ainoo francis
11th February 2013 |
please i would entreat you to update your data because we need them for our analysis. |
kibirigeammed moh
11th September 2012 |
yeah thanks
this .data is kind of out dated but it gives the
picture.
i wish i could help you
providing some data from ug |
Mongo
3rd September 2012 |
where is the information about Czech Republic? |
julien
22nd August 2012 |
How is it possible to put SPAIN before Japan or France ... how are you doing your ranking ? |
trav
15th March 2012 |
jus wondering if there has been a latest issue say for 2011? thanks |
Deepak Francis
9th January 2012 |
Excellent and useful data |
manju
3rd June 2011 |
It is so outdated. |
Hamish
23rd April 2011 |
are these figures in USD? |
María Eugenia
23rd February 2011 |
Easy too use, pretty much updated, relevant statistcs, not for specialists, very useful for most people. Great news about Qatar; bad for the US, where the inequality is growing but everything else is not. |
cool
31st January 2011 |
This site is a great place for data |
adam
11th January 2011 |
I can tel the statistics data is real.the web is good .the average at the bottom very informative and giving a lot information.mathematically possible to find some tru with reference to the average.the data would be better if value of GDP will express in 1961r dollars. |
Mattus
4th January 2011 |
GDP per capita is not a good way of finding what the wealth is of the individual, and therefore, we cannot deduce that the citizens of nations on the top of the scale are any much better off than those in the middle. For example, although the average Canadian is responsible for 38,439.78 as of 2006, I can assure you that most Canadians don't come close to earning that amount. The reason is that GDP Per Capita measures the weighted average and not income distribution or wealth. And it certainly doesn't measure cost of living and how far the average monthly paycheque stretches per individual and per family. Speaking as a Canadian, most of us are approximately 6 months worth of paycheques from poverty. Certainly, there are Canadians earning six digit figures, but they are not the average, far from it. |
Ignas+Lamabelawa
2nd December 2010 |
how about GDP Indonesia period 1960-1966?
i can't find it |
Bob_Australia
15th November 2010 |
What is the methodology for the "weighted average"?
If total GDP (2006) is $48.385B and population (2006) 6.517B the simple per capita average is $7,424.
How do you arrive at $9,875 ? |
Trevor
29th October 2010 |
According to the CIA World factbook (2009), The Bahamas' GDP was $25,400 |
karl
16th October 2010 |
How download this data to excel??? |
123
7th October 2010 |
@Nvjds
He was referring to Yugoslavia's absence from the statistics. |
leen
27th September 2010 |
wheres laos? |
Javed Talsani
23rd August 2010 |
Someone said Bangladesh's Per Capita is higher than Pakistan...:D?
Pakistan is the most urbanized country in whole southasia and Pakistan and srilanka are more developed as well. its just perception which is bad due to the ignorance of western media for wastage intrest... |
Nvjds
13th June 2010 |
To Filip, Yugoslavia is located in Europe and borders Bulgaria, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, and Hungary. It has separated into Serbia and Montenegro, which are both separate countries. Also, the united nations owned region of Kosovo. |
Filip
7th June 2010 |
Where is Yugoslavia? |
Tony
2nd June 2010 |
It's good to see the end of apartheid has really propelled South Africa economically |
Dorothy
20th May 2010 |
Ok.... I know Oz is a country, so why isn't it on Nationmaster? |
jemma_:D
20th May 2010 |
thanx for this info it has been reali useful :D |
Federico
16th May 2010 |
ROK is South Korea, not Taiwan, South Korea ranked No.27 in the year 2006. |
Magembe John Bosco(BSU, UGANDA)
9th May 2010 |
To me percapita seem not to be agood indicator of growth therefore some countries with high figures doesn't reflect,the actual situation on the ground.percapita may be high when alot of physical resources are in hands of foreign investors and few people, meaning that asmall group of population take part in production. And percapita doesn't show this. |
ALEX =]
24th April 2010 |
