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Not to be confused with List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita.
Countries or territories by GDP (nominal) per capita in 2026
  >$70,000
  $60,000–70,000
  $50,000–60,000
  $40,000–50,000
  $30,000–40,000
  $20,000–30,000
  $10,000–20,000
  $5,000–10,000
  $2,500–5,000
  $1,000–2,500
  <$1,000
  No data

Nominal gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is the total value of a country's finished goods and services (gross domestic product) divided by its total population (per capita).

Gross domestic product per capita is often used as a proxy indicator of a country's standard of living; however, this is inaccurate because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income and does not take into account social and environmental costs and benefits.[1][2] Measures of personal income include average wage, real income, median income, disposable income and gross national income (GNI) per capita.

Comparisons of GDP per capita are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem but not others; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than GDP per capita.[relevant to this section? – discuss] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.

GDP per capita does not consider differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results may vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, while the standard of living of its population might not change by as much.

Several leading GDP-per-capita (nominal) jurisdictions may be considered tax havens, and their GDP data subject to material distortion by tax-planning activities. Examples include Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland and Luxembourg.[3]

Non-sovereign entities (the world, continents, and some dependent territories) and states with limited international recognition are included in the list in cases in which they appear in the sources. These economies are not ranked in the charts (except Kosovo and Taiwan), but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison. Four UN members (Cuba, Monaco and North Korea) do not belong to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hence their economies are not ranked. Kosovo, is not a member of the United Nations and is a member of the IMF. Taiwan is not an IMF member, but it is listed in the official IMF indices.

Distorted GDP-per-capita for tax havens

Main articles: Corporate haven § GDP-per-capita tax haven proxy, and Corporate haven § Distorted GDP/GNP

Many of the leading GDP-per-capita (nominal) jurisdictions are tax havens whose economic data is artificially inflated by tax-driven corporate accounting entries. For instance, the Irish GDP data above is subject to material distortion by the tax planning activities of foreign multinationals in Ireland. To address this, in 2017 the Central Bank of Ireland created "modified GNI" (or GNI*) as a more appropriate statistic, and the OECD and IMF have adopted it for Ireland. 2015 Irish GDP is 143% of 2015 Irish GNI*.

A stunning $12 trillion—almost 40 percent of all foreign direct investment positions globally—is completely artificial: it consists of financial investment passing through empty corporate shells with no real activity. These investments in empty corporate shells almost always pass through well-known tax havens. The eight major pass-through economies—the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hong Kong SAR, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Singapore—host more than 85 percent of the world’s investment in special purpose entities, which are often set up for tax reasons.

— "Piercing the Veil", International Monetary Fund, June 2018[4]

Table

All data are in current United States dollars. For historical data, see list of countries by past and projected GDP (nominal) per capita.

The table initially ranks each country or territory by its IMF estimate, and can be reranked by any of the sources.

Fully sovereign states receive a numerical ranking.

