Countries by GDP per Capita

What is the World's Richest Country?
What is the World's Poorest Country?
What is the Poorest Country in Europe?
What is the Richest Country in Africa?
Is Canada Richer than the United States?
Is Mexico a Poor Country?
List of All Countries by Per Capita Income
Methodology

What is the World's Richest Country?

Monaco is the world's richest country, with a per-capita income of $203,404.

Luxembourg follows at around $140,000 while Liechtenstein, Singapore, and Ireland round out the top 5. One possible caveat: Vatican City would probably be #1 if we had enough data to know.

Quiz: Can you name the world's richest countries?

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Continent	Country	GDP per Capita
Europe	Monaco	$203,404
Europe	Luxembourg	$140,694
Europe	Liechtenstein	$133,735
Asia	Singapore	$131,580
Europe	Ireland	$124,596
Asia	Qatar	$112,789
Europe	Switzerland	$84,658
Asia	United Arab Emirates	$78,255
Europe	Norway	$77,808
North America	United States	$76,027

What is the World's Poorest Country?

Burundi is the world's poorest country. The small east African nation had a GDP per capita of just $856 as of 2022.

South Sudan is the second poorest, followed by the Central African Republic, D. R. Congo, and Somalia. Of the world's ten poorest countries, nine are located in Africa.

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Continent	Country	GDP per Capita
Africa	Burundi	$856
Africa	South Sudan	$928
Africa	Central African Republic	$1,102
Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$1,316
Africa	Somalia	$1,322
Africa	Niger	$1,435
Africa	Mozambique	$1,439
Asia	North Korea	$1,588
Africa	Malawi	$1,603
Africa	Chad	$1,705

What is the Poorest Country in Europe?

Kosovo is the poorest country in Europe. The former Yugoslav republic had a per-capita GDP of just $13,964 as of 2022.

Note: this measurement doesn't take into account the war in Ukraine.

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Continent	Country	GDP per Capita
Europe	Kosovo	$13,964
Europe	Ukraine	$14,325
Europe	Moldova	$16,719
Europe	Albania	$17,383
Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$17,471
Europe	North Macedonia	$19,726
Europe	Belarus	$21,686
Europe	Serbia	$23,904
Europe	Montenegro	$24,878
Europe	Bulgaria	$28,593

What is the Richest Country in Africa?

Seychelles is the richest country that is considered to be part of Africa. With a per-capita GDP of $35,272 as of 2022, the island nation is buoyed by a strong tourism industry. Among countries on the continent itself, Botswana is the richest.

Keep in mind that both countries suffer from extremely high income inequality, so the average person is much, much poorer than these numbers might suggest.

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Continent	Country	GDP per Capita
Africa	Seychelles	$35,272
Africa	Mauritius	$25,043
Africa	Botswana	$19,287
Africa	Equatorial Guinea	$19,036
Africa	Libya	$18,345
Africa	Gabon	$17,848
Africa	South Africa	$15,361
Africa	Egypt	$14,928
Africa	Algeria	$13,002
Africa	Tunisia	$12,300

Is Canada Richer than the United States?

No. Measured by per-capita GDP, Canada is poorer than the United States. As of 2022, the U.S. has a per-capita GDP of $76,027 while Canada's is just $57,812. However, this is mainly due to the earnings of high-income people. In terms of median household income, there is a much smaller difference between the two countries.

Is Mexico a Poor Country?

No. Mexico is a middle-income country. With a per-capita GDP of $22,216 in 2022, Mexico ranks 71st out of 195 countries. This is comparable to Uruguay, Argentina, or China. However, Mexico is considerably poorer than the United States, whose per-capita GDP is more than three times higher.

