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Map of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2024
Countries or territories by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2024
     >$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      <$1,000      No data

A country's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is the PPP value of all final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same year. This is similar to nominal GDP per capita but adjusted for the cost of living in each country.

In 2019, the estimated average GDP per capita (PPP) of all of the countries of the world was Int$ 18,381. For rankings regarding wealth, see list of countries by wealth per adult.

Method

The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita figures on this page are derived from PPP calculations. Such calculations are prepared by various organizations, including the IMF and the World Bank. As estimates and assumptions have to be made, the results produced by different organizations for the same country are not hard facts and tend to differ, sometimes substantially, so they should be used with caution.

Comparisons of national wealth are frequently made based on nominal GDP and savings (not just income), which do not reflect differences in the cost of living in different countries (see List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita); hence, using a PPP basis is arguably more useful when comparing generalized differences in living standards between economies because PPP takes into account the relative cost of living and the inflation rates of the countries, rather than using only exchange rates, which may distort the real differences in income.

This is why GDP (PPP) per capita is often considered one of the indicators of a country's standard of living, although this can be problematic because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income. (See Standard of living and GDP.)

GDP (PPP) and GDP (PPP) per capita are usually measured by international dollar, which is a hypothetical currency that has the same purchasing power in every economy as the U.S. dollar in the United States.

Table

All figures are in current international dollars, and rounded to the nearest whole number.

The table initially ranks each country or territory with their latest available year's estimates, and can be reranked by any of the sources.

* Nearly all country links in the table connect to articles titled "Income in (country or territory)" or to "Economy of (country or territory)".


