List of Asian countries by GDP per capita

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This is a list of Asian countries by GDP per capita at Purchasing Power Parity. All figures are from the 2007 IMF list published in October 2008. Turkey and Cyprus are excluded along with the former Soviet republics.

Asian rank	World rank	Country	GDP per capita	GDP world rank
1	1	Qatar	$85,638	69
2	4	Brunei	$50,790	113
3	5	Singapore	$49,754	44
4	9	Kuwait	$39,344	56
5	14	United Arab Emirates	$37,941	55
6	22	Japan	$33,596	3
7	24	Bahrain	$31,899	105
8	26	Republic of China1	$30,322	19
9	31	Israel	$27,147	52
10	34	South Korea	$24,803	14
11	36	Oman	$23,987	77
12	38	Saudi Arabia	$22,852	22
13	59	Malaysia	$13,385	30
14	66	Lebanon	$11,279	84
15	71	Iran	$10,570	18
16	83	Thailand	$7,907	24
17	100	People's Republic of China2	$5,325	2
18	105	Jordan	$4,906	99
19	106	Bhutan	$4,862	N/A
20	109	Maldives	$4,603	N/A
21	111	Syria	$4,492	63
22	113	Sri Lanka	$4,265	65
23	120	Indonesia	$3,728	16
24	122	Philippines	$3,383	37
25	124	Mongolia	$3,222	141
26	127	Pakistan	$2,594	26
27	128	Vietnam	$2,589	46
28	129	India	$2,563	4
29	107	East Timor	$4,770	156
30	132	Yemen	$2,343	81
31	136	Laos	$2,054	128
32	140	Papua New Guinea	$1,974	131
33	143	Cambodia	$1,818	103
34	153	Bangladesh	$1,311	48
35	159	Nepal	$3,397	96
36	161	Burma	$1,040	78
37	171	Afghanistan	$733	112

[edit] Notes

• Note 1: Includes only area under its effective control, namely Taiwan (including the Pescadores), Quemoy, Matsu, etc.
• Note 2: Includes the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
• Note 3: Data from IMF not available for Iraq and North Korea, which are excluded from this list.

[edit] See also

• List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of Asian countries by GDP PPP