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List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita

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Nominal gross domestic product (GDP)[a] per capita is the total value of a country's finished goods and services (gross domestic product) divided by its total population (per capita).

Countries or territories by GDP (nominal) per capita in 2026
  >$70,000
  $60,000–70,000
  $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
  <$1,000
  No data

Gross domestic product per capita is often used as a proxy indicator of a country's standard of living; however, this is inaccurate because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income and does not take into account social and environmental costs and benefits.[1][2] Measures of personal income include average wage, real income, median income, disposable income and gross national income (GNI) per capita.

Comparisons of GDP per capita are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. 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.[relevant to this section? – discuss] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.

GDP per capita does not consider differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results may vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, while the standard of living of its population might not change by as much.

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.[3]

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 (except Kosovo and Taiwan) but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison. Three UN members (Cuba, Monaco and North Korea) do not belong to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hence their economies are not ranked. Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations but is a member of the IMF. Taiwan is not an IMF member but is listed in the official IMF indices.

Distorted GDP-per-capita for tax havens

Main articles: Corporate haven § GDP-per-capita tax haven proxy, and Corporate haven § Distorted GDP/GNP

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[4]

Table

[data missing]All data are in current United States dollars. For historical data, see list of countries by past and projected GDP (nominal) per capita.

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

More information Country/Territory, World Bank (2025) ...
Nominal GDP (in USD) per capita by country, territory, non-sovereign state or non-IMF member
Country/Territory IMF
(2026)[b][5]		 World Bank
(2025)[6]		 United Nations
(2023-24)[7]
 MonacoN/a288,002 (2024)288,002
 Liechtenstein230,417220,167 (2024)216,392
 Luxembourg155,733147,252138,596
 BermudaN/a142,250 (2024)136,766
 Ireland127,837131,593109,874
 Switzerland124,478114,769104,973
 Norway115,18894,59486,717
 Iceland107,46498,32484,450
 Singapore109,11798,81493,853
 Cayman IslandsN/a104,293 (2024)102,833
 United States95,21290,02784,817
 Isle of ManN/a90,015 (2023)N/a
 Denmark82,71376,97071,021
 Netherlands78,53573,68466,649
 Macau77,04975,90268,680
 Australia75,17265,13068,528
 Channel IslandsN/a74,586 (2023)N/a
 Faroe IslandsN/a74,175 (2024)N/a
 Israel72,44160,33757,770
 San Marino70,66259,871 (2023)58,917
 Sweden69,24463,13357,028
 Austria67,02062,93058,634
 Germany65,69960,49655,113
 Belgium64,77360,75056,613
 Qatar63,63472,52571,894
 GreenlandN/a58,499 (2023)62,078
 United Kingdom61,10857,60253,313
 Hong Kong60,32256,98354,871