List of All Countries by Per Capita Income

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Continent	Country	Source	Year	GDP	GDP per Capita
Europe	Monaco	CIA World Factbook	2015	$7,672 mil	$203,404
Europe	Luxembourg	IMF	2022	$90,532 mil	$140,694
Europe	Liechtenstein	CIA World Factbook	2014	$4,978 mil	$133,735
Asia	Singapore	IMF	2022	$701,804 mil	$131,580
Europe	Ireland	IMF	2022	$633,533 mil	$124,596
Asia	Qatar	IMF	2022	$301,231 mil	$112,789
Europe	Switzerland	IMF	2022	$739,494 mil	$84,658
Asia	United Arab Emirates	IMF	2022	$779,234 mil	$78,255
Europe	Norway	IMF	2022	$423,871 mil	$77,808
North America	United States	IMF	2022	$25,346,805 mil	$76,027
Asia	Brunei	IMF	2022	$33,389 mil	$74,953
Europe	San Marino	IMF	2022	$2,387 mil	$70,139
Europe	Denmark	IMF	2022	$406,011 mil	$69,273
Asia	Taiwan	IMF	2022	$1,603,723 mil	$68,730
Europe	Netherlands	IMF	2022	$1,201,755 mil	$68,572
Europe	Austria	IMF	2022	$582,127 mil	$64,751
Europe	Iceland	IMF	2022	$24,197 mil	$64,621
Europe	Andorra	IMF	2022	$5,157 mil	$63,600
Europe	Germany	IMF	2022	$5,269,963 mil	$63,271
Europe	Sweden	IMF	2022	$674,263 mil	$62,926
Oceania	Australia	IMF	2022	$1,605,196 mil	$61,941
Europe	Belgium	IMF	2022	$715,658 mil	$61,587
Europe	Finland	IMF	2022	$321,233 mil	$58,010
North America	Canada	IMF	2022	$2,236,928 mil	$57,812
Asia	Bahrain	IMF	2022	$87,150 mil	$57,424
Europe	France	IMF	2022	$3,677,579 mil	$56,036
Asia	Saudi Arabia	IMF	2022	$2,002,542 mil	$55,368
Europe	United Kingdom	IMF	2022	$3,751,845 mil	$55,301
Europe	Malta	IMF	2022	$28,486 mil	$54,647
Asia	South Korea	IMF	2022	$2,735,870 mil	$53,051
Asia	Kuwait	IMF	2022	$245,182 mil	$50,919
Oceania	New Zealand	IMF	2022	$260,122 mil	$50,411
Europe	Italy	IMF	2022	$2,972,091 mil	$50,216
Asia	Israel	IMF	2022	$478,010 mil	$50,204
Asia	Japan	IMF	2022	$6,110,075 mil	$48,814
Europe	Slovenia	IMF	2022	$102,424 mil	$48,534
Asia	Cyprus	IMF	2022	$43,802 mil	$48,443
Europe	Czech Republic	IMF	2022	$509,953 mil	$47,527
Europe	Lithuania	IMF	2022	$129,658 mil	$46,479
Europe	Spain	IMF	2022	$2,209,419 mil	$46,413
Europe	Estonia	IMF	2022	$59,557 mil	$44,778
Europe	Poland	IMF	2022	$1,575,777 mil	$41,685
Europe	Hungary	IMF	2022	$398,278 mil	$40,944
Europe	Portugal	IMF	2022	$419,652 mil	$40,805
North America	Bahamas	IMF	2022	$15,854 mil	$40,274
Europe	Slovakia	IMF	2022	$211,119 mil	$38,620
South America	Guyana	IMF	2022	$30,287 mil	$38,258
Asia	Turkey	IMF	2022	$3,212,072 mil	$37,488
Europe	Latvia	IMF	2022	$70,532 mil	$37,330
Europe	Romania	IMF	2022	$707,747 mil	$36,622
Europe	Croatia	IMF	2022	$145,032 mil	$36,201
North America	Panama	IMF	2022	$158,608 mil	$36,085
Europe	Greece	IMF	2022	$378,693 mil	$35,596
Asia	Oman	IMF	2022	$165,947 mil	$35,286
Africa	Seychelles	IMF	2022	$3,489 mil	$35,272
Asia	Malaysia	IMF	2022	$1,089,499 mil	$32,901
Asia	Kazakhstan	IMF	2022	$590,370 mil	$30,502
Europe	Russia	IMF	2022	$4,365,443 mil	$30,013
North America	Trinidad and Tobago	IMF	2022	$42,259 mil	$29,884
Asia	Maldives	IMF	2022	$11,385 mil	$29,133
Europe	Bulgaria	IMF	2022	$195,399 mil	$28,593
South America	Chile	IMF	2022	$568,319 mil	$28,526
South America	Uruguay	IMF	2022	$94,783 mil	$26,663
North America	Saint Kitts and Nevis	CIA World Factbook	2017	$1,360 mil	$26,131