Nominal GDP (in USD) per capita by country, territory, non-sovereign state or non-IMF member
Country/Territory IMF
(2026)[a][5] 		World Bank
(2022–24)[6] 		United Nations
(2023-24)[7]
 Monaco N/a 288,004 288,002
 Liechtenstein 226,809 207,973 216,392
 Luxembourg 158,733 137,516 138,596
 Bermuda N/a 142,855 136,766
 Ireland 140,186 107,316 109,874
 Switzerland 126,177 103,670 104,973
 Iceland 110,048 82,704 84,450
 Singapore 107,758 90,674 93,853
 Norway 105,877 86,810 86,717
 Cayman Islands N/a 97,750 102,833
 United States 94,430 85,810 84,817
 Isle of Man N/a 88,329 N/a
 Denmark 83,445 71,852 71,021
 Netherlands 79,918 68,219 66,649
 Macau 76,446 73,047 68,680
 Australia 75,648 64,408 68,528
 Channel Islands N/a 74,589 N/a
 Faroe Islands N/a 74,120 N/a
 Sweden 70,676 57,723 57,028
 San Marino 70,187 54,265 58,917
 Israel 69,804 54,177 57,770
 Qatar 68,138 76,276 71,894
 Austria 67,761 56,833 58,634
 Germany 65,303 55,800 55,113
 Belgium 65,112 55,723 56,613
 United Kingdom 61,056 52,637 53,313
 Canada 60,305 54,283 57,120
 Finland 60,130 53,189 53,174
 Hong Kong 59,640 54,107 54,871
 Greenland N/a 58,499 62,078
 United Arab Emirates 54,214 49,378 50,088
 Malta 53,560 42,347 46,386
 Andorra 53,475 49,304 49,304
 France 52,083 46,150 45,950
 New Zealand 52,023 48,747 49,889
 European Union[n 1] 46,805 43,145 N/a
 Italy 46,505 40,226 40,112
 Cyprus[n 2] 45,409 38,654 40,476
 U.S. Virgin Islands N/a 44,321 N/a
 Aruba 42,862 33,985 38,791
 Taiwan[n 3] 42,103 N/a N/a
 Guam N/a 41,833 N/a
 Spain 41,563 35,298 35,958
 Bahamas 40,892 39,355 39,455
 Puerto Rico 40,650 39,285 38,814
 Slovenia 40,630 34,089 34,212
 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) N/a 40,028 38,515
 Czech Republic 39,795 31,707 32,139
 British Virgin Islands N/a N/a 38,627
 Saudi Arabia 37,811 32,094 36,927
 Estonia 37,718 31,170 31,434
 South Korea 37,412 33,121 36,262
 Lithuania 36,545 29,386 29,684
 Brunei 36,288 33,418 33,418
 Japan 35,703 32,476 32,534
 Portugal 35,434 28,844 30,049
 New Caledonia N/a 33,516 34,981
 Guyana 33,167 29,884 29,670
 Kuwait 33,164 33,730 32,471
 Poland 31,336 25,023 23,734
 Anguilla N/a N/a 31,269
 Slovakia 31,242 26,148 25,746
 Turks and Caicos Islands N/a 30,349 37,760
 Cook Islands N/a N/a 30,161
 Croatia 30,030 23,932 23,911
 Greece 29,696 24,752 25,592
 Bahrain 29,569 30,048 29,314
 Barbados 29,020 25,365 26,897
 Latvia 28,913 23,367 23,337
 Hungary 28,430 23,310 23,037
 Uruguay 27,608 23,907 23,907
 Romania 25,693 20,072 20,130
 Bulgaria 23,848 17,412 16,773
 Northern Mariana Islands N/a 23,786 N/a
 Cuba N/a N/a 22,957
 French Polynesia N/a 22,774 22,438
 Antigua and Barbuda 22,448 23,726 23,060
 Curaçao N/a 22,192 19,200
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22,146 22,771 23,916
 Saint Martin (French part) N/a 21,668 N/a
 Oman 21,645 20,248 20,825
 Palau 21,571 15,899 17,513
 Panama 20,564 19,103 19,103
 Costa Rica 20,299 18,587 18,587
 Chile 20,240 16,710 16,710
 Maldives 19,464
 Turkey 19,018 15,473 15,127
 Trinidad and Tobago 18,616 19,315 17,001
 Russia 18,525 14,889 15,007
 Montserrat N/a N/a 18,451
 American Samoa N/a 18,018 N/a
 Seychelles 17,675 17,859 16,576
 Kazakhstan 17,503 14,005 14,155
 Serbia 17,252 13,524 13,223
 Montenegro 16,377 12,936 12,959
 Nauru 16,053 13,422 15,645
 Mexico 15,779 14,157 14,158
 Saint Lucia 15,135 14,182 14,323
 Malaysia 15,085 11,867 11,867
 China[n 4] 14,874 13,303 13,206
 Argentina 14,357 13,858 13,970
 World 14,217 13,673 13,097
 Mauritius 13,812 11,872 11,763
 Grenada 12,689 11,872 11,705
 Albania 12,493 10,012 9,685
 Dominican Republic 12,406 10,876 10,876
 Brazil 12,313 10,280 10,311
 Turkmenistan 12,300 8,572 9,161
 North Macedonia 11,967 9,310 9,299
 Georgia[n 5] 11,574 8,284 8,980
 Belarus 11,286 8,316 8,387
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,098 11,501 11,294
 Peru 10,960 8,452 8,456
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,701 8,957 9,632
 Dominica 10,459 10,405 10,405
 Armenia 10,410 8,501 8,728
 Colombia 10,104 7,914 7,914
 Gabon 9,918 8,219 8,219
 Marshall Islands 9,677 7,467 7,491
 Paraguay 9,372 6,416 6,457
 Moldova[n 6] 9,354 7,618 5,997
 Kosovo 8,958 7,299 6,621
 Suriname 8,856 7,431 6,990
 Botswana 8,490 7,695 7,695
 Jamaica 8,356 7,020 7,754
 Equatorial Guinea 8,152 6,745 6,493
 Belize 8,134 8,430 7,681
 Thailand 8,105 7,345 7,347
 Mongolia 7,853 6,692 6,786
 Ecuador 7,575 6,875 6,875
 South Africa 7,503 6,253 6,267
 Azerbaijan 7,467 7,284 7,190
 Tonga 7,238 4,864 6,218
 Ukraine[n 7] 6,980 5,390 5,038
 Libya 6,962 6,318 6,569
 Guatemala 6,810 6,150 6,150
 Fiji 6,802 6,288 6,426
 Cape Verde 6,670 5,273 5,273