 Finland60,15656,14953,174
 Canada60,10555,69857,120
 United Arab Emirates57,10950,274 (2024)50,088
 Andorra53,98854,29249,304
 Malta52,14947,90746,386
 France51,44848,98645,950
 New Zealand51,04349,59149,889
 Italy45,88643,30940,112
 Cyprus[n 1]44,47741,78340,476
 U.S. Virgin IslandsN/a44,321 (2022)N/a
 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)N/a42,97838,515
 Taiwan[n 2]43,951N/aN/a
 GuamN/a41,833 (2022)N/a
 Bahamas43,85839,455 (2024)39,455
 South Korea43,51236,22736,262
 Aruba42,93438,591 (2024)38,791
 Puerto Rico41,85140,62038,814
 Spain41,75638,62735,958
 Slovenia41,63137,37634,212
 British Virgin IslandsN/aN/a38,627
 Turks and Caicos IslandsN/a37,507 (2024)37,760
 Brunei40,61332,23533,418
 Czech Republic39,61435,91732,139
 Guyana38,57232,41429,670
 Estonia37,31034,41831,434
 Saudi Arabia36,57734,53736,927
 Lithuania36,13532,95929,684
 Japan35,39935,95132,534
 Portugal34,81532,08230,049
 Poland31,18628,42023,734
 AnguillaN/aN/a31,269
 Slovakia30,88428,54425,746
 Cook IslandsN/aN/a30,161
 Croatia29,86027,10423,911
 Greece29,41326,94825,592
 New CaledoniaN/a29,213 (2024)34,981
 Kuwait28,92832,31232,471
 Latvia28,63026,31223,337
 Barbados28,24528,36526,897
 Bahrain28,14730,59729,314
 Hungary27,88425,90823,037
 Uruguay27,33925,21623,907
 Romania24,74222,53820,130
 Bulgaria22,30020,32816,773
 Northern Mariana IslandsN/a23,786 (2022)N/a
 CubaN/a9,605 (2020)22,957
 CuraçaoN/a22,833 (2024)19,200
 Antigua and Barbuda22,50424,81923,060
 French PolynesiaN/a22,440 (2024)22,438
 Saint Martin (French part)N/a21,668 (2021)N/a
 Oman22,42519,94720,825
 Saint Kitts and Nevis22,23722,77123,916
 Palau21,30819,53217,513
 Costa Rica21,28219,97018,587
 Turkey21,07918,59915,127
 Panama20,87719,79019,103
 Chile19,96217,99516,710
 Russia19,95317,54715,007
 Maldives19,50714,61513,379
 MontserratN/aN/a18,451
 American SamoaN/a18,018 (2022)N/a
 Kazakhstan19,31114,69214,155
 Seychelles19,15719,44916,576
 Trinidad and Tobago18,60318,96717,001
 Serbia17,12615,26213,223
 Montenegro16,21114,81712,959
 Mexico16,19113,88914,158
 Nauru16,07614,64015,645
 Argentina16,02114,89813,970
 Malaysia15,98113,12511,867
 China[n 3]15,37113,86213,206
 Saint Lucia15,09114,74614,323
 World14,21714,40613,097
 Albania13,96812,9989,685
 Mauritius13,67112,99111,763
 Grenada13,29812,10711,705
 Dominican Republic13,24511,05910,876
 Brazil12,39710,71310,311
 Turkmenistan12,2916,5409,161
 Belarus11,96210,2798,387
 North Macedonia11,76210,4909,299
 Peru11,4989,6848,456
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11,40512,56211,294
 Georgia[n 4]11,2349,6928,980
 Gabon11,0348,2638,219
 Bosnia and Herzegovina10,84510,3829,632
 Colombia10,7268,5627,914
 Armenia10,6639,4748,728
 Dominica10,42810,98910,405
 Paraguay9,9077,0276,457
 Moldova[n 5]9,4978,6225,997
 Marshall Islands9,0858,4897,491
 Suriname8,9657,0706,990
 Kosovo8,9027,8996,621
 Jamaica8,6748,0037,754
 Mongolia8,5707,1086,786
 Botswana8,5637,7787,695
 Azerbaijan8,4977,4117,190
 Equatorial Guinea8,4846,6156,493
 Thailand8,3728,0577,347
 Tuvalu8,3676,345 (2023)5,851
 Belize8,0787,8667,681
 South Africa7,6596,5986,267
 Ecuador7,5757,1256,875
 Libya7,5576,4496,569
 Tonga7,3436,5476,218
 Ukraine[n 6]7,0755,8665,038
 Fiji7,0346,6426,426
 Federated States of Micronesia7,0104,4145,058
 Guatemala6,9806,5986,150
 Algeria6,9106,0515,703
 Cape Verde6,5565,7975,273
 Lebanon6,443 (2025)4,473 (2024)6,543
 Samoa6,3035,8735,749
 El Salvador6,1245,7675,580
 Namibia5,7424,8764,413
 Jordan5,5985,3484,618
