Urban area long term, per unit of GDP by country
Urban area long term divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
0 units per US$ of GDP
East Timor
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Liechtenstein
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,765
What the numbers show
Urban area long term, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 0 units per US$ of GDP in East Timor; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,804.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 156 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 147.4%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 82.0%).
Urban area long term, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Timor | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 5 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 7 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 9 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 49.4% | falling |
| 11 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.9% | flat |
| 14 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 62.3% | flat |
| 15 | Syria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 75.7% | falling |
| 21 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 22 | American Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 23 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 25 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 26 | Venezuela | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 28 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 29 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 30 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 147.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 33 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 34 | Mauritania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 35 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 36 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Tanzania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 38 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 51 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Bolivia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 67 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 69 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Brunei | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 83 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 85 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 86 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 97 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Australia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Argentina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Laos | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Andorra | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 106 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Tonga | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Hungary | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 116 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 119 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 120 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 121 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Greenland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Grenada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Vietnam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Russia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Estonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 131 | United States | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Aruba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Dominica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Finland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Denmark | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Turkey | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Romania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 158 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 159 | France | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 167 | United Kingdom | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Faroe Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 180 | South Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Hong Kong | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Urban area long term divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Urban area long term ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Urban area over the long-term HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Urban area long term divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.