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Map of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita in 2023
Countries or territories by GDP (nominal) per capita in 2023
     >$60,000      $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      $500 - $1,000      <$500      No data

The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population.

GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living; however, this is inaccurate because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income.

Comparisons of national income are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. (see List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita). 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. On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.

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 here (except Kosovo and Taiwan), but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison. In addition, non-sovereign entities are marked in italics.

Four UN members (Cuba, Liechtenstein, Monaco and North Korea) do not belong to the IMF hence their economies are not ranked below. Kosovo, despite not being a member of the United Nations, is a member of IMF. Taiwan is not a IMF member but it is still listed in the official IMF indices.

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.

All data are in current United States dollars. Historical data can be found here.

Table

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


GDP (in USD) per capita by country or  territory, non-sovereign state or non-IMF member 
Country/Territory UN Region IMF World Bank United Nations
Estimate Year Estimate Year Estimate Year
 Monaco Europe N/A 240,862 2022 234,317 2021
 Liechtenstein Europe N/A 197,505 2021 169,260 2021
 Luxembourg Europe 131,384 2024 125,006 2022 133,745 2021
 Bermuda Americas N/A 118,775 2022 112,653 2021
 Ireland Europe 106,059 2024 103,983 2022 101,109 2021
 Switzerland Europe 105,669 2024 93,260 2022 93,525 2021
 Cayman Islands Americas N/A 99,625 2022 85,250 2021
 Norway Europe 94,660 2024 108,729 2022 89,242 2021
 Singapore Asia 88,447 2024 82,808 2022 66,822 2021
 United States Americas 85,373 2024 76,330 2022 69,185 2021
 Iceland Europe 84,594 2024 73,467 2022 69,133 2021
 Qatar Asia 81,400 2024 87,662 2022 66,799 2021
 Isle of Man Europe N/A 79,531 2020 N/A
 Macau Asia 78,962 2024 34,585 2022 43,555 2021
 Denmark Europe 68,898 2024 67,790 2022 68,037 2021
 Channel Islands Europe N/A 67,961 2021 N/A
 Faroe Islands Europe N/A 66,979 2022 N/A
 Australia Oceania 66,589 2024 65,100 2022 66,916 2021
 Netherlands Europe 63,750 2024 57,025 2022 57,871 2021
 San Marino Europe 59,405 2024 54,983 2021 50,425 2021
 Austria Europe 59,225 2024 52,085 2022 53,840 2021
 Sweden Europe 58,529 2024 56,424 2022 60,730 2021
 Greenland Americas N/A 57,116 2021 58,185 2021
 Belgium Europe 55,536 2024 49,927 2022 51,166 2021
 Finland Europe 55,127 2024 50,872 2022 53,703 2021
 Canada Americas 54,866 2024 55,522 2022 52,112 2021
 Germany Europe 54,291 2024 48,718 2022 51,073 2021
 United Arab Emirates Asia 53,916 2024 53,708 2022 43,295 2021
 Hong Kong Asia 53,606 2024 48,984 2022 49,259 2021
 Israel Asia 53,372 2024 54,931 2022 54,111 2021
 United Kingdom Europe 51,075 2024 46,125 2022 46,542 2021
 British Virgin Islands Americas N/A N/A 49,444 2021
 New Zealand Oceania 48,531 2024 48,419 2022 48,824 2021
 France Europe 47,359 2024 40,886 2022 44,229 2021
 Andorra Europe 44,900 2024 41,993 2022 42,066 2021
 European Union Europe 42,440 2024 37,433 2022 31,875 2021
 U.S. Virgin Islands Americas N/A 41,976 2021 N/A
 Malta Europe 41,738 2024 34,128 2022 33,642 2021
 Italy Europe 39,580 2024 34,776 2022 37,150 2021
 Aruba Americas 38,018 2024 33,301 2022 29,342 2021
 Puerto Rico Americas 37,172 2024 35,209 2022 32,716 2021
 Cyprus Asia 37,149 2024 32,048 2022 32,281 2021
 Guam Oceania N/A 35,905 2021 N/A
 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Americas N/A 35,873 2022 26,199 2021
 New Caledonia Oceania N/A 35,745 2022 34,994 2021
 Bahamas Americas 35,257 2024 31,458 2022 27,478 2021
 Brunei Asia 35,111 2024 37,153 2022 31,449 2021
 Taiwan Asia 34,432 2024 N/A N/A
 South Korea Asia 34,165 2024 32,423 2022 34,940 2021
 Spain Europe 34,045 2024 29,675 2022 30,058 2021
 Slovenia Europe 34,026 2024 28,439 2022 29,135 2021
 Japan Asia 33,138 2024 34,017 2022 39,650 2021
 Saudi Arabia Asia 33,040 2024 30,448 2022 23,186 2021
 Estonia Europe 31,855 2024 28,247 2022 27,991 2021
 Kuwait Asia 31,724 2024 41,080 2022 32,150 2021
 Czech Republic Europe 29,801 2024 27,227 2022 26,809 2021
 Portugal Europe 28,969 2024 24,515 2022 24,651 2021
 Bahrain Asia 28,876 2024 30,147 2022 26,563 2021
 Lithuania Europe 28,407 2024 25,065 2022 23,844 2021
 Guyana Americas 26,592 2024 18,200 2022 9,999 2021
 Slovakia Europe 25,935 2024 21,257 2022 21,390 2021
 Turks and Caicos Islands Americas N/A 24,918 2022 20,909 2021
 Latvia Europe 24,194 2024 21,780 2022 21,267 2021
 Greece Europe 23,966 2024 20,867 2022 20,571 2021
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 23,705 2024 20,262 2022 18,083 2021
 Barbados Americas 23,596 2024 20,239 2022 17,225 2021