 Algeria 6,628 5,631 5,703
 Tuvalu 6,581 6,345 5,851
 Samoa 6,455 4,899 5,749
 Lebanon 6,443 (2025) 3,478 6,543
 Bolivia 6,333 4,001 3,756
 El Salvador 6,196 5,580 5,580
 Iraq 5,677 6,074 6,074
 Jordan 5,601 4,456 4,618
 Namibia 5,573 4,413 4,413
 Federated States of Micronesia 5,514 4,166 5,058
 Indonesia 5,362 4,925 4,925
 Vietnam 5,115 4,717 4,717
 Morocco 5,107 3,993 4,217
 Eswatini 4,927 3,936 3,981
 Tunisia 4,893 4,350 4,357
 Bhutan 4,867 3,839 4,228
 São Tomé and Príncipe 4,739 3,245 3,517
 Uzbekistan 4,661 3,162 3,162
 Sri Lanka 4,516 (2024) 4,516 4,273
 Philippines 4,443 3,985 3,985
 Djibouti 4,421 3,497 3,553
 Venezuela 4,140 N/a 5,298
 Vanuatu 4,082 3,543 3,332
 Egypt 3,904 3,339 2,634
 Angola 3,754 2,122 3,092
 Honduras 3,711 3,426 3,426
 Nicaragua 3,559 2,848 2,848
 Iran 3,415 5,190 4,894
 Ghana 3,314 2,405 2,409
 Ivory Coast 3,313 2,710 2,690
 Kyrgyzstan 3,202 2,419 2,432
 Zimbabwe 3,199 2,656 2,748
 Haiti 3,079 2,142 1,705
 Kiribati 3,051 2,288 2,178
 Mauritania 3,033 2,121 2,121
 Bangladesh 2,911 2,593 2,464
 Cambodia 2,902 2,627 2,603
 Palestine[n 8] 2,853 (2024) 2,592 3,640
 India 2,813 2,697 2,724
 Kenya 2,714 2,206 1,952
 Papua New Guinea 2,632 3,076 2,986
 Congo 2,554 2,482 2,291
 Laos 2,403 2,124 1,958
 Solomon Islands 2,258 2,149 2,042
 Cameroon 2,125 1,762 1,737
 Senegal 2,054 1,744 1,682
 Comoros 1,951 1,784 1,703
 Tajikistan 1,939 1,341 1,161
 Guinea 1,848 1,717 1,597
 Zambia 1,831 1,235 1,331
 Benin 1,809 1,485 1,394
 Pakistan 1,696 (2025) 1,484 1,212
 Nigeria 1,556 807 1,646
 Nepal 1,548 1,447 1,363
 Timor-Leste 1,520 1,343 1,503
 Myanmar 1,519 1,359 1,147
 Uganda 1,476 1,072 1,049
 Guinea-Bissau 1,449 963 855
 Tanzania[n 9] 1,362 1,185 1,209
 Togo 1,341 1,043 997
 Burkina Faso 1,319 987 883
 Chad 1,315 1,016 913
 Mali 1,301 1,086 833
 Lesotho 1,241 972 916
 Zanzibar N/a 1,225 1,374
 Rwanda 1,198 1,000 1,010
 DR Congo 1,122 647 655
 Ethiopia 1,081 1,011 1,241
 Liberia 964 846 917
 Gambia 953 909 890
 Sierra Leone 919 873 758
 Sudan 864 989 680
 Syria N/a 847 1,230
 Niger 822 723 643
 Somalia 813 637 597
 Malawi 733 602 509
 Eritrea N/a N/a 656
 Madagascar 656 545 598
 North Korea N/a N/a 640
 Mozambique 632 647 623
 Central African Republic 613 516 496
 Burundi 546 154 289
 South Sudan 488 N/a 403
 Afghanistan 448 (2025) 414 396
 Yemen 384 433 222
Notes:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The following countries are from 2023–2024 data: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Sri Lanka.
  1. ^ The European Union is included because it is far more than a free trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur. It has certain attributes associated with independent countries: its own flag, anthem, currency (for some members), parliament and other law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy when dealing with external partners. However, because the EU is an organization and not a sovereign state, it does not receive a ranking in this list.
  2. ^ Data are for the area controlled by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
  3. ^ The name used by the IMF is the "Taiwan Province of China".
  4. ^ Figures for China exclude Taiwan, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
  5. ^ Excludes Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  6. ^ Excludes data for Transnistria.
  7. ^ Figures exclude the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.
  8. ^ The name used by the IMF and World Bank is the "West Bank and Gaza". The name used by the UN is the "State of Palestine".
  9. ^ The UN figure excludes autonomous region of Zanzibar.

References

  1. ^ O'Sullivan, Arthur
  2. ^ French President seeks alternatives to GDP, The Guardian 14-09-2009."European Parliament, Policy Department Economic and Scientific Policy: Beyond GDP Study" (PDF). (1.47 MB)
  3. ^ Richard Phillips; Matt Gardner; Alexandria Robins; Michelle Surka (2017). "Offshore Shell Games 2017" (PDF). Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
  4. ^ "Piercing the Veil, FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT, JUNE 2018, VOL. 55, NO. 2". IMF Finance & Development. June 2018.
  5. ^ "Data Explorer". data.imf.org. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  6. ^ "GDP per capita (current US$)". World Development Indicators. The World Bank. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  7. ^ [1], (Select all countries, "GDP, Per Capita GDP–US Dollars", and "2023-24" to generate the table), United Nations Statistics Division. Access date: 12 February 2023.
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