Data for 2016

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2016

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2016 covers 151 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 725,348; Central African Republic is lowest, at 692. The middle country reads 21,883. Against 2015, 151 values changed (128 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2016

HighestSwitzerland

725,348

LowestCentral African Republic

692

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

151countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	725,348
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	579,177
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	572,238
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	504,615
5	United StatesUSANorthern America	482,645
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	466,594
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	406,741
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	391,258
9	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	358,669
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	356,761
11	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	350,692
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	340,356
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	338,776
14	IsraelISRWestern Asia	300,322
15	FranceFRAWestern Europe	295,524
16	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	292,576
17	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	279,740
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	276,393
19	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	268,758
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	251,311
21	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	237,723
22	QatarQATWestern Asia	230,932
23	JapanJPNEastern Asia	220,934
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	194,091
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	163,127
26	ItalyITASouthern Europe	152,931
27	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	152,017
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	150,641
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	133,086
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	127,660
31	UruguayURYSouth America	117,093
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	114,944
33	ChileCHLSouth America	101,179
34	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99,496
35	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	99,026
36	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	89,515
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	89,169
38	Costa RicaCRICentral America	85,497
39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	81,599
40	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	78,997
41	PolandPOLEastern Europe	77,349
42	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	77,194
43	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	75,518
44	PanamaPANCentral America	74,976
45	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	66,807
46	OmanOMNWestern Asia	65,914
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	64,045
48	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	59,352
49	BrazilBRASouth America	58,986
50	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	56,546
51	ArgentinaARGSouth America	55,478
52	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	55,117
53	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	54,672
54	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	51,631
55	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	50,575
56	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	50,163
57	EcuadorECUSouth America	49,832
58	ColombiaCOLSouth America	45,767
59	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	43,015
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	42,104
61	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	40,181
62	PeruPERSouth America	40,019
63	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	34,789
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	34,377
65	BelarusBLREastern Europe	34,220
66	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32,691
67	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	31,869
68	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	31,711
69	GuyanaGUYSouth America	30,536
70	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	30,321
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	28,290
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	25,945
73	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	24,175
74	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	23,235
75	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	22,711
76	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	21,883
77	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	21,616
78	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	20,985
79	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	20,925
80	BoliviaBOLSouth America	20,755
81	BelizeBLZCentral America	20,610
82	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	20,410
83	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	19,822
84	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	18,582
85	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	18,113
86	SurinameSURSouth America	17,774
87	KenyaKENEastern Africa	16,951
88	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	15,847
89	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	15,647
90	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	15,178
91	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15,081
92	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14,716
93	GabonGABMiddle Africa	14,313
94	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	14,279
95	HondurasHNDCentral America	14,188
96	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	13,925
97	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13,687
98	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	13,249
99	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	13,127
100	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,780
101	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,675
102	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,563
103	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11,518
104	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,507
105	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11,229
106	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	10,955
107	IraqIRQWestern Asia	10,871
108	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	10,133
109	NicaraguaNICCentral America	10,097
110	BeninBENWestern Africa	10,065
111	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	10,060
112	SenegalSENWestern Africa	9,925
113	IranIRNSouthern Asia	9,672
114	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9,498
115	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9,463
116	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	8,470
117	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	8,162
118	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	7,898
119	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	7,585
120	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7,395
121	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,296
122	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	6,905
123	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	6,798
124	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	6,580
125	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	6,532
126	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	6,349
127	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	6,231
128	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	6,156
129	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5,874
130	HaitiHTICaribbean	5,841
131	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	5,685
132	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5,378
133	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	4,751
134	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4,647
135	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4,480
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,318
137	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,909
138	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,881
139	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,709
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,625
141	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3,576
142	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,552
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,340
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,270
145	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3,143
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,630
147	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,477
148	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,417
149	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,263
150	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2,228
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	692

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland725,348
2Luxembourg579,177
3Iceland572,238
4Norway504,615
5United States482,645

Lowest

151Central African Republic692
150Burundi2,228
149Niger2,263
148Gambia2,417
147Mozambique2,477

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 21,883. “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
151values changed, of 151 in both
128 · 23rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iceland552,953 → 572,238+19,285
Singapore346,426 → 358,669+12,243
Ireland330,552 → 340,356+9,804
Malta187,216 → 194,091+6,875
Qatar224,489 → 230,932+6,443

Fell most

Costa Rica91,972 → 85,497−6,475
Norway508,568 → 504,615−3,953
Trinidad and Tobago67,827 → 66,807−1,020
Namibia33,527 → 32,691−837
Canada339,538 → 338,776−762

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 2016.
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 (2016). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2016

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