GDP per capita (current international dollar) by country or  territory, non-sovereign state or non-IMF member 
Country/Territory UN Region IMF World Bank CIA
Estimate Year Estimate Year Estimate Year
 Luxembourg Europe 143,743 2024 142,214 2022 115,700 2021
 Liechtenstein Europe N/A N/A 139,100 2009
 Ireland * Europe 133,822 2024 126,905 2022 102,500 2021
 Singapore Asia 133,737 2024 127,565 2022 106,000 2021
 Macau * Asia 125,510 2024 61,231 2022 64,800 2021
 Monaco Europe N/A N/A 115,700 2015
 Qatar Asia 112,283 2024 114,648 2022 92,200 2021
 United Arab Emirates Asia 96,846 2024 87,729 2022 69,700 2021
 Bermuda Americas N/A 95,869 2022 80,300 2021
 Switzerland Europe 91,932 2024 90,746 2022 71,000 2021
 San Marino Europe 86,989 2024 59,451 2020 56,400 2020
 United States * Americas 85,373 2024 76,330 2022 63,700 2021
 Isle of Man Europe N/A N/A 84,600 2014
 Cayman Islands Americas N/A 84,280 2022 67,500 2021
 Norway Europe 82,832 2024 114,899 2022 65,700 2021
 Guyana Americas 80,137 2024 40,642 2022 21,900 2021
 Denmark Europe 77,641 2024 74,005 2022 58,000 2021
 Brunei Asia 77,534 2024 69,275 2022 60,100 2021
 Taiwan Asia 76,858 2024 N/A 47,800 2019
 Hong Kong Asia 75,128 2024 69,049 2022 60,000 2021
 Netherlands Europe 74,158 2024 69,577 2022 56,600 2021
 Iceland Europe 73,784 2024 69,081 2022 53,600 2020
 Falkland Islands Americas N/A N/A 70,800 2015
 Saudi Arabia Asia 70,333 2024 59,065 2022 44,300 2021
 Austria Europe 69,460 2024 67,936 2022 54,100 2021
 Sweden Europe 69,177 2024 64,578 2022 53,600 2021
 Andorra Europe 69,146 2024 N/A 49,900 2015
 Belgium Europe 68,079 2024 65,027 2022 51,700 2021
 Malta Europe 67,682 2024 55,928 2022 44,700 2021
 Germany Europe 67,245 2024 63,150 2022 53,100 2021
 Australia * Oceania 66,627 2024 62,625 2022 49,800 2021
 Bahrain Asia 62,671 2024 61,228 2022 49,400 2021
 Gibraltar Europe N/A N/A 61,700 2014
 Finland Europe 60,851 2024 59,027 2022 48,800 2021
 Canada Americas 60,495 2024 58,400 2022 47,900 2021
 France * Europe 60,339 2024 55,493 2022 45,000 2021
 South Korea Asia 59,330 2024 50,070 2022 44,200 2021
 United Kingdom * Europe 58,880 2024 54,603 2022 45,000 2021
 European Union Europe 58,838 2024 57,286 2022 44,100 2021
 Cyprus Asia 58,733 2024 49,931 2022 41,700 2021
 Italy Europe 56,905 2024 51,865 2022 41,900 2021
 Jersey Europe N/A N/A 56,600 2016
 Israel Asia 55,533 2024 49,509 2022 42,100 2021
 Aruba Americas 54,716 2024 42,698 2021 38,900 2021
 Japan Asia 54,184 2024 45,573 2022 40,800 2021
 New Zealand * Oceania 53,797 2024 51,967 2022 42,900 2021
 Slovenia Europe 53,287 2024 50,032 2022 40,000 2021
 Guernsey * Europe N/A N/A 52,500 2014
 Kuwait Asia 52,274 2024 58,056 2022 43,900 2020
 Spain Europe 52,012 2024 45,825 2022 37,900 2021
 Lithuania Europe 50,600 2024 48,397 2022 39,300 2021
 Czech Republic Europe 50,475 2024 49,946 2022 40,700 2020
 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Americas N/A 49,541 2022 35,300 2018
 Poland Europe 49,060 2024 43,269 2022 34,900 2021
 Portugal Europe 47,070 2024 41,452 2022 33,700 2021
 Bahamas Americas 46,524 2024 40,379 2022 30,200 2021
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Americas N/A N/A 46,200 2006
 Croatia Europe 45,702 2024 40,380 2022 31,600 2021
 Hungary Europe 45,692 2024 41,907 2022 33,600 2021
 Estonia Europe 45,122 2024 46,697 2022 38,700 2021
 Panama Americas 44,797 2024 39,280 2022 29,000 2021
 Slovakia Europe 44,081 2024 37,459 2022 31,900 2021
 Turkey Asia 43,921 2024 37,274 2022 31,500 2021
 Puerto Rico * Americas 43,219 2024 40,498 2022 32,600 2021
 Romania Europe 43,179 2024 41,888 2022 30,800 2021
 Seychelles Africa 43,151 2024 35,228 2022 28,800 2021
 Greenland Americas N/A N/A 41,800 2015
 Latvia Europe 41,730 2024 39,956 2022 32,100 2021
 Greece Europe 41,188 2024 36,835 2022 29,500 2021
 Faroe Islands Europe N/A N/A 40,000 2014
 Oman Asia 39,859 2024 41,724 2022 34,300 2021
 Malaysia Asia 39,030 2024 33,434 2022 26,300 2021
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 38,870 2024 34,052 2022 26,500 2021
 Russia Europe 38,292 2024 34,638 2022 27,500 2022
 Maldives Asia 37,433 2024 24,772 2022 18,800 2021
 U.S. Virgin Islands Americas N/A N/A 37,000 2016
 Bulgaria Europe 35,963 2024 33,582 2022 24,400 2020
 New Caledonia Oceania N/A N/A 35,700 2021
 Guam Oceania N/A N/A 35,600 2016
 Kazakhstan Asia 34,534 2024 30,810 2022 26,100 2021
 British Virgin Islands Americas N/A N/A 34,200 2017
 Montserrat Americas N/A N/A 34,000 2011
 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 32,685 2024 27,778 2022 23,000 2021
 Mauritius Africa 32,094 2024 26,906 2022 21,000 2021
 Chile Americas 31,005 2024 30,209 2022 25,400 2021
 Uruguay Americas 30,170 2024 28,842 2022 22,800 2021
 Montenegro Europe 29,696 2024 26,984 2022 20,600 2021
 Costa Rica Americas 28,558 2024 24,923 2022 21,200 2021
