Richest countries by GDP per capita

What stands out at the top

Monaco leads the available 2024 observations at $288,002 per person, followed by Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. The United States, which leads the total GDP ranking, is in position 8 here. Dividing output by population changes the question and produces a substantially different order.

A small denominator makes the result sensitive to activities that generate considerable output with relatively few residents. Cross-border commuting, multinational production and resource extraction can all complicate the relationship between domestic output and residents’ living standards. These are measurement issues to investigate in the relevant country, not a reason to assume that every high-ranking economy has the same economic model.

Ireland is a well-documented example of the distinction. Its Central Statistics Office publishes modified gross national income, or GNI*, to remove specified globalisation effects that can distort conventional aggregates. That alternative does not replace GDP in this table, but it explains why Ireland’s GDP per capita should not be interpreted as the income available to an average Irish household.

Compare nominal output and purchasing power

The first column converts output using market exchange rates. The PPP column adjusts for differences in price levels and uses international dollars, a statistical unit. An international dollar is not a currency that can be exchanged at a bank. Both columns use 2024, and neither is calculated by dividing old GDP by today’s population.

187 countries. Scroll the table for all entries. Base rank follows the page’s main measure; sorting another column keeps that rank.

GDP per capita, 2024. Base rank follows nominal current US dollars, highest first.