South America	Argentina	IMF	2022	$1,195,581 mil	$25,822
Africa	Mauritius	IMF	2022	$31,720 mil	$25,043
Europe	Montenegro	IMF	2022	$15,476 mil	$24,878
North America	Costa Rica	IMF	2022	$128,134 mil	$24,490
North America	Dominican Republic	IMF	2022	$254,992 mil	$23,983
Europe	Serbia	IMF	2022	$163,599 mil	$23,904
North America	Mexico	IMF	2022	$2,890,685 mil	$22,216
North America	Antigua and Barbuda	IMF	2022	$2,206 mil	$21,890
Europe	Belarus	IMF	2022	$201,749 mil	$21,686
Asia	China	IMF	2022	$30,177,926 mil	$21,364
Asia	Thailand	IMF	2022	$1,475,656 mil	$21,057
Europe	North Macedonia	IMF	2022	$40,810 mil	$19,726
Africa	Botswana	IMF	2022	$47,262 mil	$19,287
Africa	Equatorial Guinea	IMF	2022	$28,522 mil	$19,036
Asia	Turkmenistan	IMF	2022	$117,672 mil	$18,857
Asia	Georgia	IMF	2022	$69,136 mil	$18,594
Africa	Libya	IMF	2022	$124,326 mil	$18,345
Asia	Iran	IMF	2022	$1,573,467 mil	$18,332
North America	Grenada	IMF	2022	$2,081 mil	$18,293
South America	Colombia	IMF	2022	$940,589 mil	$18,225
Africa	Gabon	IMF	2022	$38,574 mil	$17,848
Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	IMF	2022	$60,679 mil	$17,471
North America	Barbados	IMF	2022	$5,037 mil	$17,408
Europe	Albania	IMF	2022	$49,827 mil	$17,383
South America	Suriname	IMF	2022	$10,676 mil	$17,300
South America	Brazil	IMF	2022	$3,680,942 mil	$17,208
Asia	Azerbaijan	IMF	2022	$175,658 mil	$17,153
Europe	Moldova	IMF	2022	$42,483 mil	$16,719
Asia	Armenia	IMF	2022	$46,864 mil	$15,818
Asia	Sri Lanka	IMF	2022	$340,861 mil	$15,387
Africa	South Africa	IMF	2022	$937,964 mil	$15,361
South America	Peru	IMF	2022	$513,715 mil	$15,035
North America	Saint Lucia	CIA World Factbook	2017	$2,780 mil	$15,015
Africa	Egypt	IMF	2022	$1,562,377 mil	$14,928
Asia	Indonesia	IMF	2022	$3,995,064 mil	$14,535
North America	Dominica	IMF	2022	$1,074 mil	$14,491
South America	Paraguay	IMF	2022	$107,554 mil	$14,430
Europe	Ukraine	IMF	2020	$588,433 mil	$14,325
Europe	Kosovo	IMF	2022	$25,189 mil	$13,964
Oceania	Palau	IMF	2022	$243 mil	$13,652
Oceania	Fiji	IMF	2022	$12,370 mil	$13,598
Asia	Mongolia	IMF	2022	$46,421 mil	$13,350
Africa	Algeria	IMF	2022	$586,175 mil	$13,002
Asia	Bhutan	IMF	2022	$9,853 mil	$12,967
Asia	Vietnam	IMF	2022	$1,278,061 mil	$12,881
South America	Ecuador	IMF	2022	$228,025 mil	$12,664
Africa	Tunisia	IMF	2022	$149,184 mil	$12,300
Asia	Iraq	IMF	2022	$512,926 mil	$12,141
Asia	Lebanon	IMF	2020	$82,144 mil	$12,035
North America	Cuba	CIA World Factbook	2017	$134,800 mil	$11,892
Asia	Jordan	IMF	2022	$122,180 mil	$11,861
North America	Jamaica	IMF	2022	$32,378 mil	$11,802
Oceania	Nauru	IMF	2022	$144 mil	$10,750
North America	El Salvador	IMF	2022	$69,314 mil	$10,581
Africa	Namibia	IMF	2022	$27,118 mil	$10,448
Africa	Eswatini	IMF	2022	$11,985 mil	$10,411
Asia	Philippines	IMF	2022	$1,143,862 mil	$10,237
North America	Guatemala	IMF	2022	$185,473 mil	$9,911
South America	Bolivia	IMF	2022	$117,877 mil	$9,856
Asia	Uzbekistan	IMF	2022	$326,015 mil	$9,243
Asia	Laos	IMF	2022	$68,703 mil	$9,184
Africa	Morocco	IMF	2022	$331,542 mil	$9,041
Asia	India	IMF	2022	$11,745,260 mil	$8,358
Africa	Cape Verde	IMF	2022	$4,413 mil	$7,740
Africa	Angola	IMF	2022	$242,286 mil	$7,360