where's Cuba??? |
David Ahn
22nd April 2010 |
Is ROK not considered a country in this website? ROK did not suddenly dissapear in the 70's or 80's. |
T. Tsao
20th April 2010 |
Funny to fail to trace the DGP statistics, per capita or sum, of Taiwan, the Republic of China. How come? It is one of the four dragons in Asia. Without its data, the comparison among the four countries means less. |
jun admana
4th April 2010 |
Low population, more wealth is distributed. |
SARAH
24th March 2010 |
I can't understand these stats....what does it mean ? |
Ron
31st January 2010 |
I would like to see the stats for the US NOW, after three years of Democrats in Congress and the Senate.. |
Jennifer from CNPS
29th January 2010 |
The GDP per capita is very useful for school projects! |
Marti
3rd January 2010 |
Where is Catalonia? |
Abdur Rafique
1st January 2010 |
Excellent and very wide range of data coverage. In most cases such as GDP, GDP (PPP), education data need updating. |
Korea.south
12th December 2009 |
Korea 's GDP per capita figur is 68$. (1960) |
Spike
26th September 2009 |
There isn't Kiribati! |
Abe+Bird
25th August 2009 |
Israel GDP in 2006 was 25000$, though she has to be put in place 35. http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=is&v=67 . |
Concerned indicator
25th May 2009 |
Can you believe that Luxemburg makes $90,000 a year! If i had that much money, I would buy a monkey! |
Jenny
15th May 2009 |
Excellent depth of stats here, but I do find the site a bit hard to use.
There is a new service which doesn't yet have much data, but which I have found easier to use. It includes analysis of economic figures as well as the data. You can find it here:
http://www.economywatch.com/economic-statistics/ |
Eric Oldfield (USA)
28th March 2009 |
There should be statistics for GDP per man or GDP per worker. Some countries have a much higher percentage of their population who is either too young or too old to work. |
Mushin (Italy)
25th August 2008 |
What about Divided Nations? Germany datas before 1989 are related only to Western Germany? |
Hoesein Machalli (Indonesia)
20th August 2008 |
Is there no enough space for Indonesia's rank? |
Jose Z. Garcia (Las Cruces, New Mexico USA)
1st August 2008 |
I cannot believe Cuba had a higher per capita gdp than the US in 1960, nor Russia. It also appears that the "weighted average" global gdp for 1960 is much too high, $2669, only $200 less than the US, while the gdp per capita in China is listed at $90. What is your methodology, definitions, etc.? |
Ivan Pokus (Winnipeg, Canada)
21st June 2008 |
Would you please let me know when the GDP information numbers for 2006 will be available?
Thank you
ipokus@shaw.ca |
WARLOCK (BLOEMFONTEIN S.A.)
25th February 2008 |
ARE YOU SURE OF THIS FIGURE FOR SOUTH AFRICA? THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF HAS NO IDEA OF THE TRUE POPULATION COUNT! EXPERTS ESTIMATE THE COUNT TO BE ALMOST DOUBLE THE OFFICIAL REPORT. THIS WOULD MAKE THE GDP CLOSER TO 2.8 P/C. |
Mattias (Sweden)
6th February 2008 |
Sweden are in 26 places in CIA worldfactabook and 9 here.
How can some highpaymentcountry like Germany and France be
so low in the list? |
David (Sweden)
5th February 2008 |
How can Germany be so low when the salary is much higher than Sweden in 9 place. |
Juan Manuel (Mexico)
24th December 2007 |
After I have seen these outputs and all factors and conditions what involved on its calculations. What I understand is the next:
1st. Information does not show the economic power of every country.
2nd. Information does not show how rich is every country, and
3rd. Information only shows productivity of every country, produced for people who lives on it or not, but last not least It is the GDP of the country divided by the number of inhabitants officially registered.
That's my comments and I consider valuable this information. And I will try to move inside your space to know more about statistic information. |
cmc (usa)
6th September 2007 |
The U.S. could buy the 6 countries ahead of it in gdp. Is that true? yes it is true. Another factor to consider is that a country's government is expected to protect its own people from outside forces.The countries close to The United States in GDP cannot do that.