 Hungary Europe 23,319 2024 18,390 2022 18,728 2021
 Uruguay Americas 23,088 2024 20,795 2022 17,313 2021
 Poland Europe 23,014 2024 18,688 2022 17,736 2021
 Croatia Europe 22,966 2024 18,570 2022 16,983 2021
 Seychelles Africa 21,875 2024 13,251 2022 12,085 2021
 Oman Asia 20,913 2024 25,057 2022 19,509 2021
 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 20,533 2024 19,920 2022 15,246 2021
 Curaçao Americas N/A 20,502 2022 14,183 2021
 Saint Martin (French part) Americas N/A 20,321 2021 N/A
 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 19,861 2024 19,630 2022 16,033 2021
 American Samoa Oceania N/A 19,673 2022 N/A
 Romania Europe 19,530 2024 15,787 2022 14,698 2021
 Panama Americas 19,369 2024 17,358 2022 14,618 2021
 Cook Islands Oceania N/A N/A 19,264 2021
 Anguilla Americas N/A N/A 19,216 2021
 French Polynesia Oceania N/A 18,985 2022 19,915 2021
 Costa Rica Americas 18,031 2024 13,365 2022 12,472 2021
 Maldives Asia 17,818 2024 11,781 2022 10,366 2021
 Palau Oceania 17,441 2024 12,922 2021 12,084 2021
 Northern Mariana Islands Oceania N/A 17,303 2020 N/A
 Bulgaria Europe 16,943 2024 13,974 2022 12,207 2021
 Chile Americas 16,616 2024 15,356 2022 16,265 2021
 Montserrat Americas N/A N/A 16,199 2021
 Mexico Americas 15,249 2024 11,497 2022 10,046 2021
 Kazakhstan Asia 14,778 2024 11,492 2022 10,055 2021
 Russia Europe 14,391 2024 15,271 2022 12,259 2021
 Saint Lucia Americas 14,101 2024 13,031 2022 9,824 2021
 World 13,840 2024 12,688 2022 12,230 2021
 Malaysia Asia 13,315 2024 11,993 2022 11,101 2021
 China Asia 13,136 2024 12,720 2022 12,437 2021
 Mauritius Africa 12,973 2024 10,256 2022 8,873 2021
 Argentina Americas 12,812 2024 13,651 2022 10,761 2021
 Turkey Asia 12,765 2024 10,675 2022 9,661 2021
 Montenegro Europe 12,646 2024 10,093 2022 9,252 2021
 Turkmenistan Asia 12,412 2024 8,793 2022 8,508 2021
 Serbia Europe 12,384 2024 9,538 2022 8,643 2021
 Nauru Oceania 12,362 2024 11,971 2022 12,390 2021
 Grenada Americas 12,255 2024 9,689 2022 8,950 2021
 Dominican Republic Americas 11,774 2024 10,111 2022 8,477 2021
 Brazil Americas 11,352 2024 8,918 2022 8,170 2021
 Cuba Americas N/A 9,500 2020 11,255 2021
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 10,150 2024 9,125 2022 8,440 2021
 Dominica Americas 9,455 2024 8,351 2022 7,571 2021
 Gabon Africa 9,308 2024 8,820 2022 7,911 2021
 Albania Europe 8,924 2024 6,810 2022 6,396 2021
 Georgia Asia 8,825 2024 6,675 2022 4,975 2021
 Armenia Asia 8,575 2024 7,018 2022 4,967 2021
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 8,416 2024 7,569 2022 7,143 2021
 Peru Americas 8,291 2024 7,126 2022 6,622 2021
 Botswana Africa 7,875 2024 7,739 2022 6,805 2021
 Thailand Asia 7,812 2024 6,910 2022 7,067 2021
 North Macedonia Europe 7,694 2024 6,592 2022 6,600 2021
 Azerbaijan Asia 7,641 2024 7,762 2022 5,296 2021
 Belarus Europe 7,558 2024 7,888 2022 7,121 2021
 Moldova Europe 7,488 2024 5,714 2022 4,468 2021
 Colombia Americas 7,327 2024 6,624 2022 6,104 2021
 Jamaica Americas 7,309 2024 6,047 2022 5,184 2021
 Belize Americas 7,170 2024 6,984 2022 6,229 2021
 Libya Africa 6,975 2024 6,716 2022 5,791 2021
 Equatorial Guinea Africa 6,733 2024 7,182 2022 7,605 2021
 Marshall Islands Oceania 6,711 2024 6,225 2022 6,111 2021
 Suriname Americas 6,702 2024 5,859 2022 5,259 2021
 Ecuador Americas 6,567 2024 6,391 2022 5,965 2021
 Kosovo Europe 6,389 2024 5,340 2022 5,663 2021
 Fiji Oceania 6,287 2024 5,356 2022 4,647 2021
 Mongolia Asia 6,182 2024 5,046 2022 4,510 2021
 Tuvalu Oceania 6,001 2024 5,222 2022 5,370 2021
 Paraguay Americas 5,984 2024 6,153 2022 6,035 2021
 Iraq Asia 5,979 2024 5,937 2022 4,686 2021
 South Africa Africa 5,975 2024 6,767 2022 7,055 2021
 Tonga Oceania 5,840 2024 4,426 2021 4,451 2021
 Algeria Africa 5,722 2024 4,343 2022 3,700 2021
 Guatemala Americas 5,678 2024 5,473 2022 4,883 2021
 Ukraine Europe 5,663 2024 4,534 2022 4,596 2021
 El Salvador Americas 5,537 2024 5,127 2022 4,551 2021
 Indonesia Asia 5,271 2024 4,788 2022 4,333 2021
 Micronesia Oceania 5,120 2024 3,714 2022 3,573 2021
 Samoa Oceania 4,840 2024 3,746 2022 3,919 2021
 Namibia Africa 4,745 2024 5,031 2022 4,836 2021
 Jordan Asia 4,705 2024 4,311 2022 4,058 2021
 Cape Verde Africa 4,656 2024 3,754 2022 3,293 2021
 Vietnam Asia 4,623 2024 4,164 2022 3,756 2021
 Tunisia Africa 4,435 2024 3,747 2022 3,807 2021
 Eswatini Africa 4,324 2024 3,987 2022 3,969 2021
 Djibouti Africa 4,184 2024 3,136 2022 3,348 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 4,130 2024 3,499 2022 3,461 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,078 2024 3,442 2022 3,853 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 4,014 2024 3,600 2022 3,345 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 4,014 2024 3,560 2021 3,063 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 3,867 2024 15,976 2014 3,965 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 3,734 2024 3,231 2022 3,073 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 3,505 2024 3,040 2022 2,772 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 3,396 2023 3,789 2022 3,514 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 3,342 2022 3,354 2022 3,918 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 