History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale by country
Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution’ Section 1.3 'History's Hockey Stick: Growth in income' in The CORE Team, The Economy. Available at: https://tinyco.re/28126370 [Figure 1.1b]
Countries reporting
145
Highest
153,764 2011 US$
Qatar
Lowest
623.49 2011 US$
Central African Republic
Median
12,836 2011 US$
Years covered
1019
1000–2018
Data points
17,704
What the numbers show
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 153,764 2011 US$ in Qatar; the lowest is 623.49 2011 US$ in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 12,836 2011 US$, and the mean is 19,690 2011 US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 247.
Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 111.8%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 49.8%).
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 153,764 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Norway | 84,580 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 76,398 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 68,402 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Kuwait | 65,521 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 64,684 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Switzerland | 61,373 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 57,428 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 55,335 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 50,305 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia | 49,831 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Netherlands | 47,474 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Denmark | 46,312 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Germany | 46,178 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Sweden | 45,542 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 44,869 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Iceland | 43,438 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 42,988 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Belgium | 39,756 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Bahrain | 39,499 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Finland | 38,897 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Japan | 38,674 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 38,516 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 38,058 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Oman | 36,478 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 26 | New Zealand | 35,336 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Puerto Rico | 35,076 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Italy | 34,364 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Israel | 32,955 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 30 | Malta | 32,029 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 31,496 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Seychelles | 29,531 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Slovenia | 29,245 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28,549 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 35 | Equatorial Guinea | 28,529 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Poland | 27,455 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Estonia | 27,409 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 38 | Lithuania | 27,371 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 39 | Cyprus | 27,184 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Slovakia | 27,076 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 27,036 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 26,318 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 25,623 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 25,308 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 24,842 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Latvia | 24,313 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 23,451 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Panama | 22,637 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Chile | 22,105 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Croatia | 22,012 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 20,186 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Mauritius | 20,139 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Romania | 20,126 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Montenegro | 19,504 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Turkey | 19,270 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Belarus | 18,727 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 57 | Argentina | 18,556 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 18,444 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Gabon | 17,614 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 60 | Thailand | 16,649 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 16,628 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Mexico | 16,494 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 15,912 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Botswana | 15,842 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Libya | 15,013 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 14,686 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 14,228 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 14,124 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 69 | Brazil | 14,034 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | 13,545 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Mongolia | 13,382 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 72 | China | 13,102 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Iraq | 12,836 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Lebanon | 12,559 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 75 | Peru | 12,310 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 76 | South Africa | 12,166 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Barbados | 11,995 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 78 | Georgia | 11,985 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 79 | Egypt | 11,957 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Indonesia | 11,852 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 11,663 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Jordan | 11,506 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 83 | Armenia | 11,454 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 84 | Tunisia | 11,354 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 11,220 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 78.7% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 11,104 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 10,639 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | 10,475 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,460 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 9,813 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 9,339 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 92 | Namibia | 9,043 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 93 | Dominica | 9,021 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 94 | El Salvador | 8,598 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Morocco | 8,451 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 8,326 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Philippines | 8,139 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Angola | 7,771 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 7,402 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 100 | Jamaica | 7,273 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 101 | India | 6,806 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Myanmar | 5,838 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Congo | 5,715 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 104 | Pakistan | 5,510 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Nigeria | 5,238 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,177 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 107 | Honduras | 5,042 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 4,952 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 4,440 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 58.5% | falling |
| 110 | Ghana | 4,267 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 4,099 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,730 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 3,629 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 3,534 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 3,458 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 116 | Kenya | 3,377 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 117 | Djibouti | 3,296 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 118 | Cameroon | 2,888 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 119 | Lesotho | 2,731 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 120 | Nepal | 2,727 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 121 | Senegal | 2,617 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 21.9% | flat |
| 122 | Yemen | 2,285 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 49.8% | rising |
| 123 | Benin | 2,220 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 124 | Chad | 2,046 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 125 | Uganda | 2,045 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 1,935 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 127 | Rwanda | 1,929 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 128 | Gambia | 1,882 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 1,838 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 130 | Haiti | 1,729 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 131 | Comoros | 1,724 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 1,684 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 133 | Mali | 1,667 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 1,611 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 135 | Guinea | 1,606 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 1,590 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,501 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 138 | Togo | 1,451 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 139 | Madagascar | 1,428 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 140 | Mozambique | 1,133 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 141 | Malawi | 1,117 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 142 | Niger | 964.66 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 143 | Liberia | 818.42 2011 US$ | 2018 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Burundi | 651.36 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 623.49 2011 US$ | 2018 | down 30.9% | falling |
About this data
Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution’ Section 1.3 'History's Hockey Stick: Growth in income' in The CORE Team, The Economy. Available at: https://tinyco.re/28126370 [Figure 1.1b]