GDP per capita

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Across 186 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Luxembourg (147,252 US$) and the lowest in Burundi (234 US$).

The median country is at 7,882 US$: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value rose from 5,507 US$ in 1996 to 14,406 US$ in 2025.

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current…

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Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and… · via World Bank WDI (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD) · licence