 Serbia Europe 27,985 2024 23,911 2022 19,800 2021
 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 27,309 2024 25,337 2022 19,100 2021
 Curaçao Americas N/A 27,302 2022 20,800 2021
 Dominican Republic Americas 27,120 2024 22,834 2022 18,600 2021
 Libya Africa 26,456 2024 23,375 2022 22,000 2021
 Argentina Americas 26,390 2024 26,505 2022 21,500 2021
 Mexico Americas 25,963 2024 21,512 2022 19,100 2021
 Belarus Europe 25,685 2024 22,591 2022 19,800 2021
 Georgia Asia 25,248 2024 20,113 2022 15,500 2021
 China Asia 25,015 2024 21,483 2022 17,600 2021
 Northern Mariana Islands Oceania N/A N/A 24,500 2016
 Turks and Caicos Islands Americas N/A 24,472 2022 18,500 2021
 World 23,444 2024 20,946 2022 17,000 2021
 Thailand Asia 23,401 2024 20,672 2022 17,100 2021
 North Macedonia Europe 22,249 2024 20,162 2022 16,500 2021
 Grenada Americas 21,799 2024 16,987 2022 13,700 2021
 Armenia Asia 21,746 2024 18,942 2022 14,200 2021
 Iran Asia 21,220 2024 18,075 2022 12,400 2020
 Brazil Americas 20,809 2024 17,822 2022 14,100 2020
 Albania Europe 20,632 2024 18,552 2022 14,500 2021
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 20,623 2024 20,377 2022 15,700 2021
 Barbados Americas 20,592 2024 17,837 2022 13,800 2021
 Botswana Africa 20,097 2024 18,323 2022 14,800 2021
 Colombia Americas 19,770 2024 20,287 2022 14,600 2021
 Turkmenistan Asia 19,729 2024 15,625 2019 15,000 2019
 Saint Lucia Americas 19,718 2024 17,756 2022 13,000 2021
 Gabon Africa 19,452 2024 16,471 2022 13,800 2021
 Azerbaijan * Asia 19,328 2024 17,764 2022 14,400 2021
 Saint Martin (French part) Americas N/A N/A 19,300 2005
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 19,196 2024 17,207 2022 13,700 2021
 Suriname Americas 18,928 2024 17,620 2022 14,800 2021
 French Polynesia Oceania N/A N/A 18,600 2021
 Equatorial Guinea Africa 18,378 2024 17,396 2022 14,600 2021
 Moldova Europe 17,902 2024 15,238 2022 14,000 2021
 Egypt Africa 17,614 2024 15,091 2022 11,600 2021
 Fiji Oceania 17,403 2024 14,125 2022 10,400 2021
 Palau Oceania 17,381 2024 15,145 2021 13,800 2021
 Indonesia Asia 16,861 2024 14,653 2022 11,900 2021
 Kosovo Europe 16,775 2024 14,971 2022 11,900 2021
 Peru Americas 16,631 2024 15,048 2022 12,500 2021
 Mongolia Asia 16,504 2024 14,230 2022 11,700 2021
 Algeria Africa 16,483 2024 13,210 2022 11,000 2021
 South Africa * Africa 16,424 2024 15,905 2022 13,300 2021
 Paraguay Americas 16,291 2024 15,977 2022 13,700 2021
 Bhutan Asia 15,978 2024 11,983 2021 10,900 2021
 Cook Islands Oceania N/A N/A 15,600 2022
 Vietnam Asia 15,470 2024 13,457 2022 10,600 2021
 Ukraine Europe 15,464 2024 12,671 2022 12,900 2021
 Dominica Americas 15,280 2024 13,573 2022 10,900 2021
 Ecuador Americas 14,485 2024 12,822 2022 10,700 2021
 Sri Lanka Asia 14,255 2022 14,405 2022 13,400 2021
 Tunisia Africa 13,645 2024 12,490 2022 10,400 2021
 Jamaica Americas 13,543 2024 11,822 2022 9,600 2021
 Eswatini Africa 12,637 2024 10,782 2022 8,900 2021
 El Salvador Americas 12,561 2024 11,096 2022 9,100 2021
 Jordan Asia 12,402 2024 11,003 2022 9,200 2021
 Cuba Americas N/A N/A 12,300 2016
 Anguilla Americas N/A N/A 12,200 2008
 Philippines Asia 12,192 2024 10,133 2022 8,100 2021
 Namibia Africa 12,008 2024 11,206 2022 9,100 2021
 Iraq Asia 11,937 2024 10,862 2022 9,000 2021
 Lebanon Asia 11,784 2022 14,257 2021 13,000 2021
 Belize Americas 11,320 2024 11,451 2022 8,800 2021
 American Samoa Oceania N/A N/A 11,200 2016
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania N/A N/A 11,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 11,006 2024 10,818 2022 8,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 10,947 2024 9,519 2022 8,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 10,936 2024 9,533 2022 7,700 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 10,823 2024 13,118 2022 11,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 10,693 2024 9,684 2022 8,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 10,304 2024 9,083 2022 6,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 10,242 2024 9,384 2022 7,800 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 10,123 2024 8,379 2022 6,600 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 9,416 2024 7,395 2022 5,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 8,486 2024 17,402 2011 7,704 2018
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 8,287 2024 5,349 2022 4,400 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 8,137 2024 6,875 2022 5,600 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa N/A N/A 7,800 2010