Base rank	Country ↕	Nominal GDP / person ↕	PPP GDP / person ↕
1	Monaco	$288,002	—
2	Liechtenstein	$220,167	—
3	Luxembourg	$137,782	Int$ 156,079
4	Ireland	$112,895	Int$ 140,779
5	Switzerland	$107,702	Int$ 97,468
6	Singapore	$94,897	Int$ 153,161
7	Norway	$89,889	Int$ 105,657
8	United States	$86,170	Int$ 86,170
9	Iceland	$85,863	Int$ 83,561
10	Qatar	$75,685	Int$ 126,713
11	Denmark	$71,026	Int$ 80,938
12	Netherlands	$67,465	Int$ 85,218
13	Australia	$64,610	Int$ 72,118
14	Austria	$58,269	Int$ 75,774
15	Sweden	$57,223	Int$ 71,222
16	Belgium	$56,582	Int$ 74,225
17	Germany	$56,104	Int$ 73,957
18	Canada	$55,016	Int$ 65,483
19	Israel	$54,217	Int$ 57,278
20	United Kingdom	$53,341	Int$ 62,839
21	Finland	$53,156	Int$ 65,137
22	United Arab Emirates	$50,274	Int$ 79,344
23	New Zealand	$49,432	Int$ 55,794
24	Andorra	$49,357	Int$ 75,395
25	France	$46,103	Int$ 62,525
26	Malta	$44,024	Int$ 70,063
27	Italy	$40,430	Int$ 62,293
28	Bahamas	$39,455	Int$ 41,258
29	Cyprus	$38,674	Int$ 63,007
30	South Korea	$36,239	Int$ 61,051
31	Saudi Arabia	$35,528	Int$ 71,936
32	Spain	$35,327	Int$ 58,064
33	Slovenia	$34,301	Int$ 57,571
34	Japan	$33,797	Int$ 54,156
35	Brunei	$33,153	Int$ 90,010
36	Kuwait	$32,856	Int$ 53,119
37	Czech Republic	$31,828	Int$ 57,625
38	Estonia	$31,428	Int$ 50,396
39	Bahrain	$29,717	Int$ 67,230
40	Guyana	$29,675	Int$ 80,271
41	Lithuania	$29,604	Int$ 55,699
42	Portugal	$29,328	Int$ 52,513
43	Barbados	$26,897	Int$ 24,540
44	Slovakia	$25,993	Int$ 47,847
45	Poland	$25,104	Int$ 51,263
46	Greece	$24,626	Int$ 44,171
47	Uruguay	$24,308	Int$ 36,597
48	Croatia	$24,050	Int$ 49,551
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$23,961	Int$ 34,897
50	Latvia	$23,579	Int$ 43,873
51	Hungary	$23,305	Int$ 48,540
52	Antigua and Barbuda	$23,060	Int$ 33,352
53	Oman	$20,285	Int$ 41,801
54	Romania	$20,080	Int$ 49,077
55	Panama	$19,161	Int$ 41,430
56	Costa Rica	$18,853	Int$ 31,552
57	Trinidad and Tobago	$18,733	Int$ 36,381
58	Seychelles	$18,365	Int$ 33,339
59	Palau	$18,169	Int$ 21,059
60	Bulgaria	$17,597	Int$ 41,970
61	Chile	$16,659	Int$ 36,071
62	Turkey	$15,893	Int$ 45,123
63	Russia	$14,962	Int$ 47,686
64	Saint Lucia	$14,494	Int$ 28,117
65	Kazakhstan	$14,155	Int$ 40,950
66	Nauru	$14,048	Int$ 13,612
67	Mexico	$13,988	Int$ 25,820
68	Argentina	$13,970	Int$ 30,475
69	Serbia	$13,678	Int$ 32,832
70	Maldives	$13,379	Int$ 26,221
71	China	$13,293	Int$ 27,140
72	Montenegro	$13,270	Int$ 34,063
73	Mauritius	$11,991	Int$ 31,697
74	Malaysia	$11,874	Int$ 38,836
75	Grenada	$11,529	Int$ 19,903
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$11,501	Int$ 21,303
77	Albania	$11,374	Int$ 26,702
78	Dominican Republic	$10,876	Int$ 27,582
79	Dominica	$10,405	Int$ 21,332
80	Brazil	$10,311	Int$ 22,371
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$9,398	Int$ 25,148
82	North Macedonia	$9,292	Int$ 26,996
83	Georgia	$8,968	Int$ 27,487
84	Belarus	$8,606	Int$ 33,166
85	Armenia	$8,556	Int$ 22,856
86	Peru	$8,526	Int$ 17,882
87	Gabon	$8,230	Int$ 21,541
88	Colombia	$7,951	Int$ 22,439
89	Jamaica	$7,754	Int$ 12,909
90	Belize	$7,681	Int$ 14,367
91	Botswana	$7,650	Int$ 20,612
92	Marshall Islands	$7,590	Int$ 8,238
93	Moldova	$7,579	Int$ 18,662
94	Thailand	$7,387	Int$ 24,909
95	Azerbaijan	$7,295	Int$ 25,146
96	Equatorial Guinea	$7,004	Int$ 17,072
97	Suriname	$6,962	Int$ 21,832
98	Ecuador	$6,827	Int$ 15,848
99	Mongolia	$6,751	Int$ 19,173
100	Libya	$6,569	Int$ 14,325
101	Paraguay	$6,457	Int$ 18,632
102	Fiji	$6,426	Int$ 15,473
103	South Africa	$6,267	Int$ 15,479
104	Tonga	$6,215	Int$ 8,174
105	Guatemala	$6,151	Int$ 14,393
106	Iraq	$6,074	Int$ 14,485
107	Turkmenistan	$5,904	Int$ 21,026
108	Tuvalu	$5,884	Int$ 6,366
109	Algeria	$5,753	Int$ 17,646
110	El Salvador	$5,503	Int$ 13,258
111	Samoa	$5,393	Int$ 8,751
112	Ukraine	$5,392	Int$ 18,636
113	Iran	$5,190	Int$ 19,903
114	Cape Verde	$5,170	Int$ 11,185
115	Jordan	$5,074	Int$ 11,916
116	Indonesia	$4,925	Int$ 16,472
117	Vietnam	$4,717	Int$ 16,388
118	Sri Lanka	$4,545	Int$ 15,701
119	Namibia	$4,502	Int$ 11,698
120	Lebanon	$4,473	Int$ 11,917
121	Bolivia	$4,421	Int$ 12,896
