Human capital per capita, female (real chained 2019 US$) by country
Human capital is computed as the present value of future earnings for the working population over their lifetimes. Values are measured at market exchange rates in constant 2018 US dollars, using a country-specific GDP deflator.
Countries reporting
150
Highest
248,548 real chained 2019 US$
Switzerland
Lowest
282.71 real chained 2019 US$
Central African Republic
Median
10,358 real chained 2019 US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
3,885
What the numbers show
Human capital per capita, female (real chained 2019 US$) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 248,548 real chained 2019 US$ in Switzerland; the lowest is 282.71 real chained 2019 US$ in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 10,358 real chained 2019 US$, and the mean is 35,445 real chained 2019 US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 879.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 100.7%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 36.7%).
Human capital per capita, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 248,548 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 246,650 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 231,513 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 4 | Norway | 220,011 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 212,273 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 194,157 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 170,128 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 163,258 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 155,279 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 154,829 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 11 | Singapore | 151,445 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 12 | France | 139,279 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 134,877 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 128,658 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 128,015 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 124,280 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium | 121,718 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 18 | New Zealand | 120,999 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 19 | Israel | 118,368 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 111,711 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 21 | Malta | 85,464 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 22 | Slovenia | 79,523 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 72,871 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 67,435 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 25 | Estonia | 64,275 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 63,338 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 27 | Uruguay | 58,442 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 54,319 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 52,821 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 51,285 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 50,257 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 49,646 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 33 | South Korea | 48,993 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 44,878 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 35 | Latvia | 44,191 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 44,072 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 37 | Qatar | 43,770 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 38 | Hungary | 39,574 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 39 | Poland | 34,794 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 34,296 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 41 | Croatia | 34,084 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 33,048 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 31,754 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 28,860 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28,257 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 26,049 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 24,646 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 48 | Thailand | 24,406 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 23,983 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 50 | Kuwait | 23,622 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 23,087 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 52 | Russia | 21,270 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | Colombia | 20,907 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 54 | Peru | 19,608 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 55 | Bahrain | 19,527 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 18,647 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 57 | Paraguay | 18,293 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 58 | China | 17,841 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 59 | Mexico | 17,805 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 60 | Maldives | 16,779 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 100.7% | rising |
| 61 | Oman | 16,779 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 62 | Belarus | 16,236 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 63 | South Africa | 16,194 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 15,110 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 14,861 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 66 | Turkey | 14,080 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 67 | Mauritius | 12,703 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 68 | Namibia | 12,272 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 69 | Jamaica | 11,763 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,704 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 71 | Montenegro | 11,066 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 72 | Eswatini | 10,977 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 73 | Guatemala | 10,929 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 74 | Bolivia | 10,873 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 10,845 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 76 | Botswana | 9,871 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 77 | El Salvador | 9,815 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 78 | Lebanon | 9,390 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 79 | Belize | 8,869 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 80 | Gabon | 8,701 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 8,227 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia | 8,131 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 83 | Vietnam | 8,100 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 84 | Honduras | 8,006 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 85 | Suriname | 8,005 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 7,763 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 87 | Guyana | 7,635 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 88 | Philippines | 7,250 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 89 | Kenya | 6,840 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 6,584 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 91 | Congo | 6,009 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 92 | Mongolia | 5,909 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 5,706 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 94 | Iraq | 5,680 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 5,524 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 5,238 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 97 | Ghana | 5,219 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 4,946 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,866 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 4,644 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 101 | Angola | 4,576 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4,410 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 4,357 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 104 | Indonesia | 4,089 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 105 | Cameroon | 3,683 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 106 | Togo | 3,526 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 107 | Zambia | 3,378 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 108 | Benin | 3,323 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 109 | Lesotho | 3,295 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 110 | Jordan | 3,264 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 111 | Senegal | 3,198 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 2,998 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 113 | Nigeria | 2,939 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 114 | Uganda | 2,903 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 115 | Iran | 2,862 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 116 | Laos | 2,833 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 117 | Cambodia | 2,745 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 2,727 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 119 | Morocco | 2,638 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 2,609 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 121 | Comoros | 2,587 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 2,352 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 123 | Tanzania | 2,346 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 124 | Moldova | 2,341 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 2,313 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 2,307 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 127 | Egypt | 2,268 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 128 | Liberia | 2,148 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 129 | Rwanda | 2,128 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 130 | Haiti | 1,961 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 1,776 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 132 | Mauritania | 1,669 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,519 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 23.4% | flat |
| 134 | Malawi | 1,511 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 135 | India | 1,338 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,288 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 137 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,274 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 138 | Niger | 1,237 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 139 | Nepal | 1,137 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 140 | Madagascar | 1,128 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 141 | Chad | 1,086 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 142 | Guinea | 1,028 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 143 | Burundi | 1,014 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 144 | Mozambique | 996.75 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 145 | Mali | 913.14 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 756.42 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 578.19 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 569.73 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 149 | Sudan | 496.88 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 282.71 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 1.9% | rising |
About this data
Human capital is computed as the present value of future earnings for the working population over their lifetimes. Values are measured at market exchange rates in constant 2018 US dollars, using a country-specific GDP deflator.