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 7,707 2024 5,893 2022 4,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 7,680 2024 6,424 2022 5,300 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 7,503 2024 6,741 2022 5,600 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 7,462 2024 6,749 2021 6,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 7,156 2024 6,498 2022 5,400 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 7,153 2024 6,974 2022 5,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 6,976 2024 5,764 2022 4,700 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 6,955 2024 6,437 2022 5,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 6,860 2024 6,538 2022 5,300 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 6,790 2024 6,133 2022 4,800 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 6,721 2024 6,041 2022 5,500 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 6,340 2024 5,860 2022 4,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 6,313 2024 7,228 2022 6,000 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 6,057 2023 6,759 2022 5,600 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 6,056 2024 5,421 2022 4,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania N/A N/A 6,004 2017
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 5,832 2024 4,885 2022 3,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 5,203 2024 4,870 2022 4,400 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 5,032 2024 4,725 2022 3,800 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,842 2024 4,408 2022 3,700 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,740 2024 3,791 2022 3,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 4,690 2024 3,855 2022 3,300 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,661 2024 4,209 2022 3,500 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,558 2024 4,056 2022 3,300 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,361 2024 3,894 2022 3,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,238 2024 4,738 2022 4,100 2020
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 4,019 2024 2,812 2022 2,300 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania N/A N/A 3,800 2004
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 3,767 2024 4,828 2022 5,000 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,746 2024 3,097 2022 2,600 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 3,614 2024 2,365 2022 1,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 3,534 2024 4,447 2022 3,700 2022
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,532 2024 3,832 2022 3,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,443 2024 4,216 2022 3,700 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,367 2024 2,792 2022 2,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,366 2024 3,187 2022 2,600 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,345 2024 2,694 2022 2,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,239 2024 2,190 2022 1,800 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 3,227 2024 2,695 2022 2,300 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Americas 3,108 2024 3,305 2022 2,900 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,993 2024 2,510 2022 2,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,975 2024 2,531 2022 2,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 2,939 2024 3,289 2022 2,800 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,911 2024 2,608 2022 2,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia N/A N/A 2,900 2015
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,781 2024 2,546 2022 2,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,714 2024 2,517 2022 2,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Oceania 2,713 2024 2,654 2022 2,400 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,620 2024 1,668 2022 1,400 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,189 2024 1,931 2022 1,600 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 2,116 2022 1,674 2021 1,500 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 2,062 2024 1,364 2022 1,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia 1,996 2024 3,437 2013 2,500 2017
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,979 2024 1,774 2022 1,500 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,882 2024 1,725 2022 1,400 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,712 2024 1,732 2022 1,500 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Asia N/A N/A 1,700 2015
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,675 2024 1,505 2022 1,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,649 2024 1,468 2022 1,200 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa N/A 1,629 2011 1,600 2017
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,552 2024 1,337 2022 1,100 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 1,123 2024 967 2022 800 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 916 2024 836 2022 700 2021
Lua error: too many expensive function calls. Africa 455 2024 1,182 2015 1,600 2017