 Vietnam5,2605,0664,717
 Iraq5,2585,4106,074
 Indonesia5,1535,0604,925
 Morocco5,1414,6734,217
 Sri Lanka5,0625,0024,273
 Tunisia5,0534,6574,357
 Bhutan4,9334,4934,228
 Eswatini4,7754,1083,981
 São Tomé and Príncipe4,5824,0843,517
 Uzbekistan4,5753,9683,162
 Djibouti4,5563,9063,553
 Philippines4,3604,1713,985
 Venezuela4,3553,4955,298
 Bolivia4,0515,1483,756
 Vanuatu4,0524,0393,332
 Egypt4,0243,0862,634
 Angola3,8763,1303,092
 Nicaragua3,7323,1732,848
 Zimbabwe3,7183,0212,748
 Honduras3,6633,5983,426
 Kyrgyzstan3,6203,0812,432
 Ghana3,6043,2572,409
 Iran3,5483,9244,894
 Papua New Guinea3,4193,0202,986
 Ivory Coast3,2643,0502,690
 Haiti3,0952,6941,705
 Kiribati3,0582,5592,178
 Mauritania3,0152,1982,121
 Cambodia3,0012,8722,603
 Bangladesh2,8872,5972,464
 Congo2,8672,5152,291
 Palestine[n 7]2,853 (2024)3,1713,640
 Guinea2,7851,8771,597
 Kenya2,7852,3631,952
 India2,7492,7032,724
 Laos2,3312,3251,958
 Solomon Islands2,2952,0862,042
 Cameroon2,1151,9721,737
 Senegal2,0541,9551,682
 Tajikistan2,0051,6371,161
 Zambia1,8821,3181,331
 Comoros1,8592,0561,703
 Pakistan1,8361,5961,212
 Benin1,8001,6581,394
 Nigeria1,5941,2241,646
 Nepal1,5401,5361,363
 Timor-Leste1,5201,3411,503
 Myanmar1,5071,4891,147
 ZanzibarN/aN/a1,374
 Togo1,4801,384997
 Uganda1,4531,2061,049
 Guinea-Bissau1,4291,124855
 Mali1,3431,193833
 Tanzania[n 8]1,3251,3191,209
 Burkina Faso1,3161,148883
 Lesotho1,2981,089916
 SyriaN/a1,057 (2022)1,230
 Chad1,2951,022913
 Rwanda1,2911,1241,010
 Ethiopia1,1119331,241
 DR Congo1,111807655
 Gambia1,030919890
 Liberia976915917
 Sierra Leone947846758
 EritreaN/a688 (2011)656
 North KoreaN/aN/a640
 Central African Republic891556496
 Somalia850661597
 Niger740775643
 Malawi740672509
 Mozambique673627623
 Madagascar649599598
 South Sudan6421,080 (2015)403
 Sudan5971,165680
 Yemen567634 (2018)222
 Burundi510234289
 Afghanistan448 (2025)417 (2024)396
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Notes

  1. [a]
    In this context, "nominal" means a GDP estimate which represents the value of the currency during the period it was measured; that is, one which has not been adjusted for inflation
  2. [b]
    The following countries are from 2023–2024 data: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Sri Lanka.
  1. [1]
    Data are for the area controlled by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
  2. [2]
    The name used by the IMF is the "Taiwan Province of China".
  3. [3]
    Figures for China exclude Taiwan, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
  4. [4]
    Excludes Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  5. [5]
    Excludes data for Transnistria.
  6. [6]
    Figures exclude the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.
  7. [7]
    The name used by the IMF and World Bank is the "West Bank and Gaza". The name used by the UN is the "State of Palestine".
  8. [8]
    The UN figure excludes autonomous region of Zanzibar.
  9. [9]
    The European Union is included because it is far more than a free trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur. It has certain attributes associated with independent countries: its own flag, anthem, currency (for some members), parliament and other law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy when dealing with external partners. However, because the EU is an organization and not a sovereign state, it does not receive a ranking in this list.

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