North America	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	CIA World Factbook	2017	$785 mil	$7,148
North America	Belize	IMF	2022	$3,148 mil	$7,147
North America	Nicaragua	IMF	2022	$46,757 mil	$7,071
Africa	Mauritania	IMF	2022	$29,993 mil	$6,920
Oceania	Tonga	IMF	2022	$678 mil	$6,783
Africa	Ghana	IMF	2022	$216,676 mil	$6,754
North America	Honduras	IMF	2022	$69,388 mil	$6,740
Africa	Djibouti	IMF	2022	$6,774 mil	$6,667
Asia	Bangladesh	IMF	2022	$1,113,600 mil	$6,633
Asia	Pakistan	IMF	2022	$1,468,862 mil	$6,470
Africa	Ivory Coast	IMF	2022	$180,059 mil	$6,345
Africa	Kenya	IMF	2022	$308,671 mil	$6,061
South America	Venezuela	IMF	2022	$160,132 mil	$5,949
Oceania	Samoa	IMF	2022	$1,193 mil	$5,935
Africa	Nigeria	IMF	2022	$1,268,536 mil	$5,853
Oceania	Tuvalu	IMF	2022	$63 mil	$5,798
Asia	Kyrgyzstan	IMF	2022	$37,792 mil	$5,562
Asia	Cambodia	IMF	2022	$87,856 mil	$5,493
Asia	Myanmar	IMF	2022	$257,343 mil	$4,776
Africa	São Tomé and Príncipe	IMF	2022	$1,063 mil	$4,681
Asia	Tajikistan	IMF	2022	$45,540 mil	$4,630
Asia	Nepal	IMF	2022	$138,200 mil	$4,578
Africa	Republic of the Congo	IMF	2022	$22,519 mil	$4,578
Africa	Sudan	IMF	2022	$207,336 mil	$4,442
Africa	Cameroon	IMF	2022	$122,764 mil	$4,398
Oceania	Papua New Guinea	IMF	2022	$39,339 mil	$4,299
Oceania	Marshall Islands	IMF	2022	$235 mil	$4,192
Africa	Benin	IMF	2022	$53,108 mil	$4,137
Africa	Senegal	IMF	2022	$72,341 mil	$4,093
Africa	Zambia	IMF	2022	$75,690 mil	$3,776
Oceania	Federated States of Micronesia	IMF	2022	$383 mil	$3,650
Africa	Ethiopia	IMF	2022	$345,138 mil	$3,407
Africa	Tanzania	IMF	2022	$206,568 mil	$3,358
Africa	Comoros	IMF	2022	$3,206 mil	$3,355
Asia	East Timor	IMF	2022	$4,573 mil	$3,339
North America	Haiti	IMF	2022	$38,476 mil	$3,189
Africa	Lesotho	IMF	2022	$6,408 mil	$3,034
Africa	Guinea	IMF	2022	$44,455 mil	$3,029
Africa	Uganda	IMF	2022	$129,476 mil	$2,961
Oceania	Vanuatu	IMF	2022	$920 mil	$2,851
Africa	Rwanda	IMF	2022	$37,211 mil	$2,808
Asia	Syria	CIA World Factbook	2015	$50,280 mil	$2,794
Africa	Guinea-Bissau	IMF	2022	$5,279 mil	$2,784
Africa	Burkina Faso	IMF	2022	$58,985 mil	$2,663
Africa	Gambia	IMF	2022	$6,792 mil	$2,646
Africa	Togo	IMF	2022	$22,612 mil	$2,599
Africa	Mali	IMF	2022	$55,335 mil	$2,575
Africa	Zimbabwe	IMF	2022	$39,906 mil	$2,523
Asia	Afghanistan	IMF	2020	$80,912 mil	$2,456
Oceania	Solomon Islands	IMF	2022	$1,705 mil	$2,385
Oceania	Kiribati	IMF	2022	$266 mil	$2,148
Africa	Eritrea	IMF	2022	$7,695 mil	$2,101
Asia	Yemen	IMF	2022	$65,603 mil	$2,078
Africa	Sierra Leone	IMF	2022	$16,277 mil	$1,958
Africa	Liberia	IMF	2022	$8,776 mil	$1,779
Africa	Madagascar	IMF	2022	$51,521 mil	$1,778
Africa	Chad	IMF	2022	$29,684 mil	$1,705
Africa	Malawi	IMF	2022	$35,409 mil	$1,603
Asia	North Korea	CIA World Factbook	2015	$40,000 mil	$1,588
Africa	Mozambique	IMF	2022	$47,606 mil	$1,439
Africa	Niger	IMF	2022	$37,423 mil	$1,435
Africa	Somalia	IMF	2022	$20,641 mil	$1,322
Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	IMF	2022	$127,384 mil	$1,316
Africa	Central African Republic	IMF	2022	$5,528 mil	$1,102
Africa	South Sudan	IMF	2022	$13,533 mil	$928
Africa	Burundi	IMF	2022	$10,779 mil	$856
Europe	Vatican City	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Methodology

