List of Countries by GDP (Nominal) Per Capita
List of Countries by GDP (Nominal) Per Capita
List of Countries by GDP (Nominal) Per Capita
Therefore, these figures should be used with caution. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a
country's standard of living;[1][2] however, this is problematic because GDP per capita is not a measure of
personal income.
Comparisons of national income are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust
for differences in the cost of living in different countries. (See List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita.) 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. On the whole, PPP per capita
figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.
Non-sovereign entities (the world, continents, and some dependent territories) and states with limited international
recognition (such as Kosovo, Palestine and Taiwan) are included in the list in cases in which they appear in the
sources. These economies are not ranked in the charts here, but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison. In
addition, non-sovereign entities are marked in italics.
Note that many of leading GDP-per-capita (nominal) jurisdictions, such as Ireland, are tax havens. Their GDP
data are subject to material distortion by the tax planning activities of foreign multinationals. 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.
All data are in current United States dollars. Historical data can be found here.
Contents
List of per capita nominal GDP for countries and dependencies
Distorted GDP-per-capita for tax havens
See also
References
External links
164 Mali 899 157 Comoros 1,394 142 East Timor 2,036
166 Rwanda 823 159 East Timor 1,294 144 Eritrea 1,985
171 Haiti 732 165 Nepal 1,071 148 Côte d'Ivoire 1,716
Congo,
184 Democratic 561
Republic of the
Central
189 481
African Republic
190 Liberia 440
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.
Further discussion on this topic can be found in the List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita article.
See also
List of IMF ranked countries by GDP, IMF ranked GDP (nominal), GDP (nominal) per capita, GDP
(PPP), GDP (PPP) per capita, Population, and PPP
List of countries by average wage
List of countries by external debt
References
1. O'Sullivan, Arthur
2. French President seeks alternatives to GDP (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/sep/14/
sarkozy-attacks-gdp-focus), The Guardian 14-09-2009.
"European Parliament, Policy Department Economic and Scientific Policy: Beyond GDP Study" (h
ttp://www.beyond-gdp.eu/download/bgdp-bp-goossens.pdf) (PDF). (1.47 MB)
3. "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020" (https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/we
o-database/2020/October/weo-report?c=512,914,612,614,311,213,911,314,193,122,912,313,419,
513,316,913,124,339,638,514,218,963,616,223,516,918,748,618,624,522,622,156,626,628,228,
924,233,632,636,634,238,662,960,423,935,128,611,321,243,248,469,253,642,643,939,734,644,
819,172,132,646,648,915,134,652,174,328,258,656,654,336,263,268,532,944,176,534,536,429,
433,178,436,136,343,158,439,916,664,826,542,967,443,917,544,941,446,666,668,672,946,137,
546,674,676,548,556,678,181,867,682,684,273,868,921,948,943,686,688,518,728,836,558,138,
196,278,692,694,962,142,449,564,565,283,853,288,293,566,964,182,359,453,968,922,714,862,
135,716,456,722,942,718,724,576,936,961,813,726,199,733,184,524,361,362,364,732,366,144,
146,463,528,923,738,578,537,742,866,369,744,186,925,869,746,926,466,112,111,298,927,846,
299,582,487,474,754,698,&s=NGDPDPC,&sy=2020&ey=2020&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&
ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1). World Economic Outlook. International Monetary Fund.
October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
4. Data refer mostly to the year 2018.[1] (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ny.gdp.pcap.cd?most_r
ecent_value_desc=true) Selecting all countries, GDP per capita (current US$), World Bank.
Accessed on 1st of July 2020.
5. [2] (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Basic), (Select all countries, "GDP, Per Capita GDP - US
Dollars", and 2018 to generate table), United Nations Statistics Division. Accessed on 1
December 2019.
6. "Piercing the Veil, FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT, JUNE 2018, VOL. 55, NO. 2" (http://www.imf.or
g/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2018/06/inside-the-world-of-global-tax-havens-and-offshore-banking/dam
gaard.htm). IMF Finance & Development. June 2018.
1. Based on the IMF data. If no data was available for a country from IMF, data from the World Bank
is used
External links
Chart of GDP per capita at current US$ prices (http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5b
ncppjof8f9_&hl=en&dl=en#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=ny_gdp_pcap_cd&scal
e_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&ifdim=region&tdim=true&tstart=-312512400000&tend=126541
0800000&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false) by Google, World Bank data
World Map and Chart of GDP per capita at current prices (http://lebanese-economy-forum.com/wdi
-gdf-advanced-data-display/?curve=NY-GDP-PCAP-CD) by Lebanese-economy-forum, World
Bank data
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