That's a major flaw. Major flaws need to be repaired. I see nothing close to repairing that flaw as the resources to do that are not available to them.
Basically, these countries would seek help from the U.S. in any kind of crisis.
enough said,
thanks for the info & could I apply for a job in Luxemborg?
I have good banking skills..
Regards cmc |
Norman (America)
30th August 2007 |
This is an interesting list.
But is it possible to break the amount down by taking things out such as how much Oil, Gold, and other commodities effect the number.
Im sure if that was the case Saudi Arabia and Russia would have a lower number and rightfully so because the average Saudi or Russian doesnt get a piece of that action |
Kevin (North Carolina/USA)
31st July 2007 |
This seems to be like a lot of economics lists'. You can use it as a guide but of course there are always variables that will arise. I would have liked to seen more info as to when the figures were compiled for each country. |
john (australia)
17th April 2007 |
u guys are silly gdp per capita doesn't nessacairly measure a countries standard of living, like for example as if countries like qatar or singapore have livings standards like westeren europe or australia, goods are cheaper in europe so they can purchase more material objects hence creating a way more high standard of living than say singapore or qatar,in order for those countries to have a purchasing power to western europe or australia they would need a gdp per capita of 60,000 plus. goods are too expensive there. |
alex (EU)
14th February 2007 |
the richest US states, conneticut & massachusetts for example. are more wealthy than luxembourg, and any country on the face of the planet for that matter. the only countries that beat the US in GDP per capita have a smaller population than the US & it's richest states, which beat those countries in terms of wealth. |
Brad (America)
5th February 2007 |
This isn't PPP (purchasing power parody) so it's not completely accurate, how ever in a Global Economy this is still an important measure. The reason people are less happy in America, Western nations ETC is because Ignorance is bliss. Also poverty line means nothing, there are several American documentary's that show that the poor in America have the following:
1Cable Television
2Food, clothing and shelter
3Live and Work in a modern environment.
And their income is $20,000 well over the GDP of many other locations. |
soham (India)
2nd February 2007 |
GDP is not true measurement of prosperity.This is most debatable issue amongst economists. While western countries do good in GDP but they are not so well in over all happiness quotient accroding to BBC. but again such things are very diffiult to nbe measured. |
Tom (Australia)
11th January 2007 |
Pauline from Swaziland,
The definition of 'below the poverty line' is different in each country. For example...someone below the poverty line in Australia would be considered very rich in most African countries!! Look at the 'population below poverty line by country' page on this site. And you will see rich country Canada at 15.9% below poor country Indonesia at 16.7%!! You cannot compare 'below poverty line' figures between countries for the above reason.
You shall notice that capitalist countries with only market driven economies are at the top of the list. Socialist left-wing non market controlled economies are generally failures and are to be found at the very bottom of the GDP list.
Regards, Tom. |
raymond d.K (Belgium)
25th December 2006 |
i am amazed that spain is that high in the list (about 25th)
because it looked a little bit like a poor country when i went there, not very very poor thaugh.
i think halve or more of the people above have even forgotten this website because rarely someone replies here and it's like months ago. |
PAULINE KISANGA (SWAZILAND)
24th December 2006 |
I am amased at how per capita means nothing in real people welfare. Imagine South Africa having 50% people below povery line with a per capita of over 4,700 dollars a year and Tanzania with a per capita of less than 300 dollars a year has only 36% of people below povery line.
Our first President the late Mwalimu Julius nyerere was castigated by the the big capitalists because of his socialism philosophy but look at the impact of such. If only he was alove to read these statistics.