Our primary source is the International Monetary Fund, April 2022 World Economic Outlook.

For countries that weren't listed by the IMF, we got the GDP from the CIA World Factbook, and population for the corresponding year from Worldometers.

Note that these numbers use Purchasing Power Parity, not current foreign exchange rates. We believe that this a better approximation of actual wealth, but other people disagree. You can read about this method here.

Level 59

Feb 28, 2018

This is actually quite interesting. I'd be very interested in reading more of these. Are you planning on creating any more pages like this one?

Level ∞

Feb 28, 2018

Yes. But only if it gets indexed by Google. I spent the an entire month making JetPunk data and it never got any traffic.

Level ∞

Feb 16, 2019

And... Google hates it. This page gets about 1 visit per week. We won't be making more.

Level 75

Feb 28, 2018

I think one of the headers should read "10 Richest Countries in Africa"

Level ∞

Feb 28, 2018

Fixed.

Level 65

Mar 5, 2018

It's amazing how much GDP can vary. Your source gives China a GDP of around $23 trillion, but simply googling, "gdp china" gives me a figure of half that, 11.2 trillion.

Level ∞

Mar 7, 2018

That's the difference between Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and nominal GDP. I think PPP is a better measure. Others disagree, but PPP is more consistent year to year and also has a higher correlation with life expectancy.

Level 91

Nov 6, 2019

Ireland uses the modified gross national income not GDP now because GDP can be so skewed by companies restructuring but doesn't reflect the value seen by the population. GNI for Ireland is much lower, $64k according to one source but one report said just over the UK's figure for GDP so around $46k (as of 2019).

Level 62

Sep 4, 2020

One takes into account the cost of living and other doesn´t, PPP all the way.

Level 32

Oct 9, 2018

-time to pump out quizzes.................-

Level 55

Apr 21, 2020

You know, I like how you allow us to comment on almost everything! Thanks!

Level 52

Apr 25, 2020

I’m using this to make the same chart, but in dollars and cents.

Level 45

Feb 15, 2021

never knew North Korea was one of the poorest countries lol

Level 54

May 3, 2021

wow usa so high yet my parents still wont spring for a new car :(

Level 71

Jan 23, 2022

you mention that seychelles and equatorial guinea have high GDPs due to high inequality, so the average person would have less than gdp would suggest. how do all these lists change if you look at median income or something similar instead, which if i understand correctly is a better representation of what the average person’s wealth looks like?

Level 79

Apr 19, 2022

Kosovo isn't a former Soviet republic, but a former Yugoslav province (a part of Socialist Republic of Serbia, which was the largest republic of Yugoslavia).

Level ∞

Apr 19, 2022

Fixed

Level 79

Apr 20, 2022

Thanks for your swift reaction, that's better, but still Kosovo wasn't a republic. There were six republics comprising Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. All of them eventually gained independence. Also, there were two "autonomous provinces", both of them with a certain level of autonomy, but within the republic of Serbia: Vojvodina (today still an autonomous province of Serbia) and Kosovo and Metohija (today... we all know how that story goes).

Level 44

Jun 9, 2022

no way that Guyana GDP per capita is similar to Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania

Level 61

Sep 7, 2022

fake denmark is lower than netherlands

Level 67

Jan 3, 2023

Is it possible to allow viewers to change the ordering of the countries in the table by clicking the column in a similar way to answer stats in quizzes? I think that would be useful here, especially for the last table.

Level 68

Jan 3, 2023

Yes that would be useful, I will look into it

Level 68

Jan 3, 2023

This is now done - great suggestion!