 up, 32 down), 1 country joined.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2012

HighestSwitzerland

713,314

LowestCentral African Republic

699

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

151countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
151distinct values12 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2012, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	713,314
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	547,790
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	510,659
4	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	505,259
5	United StatesUSANorthern America	463,305
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	451,053
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	400,762
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	389,811
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	348,997
10	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	345,297
11	CanadaCANNorthern America	338,407
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	302,954
13	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	297,646
14	FranceFRAWestern Europe	293,732
15	IsraelISRWestern Asia	282,347
16	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	279,825
17	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	274,049
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	267,012
19	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	258,194
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	253,188
21	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	229,098
22	JapanJPNEastern Asia	213,628
23	QatarQATWestern Asia	204,973
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	169,770
25	ItalyITASouthern Europe	152,053
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	150,146
27	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	149,616
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	139,732
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	127,237
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	118,497
31	UruguayURYSouth America	114,882
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	108,298
33	ChileCHLSouth America	97,760
34	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	90,398
35	Costa RicaCRICentral America	90,178
36	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	87,946
37	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	83,497
38	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	82,317
39	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	79,719
40	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	74,349
41	PanamaPANCentral America	71,901
42	PolandPOLEastern Europe	71,360
43	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	69,622
44	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	68,592
45	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	67,398
46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	58,734
47	OmanOMNWestern Asia	58,199
48	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	56,522
49	BrazilBRASouth America	55,450
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	54,706
51	ArgentinaARGSouth America	54,705
52	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	51,204
53	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	50,880
54	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	50,610
55	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	49,088
56	EcuadorECUSouth America	44,942
57	ColombiaCOLSouth America	42,359
58	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	41,161
59	PeruPERSouth America	40,220
60	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	40,183
61	MexicoMEXCentral America	39,909
62	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	35,708
63	BelarusBLREastern Europe	33,598
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	32,918
65	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32,793
66	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	30,839
67	GuyanaGUYSouth America	30,703
68	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	29,963
69	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	29,727
70	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	28,488
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	25,449
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	24,355
73	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	23,820
74	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	23,107
75	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	20,892
76	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	20,311
77	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	20,284
78	BoliviaBOLSouth America	20,216
79	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19,437
80	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	19,421
81	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	18,806
82	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	18,193
83	BelizeBLZCentral America	18,016
84	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	16,847
85	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	16,135
86	SurinameSURSouth America	16,068
87	KenyaKENEastern Africa	15,782
88	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	15,455
89	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14,975
90	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	14,913
91	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	14,812
92	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	14,259
93	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	13,757
94	GabonGABMiddle Africa	13,380
95	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13,097
96	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	12,971
97	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	12,967
98	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,623
99	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	12,577
100	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,539
101	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,390
102	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11,993
103	HondurasHNDCentral America	11,761
104	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,562
105	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11,374
106	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	10,394
107	IraqIRQWestern Asia	9,988
108	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	9,781
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	9,681
110	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	9,401
111	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9,398
112	NicaraguaNICCentral America	9,158
113	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	8,803
114	IranIRNSouthern Asia	8,716
115	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8,311
116	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	7,655
117	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	7,578
118	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	7,476
119	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7,453
120	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,346
121	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	7,282
122	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	7,075
123	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	6,510
124	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	6,370
125	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	6,122
126	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	5,953
127	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5,663
128	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	5,546
129	HaitiHTICaribbean	5,528
130	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5,491
131	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	5,210
132	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5,187
133	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,472
134	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4,403
135	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	4,279
136	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4,119
137	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,874
138	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,714
139	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,615
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,577
141	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,558
142	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3,471
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,257
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,224
145	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3,077
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,616
147	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,422
148	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,297
149	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2,207
150	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,984
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	699

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland713,314
2Luxembourg547,790
3Norway510,659
4Iceland505,259
5United States463,305

Lowest

151Central African Republic699
150Gambia1,984
149Burundi2,207
148Niger2,297
147Mozambique2,422

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 20,311. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
118 · 32rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg531,122 → 547,790+16,668
Singapore286,704 → 297,646+10,941
Iceland494,567 → 505,259+10,692
Costa Rica82,947 → 90,178+7,230
Malta162,859 → 169,770+6,911

Fell most

Greece80,599 → 74,349−6,251
Spain145,143 → 139,732−5,411
Portugal111,644 → 108,298−3,347
Denmark452,756 → 451,053−1,704
Slovenia151,143 → 149,616−1,527

+ Sudan

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 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.
The position is ours
World Bank Group 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 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2012). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2012

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