3,283 2022 4,136 2021 6,785 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,225 2024 4,295 2022 3,898 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,167 2024 2,387 2022 2,486 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 2,791 2024 2,255 2022 2,046 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 2,731 2024 2,411 2022 2,274 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,717 2024 2,486 2022 2,539 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 2,666 2024 2,255 2022 2,032 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 2,646 2024 2,688 2022 2,450 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 2,628 2024 1,760 2022 1,608 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 2,530 2024 3,116 2022 2,673 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,457 2024 2,649 2022 2,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 2,446 2024 1,702 2022 1,765 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,432 2024 3,000 2022 2,258 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,347 2024 2,065 2022 2,166 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 2,253 2024 2,205 2022 2,306 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,230 2024 2,204 2022 2,409 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,088 2024 1,677 2022 1,508 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,983 2024 2,099 2022 2,082 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,976 2024 2,054 2022 2,569 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 1,941 2024 1,748 2022 1,664 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,922 2024 1,655 2022 1,339 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,910 2024 1,028 2022 825 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,900 2024 1,599 2022 1,637 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,815 2024 1,564 2022 1,668 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,651 2024 1,515 2022 1,185 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,512 2024 1,303 2022 1,361 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,461 2023 1,589 2022 1,480 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,454 2024 2,389 2022 1,517 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,413 2024 1,457 2022 1,095 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,397 2024 1,337 2022 1,159 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,384 2024 1,485 2022 1,631 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,271 2024 1,054 2022 897 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,248 2024 1,149 2022 1,089 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,220 2024 1,193 2022 1,136 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,202 2024 964 2022 930 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa N/A 1,192 2022 1,211 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,110 2024 2,163 2022 2,019 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,107 2024 970 2022 1,040 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,087 2024 776 2022 759 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,058 2024 943 2022 944 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,014 2024 717 2022 955 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 989 2024 966 2022 822 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 989 2024 808 2022 772 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 929 2018 4,670 2022 6,766 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 910 2024 830 2022 893 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 899 2024 833 2022 875 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 855 2024 755 2022 471 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 776 2024 592 2022 447 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 715 2024 654 2022 551 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 670 2024 585 2022 591 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 659 2024 558 2022 492 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia N/A N/A 654 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa N/A 644 2011 623 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 547 2024 1,102 2022 786 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 538 2024 517 2022 500 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 538 2024 427 2022 461 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 527 2024 476 2022 505 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 486 2024 650 2022 302 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 481 2024 645 2022 613 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 422 2024 1,072 2015 400 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 422 2022 356 2021 373 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia N/A 421 2021 925 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 230 2024 259 2022 311 2021

Notes:

Distorted GDP-per-capita for tax havens

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

Further discussion on this topic can be found in the List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita article.

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