122	Micronesia	$4,252	Int$ 4,452
123	Venezuela	$4,244	—
124	Bhutan	$4,228	Int$ 17,762
125	Tunisia	$4,188	Int$ 14,542
126	Morocco	$4,153	Int$ 10,430
127	Philippines	$3,985	Int$ 11,814
128	Vanuatu	$3,960	Int$ 4,368
129	Eswatini	$3,910	Int$ 11,823
130	Djibouti	$3,553	Int$ 7,822
131	Sao Tome and Principe	$3,503	Int$ 6,274
132	Honduras	$3,416	Int$ 7,503
133	Egypt	$3,338	Int$ 19,122
134	Uzbekistan	$3,337	Int$ 12,518
135	Palestine	$3,028	Int$ 4,771
136	Papua New Guinea	$2,912	Int$ 4,887
137	Nicaragua	$2,848	Int$ 8,721
138	Ivory Coast	$2,728	Int$ 7,680
139	Angola	$2,721	Int$ 9,964
140	Cambodia	$2,628	Int$ 7,982
141	Bangladesh	$2,593	Int$ 9,661
142	India	$2,592	Int$ 10,719
143	Kiribati	$2,551	Int$ 3,728
144	Kyrgyzstan	$2,515	Int$ 8,208
145	Zimbabwe	$2,496	Int$ 5,933
146	Republic of the Congo	$2,482	Int$ 7,004
147	Ghana	$2,419	Int$ 8,051
148	Kenya	$2,133	Int$ 6,650
149	Laos	$2,124	Int$ 9,790
150	Mauritania	$2,105	Int$ 7,379
151	Haiti	$2,060	Int$ 3,169
152	Solomon Islands	$1,934	Int$ 2,679
153	Comoros	$1,858	Int$ 4,048
154	Cameroon	$1,830	Int$ 5,597
155	Senegal	$1,739	Int$ 5,097
156	Guinea	$1,695	Int$ 4,572
157	Benin	$1,485	Int$ 4,441
158	Pakistan	$1,479	Int$ 6,263
159	Nepal	$1,460	Int$ 5,746
160	Tajikistan	$1,362	Int$ 5,414
161	Myanmar	$1,359	Int$ 6,006
162	Timor-Leste	$1,332	Int$ 4,429
163	Togo	$1,266	Int$ 3,815
164	Tanzania	$1,193	Int$ 4,227
165	Zambia	$1,187	Int$ 4,221
166	Ethiopia	$1,134	Int$ 3,292
167	Mali	$1,093	Int$ 3,322
168	Nigeria	$1,084	Int$ 9,100
169	Uganda	$1,078	Int$ 3,278
170	Rwanda	$1,060	Int$ 3,785
171	Lesotho	$1,023	Int$ 3,071
172	Guinea-Bissau	$998	Int$ 3,093
173	Sudan	$985	Int$ 2,119
174	Burkina Faso	$982	Int$ 2,901
175	Chad	$981	Int$ 2,767
176	Gambia	$871	Int$ 3,481
177	Liberia	$851	Int$ 1,874
178	Sierra Leone	$807	Int$ 3,527
179	Niger	$730	Int$ 2,044
180	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$693	Int$ 1,823
181	Mozambique	$657	Int$ 1,708
182	Somalia	$630	Int$ 1,604
183	Madagascar	$550	Int$ 1,889
184	Malawi	$522	Int$ 1,860
185	Central African Republic	$516	Int$ 1,265
186	Afghanistan	$417	Int$ 2,236
187	Burundi	$216	Int$ 1,193

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Sorting the PPP column may move countries relative to their nominal positions. The table preserves the nominal base rank so the two orderings are not confused. A missing PPP observation remains a dash; substituting a different year would make the comparison look more complete while reducing its consistency.

Why this is not an average salary

GDP includes production associated with businesses and government as well as households. It is divided by all residents, including children and people outside paid employment. It therefore differs from wages per worker, disposable household income and the median income of an individual.

The distinction between a mean and a median matters too. Even a correctly measured average income can rise while the typical household experiences little change if gains are concentrated. A GDP-per-capita figure has the additional limitation that it is an output measure in the first place. Dividing it by twelve does not produce an expected monthly paycheck.

For living standards, combine output with household income distribution, public services and local price levels. A high nominal figure can coexist with expensive housing. PPP improves international purchasing-power comparisons but still does not capture the spending pattern of a specific household or city.

Compare two countries with the same yardstick

The ratio compares annual output per resident, using the same nominal measure and year. It does not predict how much more a particular worker would earn after moving. For that decision, occupation, taxes, household composition and location would need their own evidence.

At the other end of this same series, the poorest countries comparison shows how nominal and PPP rankings differ among low-output economies. Keeping both ends on one series makes the comparison reproducible and avoids switching measures to produce a more striking headline.