I wonder what the capitalists say about this. |
rom (czech republic)
23rd August 2006 |
I heard equatorial guinea was number 2 in the world... and the Czech republic has 19000. The cia world factbook: in other sites, and here, check the GDP of each country and divide by population. Equatorial Guinea should be #2 and the Czech republic should be close to 20000. its all statistics though. |
firoz
11th July 2006 |
If I remember rightly Bangladesh's per capita gDP is $470 |
Dean Wood-Salleh (Los Angeles (UCLA))
4th July 2006 |
Firstly, to those of you in doubt of Ireland's position and ranking - Ireland is indeed an economic miracle, beating most European countries in information/technology and services. So to those of us Anglophiles who just find it unfathomable, lets just swallow our prides, and give Ireland the proper credit. And besides havent you heard the English jokes the Irish are making? And Allah Muhammad - r u
sure you didnt travel to Ireland some 40years ago? Secondly, while i applaud the eager display of patriotism,i would advise people to just relax - its okay for other countries to do well - in fact it would be a clear indication of a lack of education, civility, tolerance for those who either tout their own countries ranking - as if they were themselves were rich -, or lament the absence of their country in the list up there as a slight. |
Carlos Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
13th June 2006 |
An average citizen of Luxemborg produces the same amount of GDP as the total of one citizen each from countries #100 through #184 COMBINED. |
Akber Wali (Pakistan)
13th June 2006 |
Statistics shows that we should uplift each other then we will be able to consider our universe whole. (Inshallah) |
Holme (Denmark)
31st May 2006 |
@ Jean
Then how do your explain the efficient Danish economy? We have high taxes and big government.
I'm no expert in Irish political economy, but is it possible that the state of their economy is due to effective political reduction of marked failure?
Best Regards
- Holme - kommunist.dk |
Jean
23rd May 2006 |
The strange thing is that this site USED to have a GDP/Capita PPP stat. The only reason the USA is not on top is because the dollar is relatively weak.
I bet they will change to GDP/Capita PPP when the dollar is strong. |
Jean
23rd May 2006 |
@Mohammed
Still it's true. Maybe you went to the wrong places. They have tried out the traditional free market/small government/low taxes approach. Result : full employment, economical growth more then double that of the EU, has become the richest country in the EU in less then 30 years, starting at the position of Greece (almost the poorest).
Ireland is the shining example for the entire EU. Too bad policy makers try to blur it's success, small government means socialist elites may lose their power and privileges. |
Felix A. Keller (Donostia, Spain)
2nd May 2006 |
GDP per Capita
1. 2oo4 is rather an old statistic !
2. I miss Liechtenstein (you mention San Marino) |
Shreedhar Acharya
2nd April 2006 |
Dear sir thank you very much for your more information about the world. But your data is not correct about the world for example: Nepal:- Its a small country and it is 147181 square k. m. area.
And other are not correct information in your documents but thank you very much for your little information
yours
Shreedhar |
Karl Smith
31st March 2006 |
These seem to be exchange rate weighted not PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) weighted. This means that countries whose currency is down will drop in the list even if they are not getting relatively poorer.
Also, Luxemburg's position is largely a stastical fiction. Many people who work in Lux don't live in Lux. That means that they contribute to the GDP part but not to the Capita part. Thus artifically drving up Lux's GDP/Capita. |
J£$$_!5
27th March 2006 |
we go 2 Cyprus every year and we love it, it cannot be so poor but yet so beautiful, it has great facilities, and maybe dividing them has effected the economy but we know the truth about it and they cannot tell you what is true. |
matt
26th March 2006 |
@ T-Luxembourg: It's called Socially and Economically Conservative policies
And why has Canada GONE DOWN when the Economy is currently the best in the G8? From other sources, Canada's GDP per capita is as high as $36,000 |
Curzon
11th March 2006 |
Hong Kong is at 27? Something is wrong about this ranking. According to the CIA fact book, Hong Kong has the highest Per Capital GNP in Asia. There are less than 7 million people in Hong Kong, There is no way they only have $23,000 per capita in 2004. |
jrduignan@eircom.net
23rd January 2006 |
My God!. Cyprus could not be that poor!. The value of their pound is nearly twice that of the euro, and they have a great tourist industry. Maybe the dividing of the island has some effect on it's economy. |
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