Expanding the coverage of illegal economic activities in euro area national accounts

The share of the shadow economy is significant in many European countries, ranging from less than 10 to over 40 per cent of GDP. Since 2014, EU member states have been encouraged by Eurostat, the official statistics body, to include some illegal activities.

Distorted GDP-per-capita for tax havens

There are many natural economic reasons for GDP-per-capita to vary between jurisdictions (e.g. places rich in oil and gas tend to have high GDP-per-capita figures). However, it is increasingly being recognized that tax havens, or corporate tax havens, have distorted economic data which produces artificially high, or inflated, GDP-per-capita figures. It is estimated that over 15% of global jurisdictions are tax havens (see tax haven lists). An IMF investigation estimates that circa 40% of global foreign direct investment flows, which heavily influence the GDP of various jurisdictions, are described as "phantom" transactions.

A stunning $12 trillion—almost 40 per cent 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 per cent of the world's investment in special purpose entities, which are often set up for tax reasons.

In 2017, Ireland's economic data became so distorted by U.S. multinational tax avoidance strategies (see leprechaun economics), also known as BEPS actions, that Ireland effectively abandoned GDP (and GNP) statistics as credible measures of its economy, and created a replacement statistic called modified gross national income (or GNI*). Ireland is one of the world's largest corporate tax havens.

Ireland has, more or less, stopped using GDP to measure its economy. And on current trends [because Irish GDP is distorting EU-28 aggregate data], the eurozone taken as a whole may need to consider something similar.

The statistical distortions created by the impact on the Irish National Accounts of the global assets and activities of a handful of large multinational corporations have now become so large as to make a mockery of conventional uses of Irish GDP.

A list of the top 15 GDP-per-capita countries from 2016 to 2017, contains most of the major global tax havens (see GDP-per-capita tax haven proxy for more detail):

International Monetary Fund (2017) World Bank (2016)
Rank Country/Territory Type
1  Qatar Oil & Gas
 Macau Tax haven (Sink OFC)
2  Luxembourg Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC)
3  Singapore Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
4  Brunei Oil & Gas
5  Ireland Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
6  Norway Oil & Gas
7  Kuwait Oil & Gas
8  United Arab Emirates Oil & Gas
9  Switzerland Top 10 Tax Haven (Conduit OFC)
 Hong Kong Top 10 Tax Haven (Sink OFC)
10  San Marino Tax haven (Sink OFC)
11  United States 59,495
12  Saudi Arabia Oil & Gas
13  Netherlands Top 10 Tax Haven (Conduit OFC)
14  Iceland 52,150
15  Bahrain Oil & Gas
Rank Country/Territory Type
1  Qatar Oil & Gas
2  Luxembourg Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC)
 Macau Tax haven (Sink OFC)
3  Singapore Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
4  Brunei Oil & Gas
5  United Arab Emirates Oil & Gas
6  Ireland Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
7  Switzerland Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
8  Norway Oil & Gas
 Hong Kong Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC)
9  United States 57,467
10  Saudi Arabia Oil & Gas
11  Iceland 51,399
12  Netherlands Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
13  Austria 50,078
14  Denmark 49,496
15  Sweden 49,175

See also

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