Human capital per capita, female (current US$) by country
Countries reporting
150
Highest
253,271 current US$
Switzerland
Lowest
290.44 current US$
Central African Republic
Median
8,864 current US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
3,885
What the numbers show
Human capital per capita, female (current US$) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 253,271 current US$ in Switzerland; the lowest is 290.44 current US$ in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,864 current US$, and the mean is 33,237 current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 872.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 431.7%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 57.8%).
Human capital per capita, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 253,271 current US$ | 2020 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 243,726 current US$ | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 214,136 current US$ | 2020 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 199,569 current US$ | 2020 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 5 | Norway | 195,273 current US$ | 2020 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 188,891 current US$ | 2020 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 171,645 current US$ | 2020 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 168,049 current US$ | 2020 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands | 151,329 current US$ | 2020 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 143,403 current US$ | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 11 | France | 133,914 current US$ | 2020 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 12 | Singapore | 133,784 current US$ | 2020 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 13 | Finland | 128,731 current US$ | 2020 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 127,881 current US$ | 2020 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 125,608 current US$ | 2020 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 119,519 current US$ | 2020 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 17 | Israel | 117,117 current US$ | 2020 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 116,294 current US$ | 2020 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 112,617 current US$ | 2020 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 104,691 current US$ | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 21 | Malta | 77,408 current US$ | 2020 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 22 | Slovenia | 75,079 current US$ | 2020 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 64,612 current US$ | 2020 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 24 | Estonia | 62,827 current US$ | 2020 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 62,279 current US$ | 2020 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 58,503 current US$ | 2020 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 27 | Slovakia | 52,830 current US$ | 2020 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Uruguay | 52,159 current US$ | 2020 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Lithuania | 51,434 current US$ | 2020 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Czechia | 50,591 current US$ | 2020 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 31 | Japan | 48,017 current US$ | 2020 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 32 | South Korea | 47,052 current US$ | 2020 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 45,177 current US$ | 2020 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Latvia | 43,851 current US$ | 2020 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 39,565 current US$ | 2020 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Hungary | 37,364 current US$ | 2020 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 35,441 current US$ | 2020 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 35,398 current US$ | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 32,916 current US$ | 2020 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 40 | Croatia | 31,553 current US$ | 2020 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 30,857 current US$ | 2020 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 26,660 current US$ | 2020 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24,349 current US$ | 2020 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 23,838 current US$ | 2020 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Thailand | 22,224 current US$ | 2020 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 46 | Brazil | 21,847 current US$ | 2020 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 21,637 current US$ | 2020 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 48 | Malaysia | 21,226 current US$ | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 19,056 current US$ | 2020 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Ecuador | 18,943 current US$ | 2020 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Russia | 18,710 current US$ | 2020 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 52 | China | 17,983 current US$ | 2020 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Kuwait | 17,544 current US$ | 2020 | down 56.9% | rising |
| 54 | Bahrain | 16,889 current US$ | 2020 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 55 | Peru | 16,565 current US$ | 2020 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Colombia | 16,045 current US$ | 2020 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 15,738 current US$ | 2020 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 15,669 current US$ | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Mexico | 15,543 current US$ | 2020 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 60 | Paraguay | 15,530 current US$ | 2020 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Belarus | 15,431 current US$ | 2020 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 14,873 current US$ | 2020 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Oman | 13,958 current US$ | 2020 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 64 | South Africa | 13,412 current US$ | 2020 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 65 | Turkey | 12,344 current US$ | 2020 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 66 | Guatemala | 10,842 current US$ | 2020 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,596 current US$ | 2020 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 10,586 current US$ | 2020 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 69 | Jamaica | 10,109 current US$ | 2020 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 70 | Maldives | 10,054 current US$ | 2020 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 71 | Mauritius | 9,845 current US$ | 2020 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 72 | Namibia | 9,838 current US$ | 2020 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 73 | Montenegro | 9,515 current US$ | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 74 | Eswatini | 9,301 current US$ | 2020 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 75 | El Salvador | 8,974 current US$ | 2020 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 76 | Bolivia | 8,755 current US$ | 2020 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Botswana | 8,381 current US$ | 2020 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 78 | Guyana | 8,205 current US$ | 2020 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Vietnam | 8,174 current US$ | 2020 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Serbia | 8,048 current US$ | 2020 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 81 | Armenia | 7,755 current US$ | 2020 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Gabon | 7,557 current US$ | 2020 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 7,489 current US$ | 2020 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Belize | 7,355 current US$ | 2020 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 7,273 current US$ | 2020 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 7,170 current US$ | 2020 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 87 | Ukraine | 6,691 current US$ | 2020 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Kenya | 6,658 current US$ | 2020 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Lebanon | 5,799 current US$ | 2020 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 5,376 current US$ | 2020 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,358 current US$ | 2020 | up 102.2% | rising |
| 92 | Mongolia | 5,310 current US$ | 2020 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Suriname | 5,246 current US$ | 2020 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 94 | Solomon Islands | 5,151 current US$ | 2020 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 95 | Georgia | 5,109 current US$ | 2020 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Ghana | 5,103 current US$ | 2020 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Congo | 4,850 current US$ | 2020 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 4,707 current US$ | 2020 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 4,536 current US$ | 2020 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4,439 current US$ | 2020 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 101 | Iraq | 4,166 current US$ | 2020 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 4,160 current US$ | 2020 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Indonesia | 3,769 current US$ | 2020 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Togo | 3,677 current US$ | 2020 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 105 | Cameroon | 3,672 current US$ | 2020 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 106 | Benin | 3,567 current US$ | 2020 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 107 | Senegal | 3,527 current US$ | 2020 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 3,210 current US$ | 2020 | up 405.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Angola | 3,018 current US$ | 2020 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Jordan | 2,978 current US$ | 2020 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 111 | Uganda | 2,903 current US$ | 2020 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Lesotho | 2,885 current US$ | 2020 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 113 | Laos | 2,802 current US$ | 2020 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Egypt | 2,663 current US$ | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 115 | Zambia | 2,625 current US$ | 2020 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Nigeria | 2,571 current US$ | 2020 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Comoros | 2,536 current US$ | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 2,526 current US$ | 2020 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Tanzania | 2,508 current US$ | 2020 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 120 | Cambodia | 2,475 current US$ | 2020 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Morocco | 2,460 current US$ | 2020 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 122 | Gambia | 2,426 current US$ | 2020 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 123 | Moldova | 2,377 current US$ | 2020 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 2,263 current US$ | 2020 | up 431.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 2,137 current US$ | 2020 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 126 | Liberia | 2,133 current US$ | 2020 | up 199.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Iran | 2,064 current US$ | 2020 | down 52.3% | rising |
| 128 | Rwanda | 1,995 current US$ | 2020 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 1,982 current US$ | 2020 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Haiti | 1,851 current US$ | 2020 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritania | 1,705 current US$ | 2020 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 1,686 current US$ | 2020 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Malawi | 1,590 current US$ | 2020 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,421 current US$ | 2020 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 135 | India | 1,282 current US$ | 2020 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Niger | 1,279 current US$ | 2020 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,264 current US$ | 2020 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 138 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,180 current US$ | 2020 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 139 | Guinea | 1,111 current US$ | 2020 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 140 | Nepal | 1,070 current US$ | 2020 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Burundi | 1,051 current US$ | 2020 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 142 | Chad | 1,039 current US$ | 2020 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Madagascar | 1,001 current US$ | 2020 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 144 | Mali | 907.06 current US$ | 2020 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Mozambique | 882.99 current US$ | 2020 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 735.85 current US$ | 2020 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Burkina Faso | 614.59 current US$ | 2020 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 148 | Pakistan | 540.78 current US$ | 2020 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 149 | Sudan | 395.57 current US$ | 2020 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 290.44 current US$ | 2020 | up 4.7% | rising |