Key takeaways
- Luxembourg leads 2025 at $147,252, the highest GDP per capita of any country, followed by Ireland at $131,592 and Switzerland at $114,769.
- 5 of 1960's top ten countries remain in the top ten in 2025: Luxembourg, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, United States.
- Among 2025's top ten, Singapore recorded the largest climb, rising from 33rd in 1960 to 4th in 2025.
- Inside the current top 20, Macao SAR, China gained the most since 2000, rising from 28th to 9th at $75,902.
- The global median GDP per capita rose from $255 in 1960 to $7,882 in 2025 in current US dollars; part of that increase reflects US-dollar inflation rather than real growth.
- 108 countries reported values in 1960, against 186 in 2025.
5 of 1960's top ten countries still rank in the top ten
Rank position, 1960 → 2025 · top 12 countries of 2025 · 1960 axis breaks below rank 20The per-capita ranking separates economic size from average income. Luxembourg ranks 1st here but 74th in <a href="/data/gdp-by-country" class="text-brand hover:text-brand-dark underline underline-offset-2">total GDP</a>; the United States leads total output but sits lower on income per person. Of the ten largest economies by total GDP, only four also appear in the <a href="/data/population-by-country" class="text-brand hover:text-brand-dark underline underline-offset-2">population</a> top ten: the United States, China, India, and Russia. Population is the denominator, and it reshuffles the ranking entirely.
5 of 1960's top ten countries still rank in 2025's top ten: Luxembourg, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, United States. The persistent leaders are small, high-income states where population growth is low and per-person output compounds over decades.
Singapore's rise from 33rd to 4th is the largest climb into the top ten
In 1960, Singapore ranked 33rd. By 2025 it ranks 4th in current US dollars, the largest climb by any country from 1960 into 2025's top ten. Singapore also ranks 4th in <a href="/data/life-expectancy-by-country" class="text-brand hover:text-brand-dark underline underline-offset-2">life expectancy</a>, one of a small number of countries in the top ten on both measures.
Inside the current top 20, the largest gain since 2000 belongs to Macao SAR, China, which moved from 28th in 2000 to 9th at $75,902.
Full rankings: GDP per capita by country, 2025
Trajectory shows each country's annual series indexed to its own 1960–2025 range| Rank▲ | Country⇅ | Trajectory 1960–2025 | GDP Per Capita by Country, 2025⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Luxembourg LUX | | |
| 2 ▲4 |  Ireland IRL | | |
| 3 ▼1 |  Switzerland CHE | | |
| 4 ▲5 |  Singapore SGP | | |
| 5 ▲5 |  Iceland ISL | | |
| 6 ▼3 |  Norway NOR | | |
| 7 ▲1 |  United States USA | | |
| 8 ▲3 |  Denmark DNK | | |
| 9 ▼5 |  Macao SAR, China MAC | | |
| 10 ▲3 |  Netherlands NLD | | |
| 11 ▼6 |  Qatar QAT | | |
| 12 ▼5 |  Australia AUS | | |
| 13 ▼1 |  Sweden SWE | | |
| 14 ▲1 |  Austria AUT | | |
| 15 ▲5 |  Belgium BEL | | |
| 16 ▲3 |  Germany DEU | | |
| 17 ▲8 |  Israel ISR | | |
| 18 ▼4 |  United Kingdom GBR | | |
| 19 ▼1 |  Hong Kong SAR, China HKG | | |
| 20 ▼3 |  Finland FIN | | |
| 21 ▼5 |  Canada CAN | | |
| 22 ▼1 |  Andorra AND | | |
| 23 ▼1 |  New Zealand NZL | | |
| 24 |  France FRA | | |
| 25 ▲8 |  Malta MLT | | |
| 26 ▲1 |  Italy ITA | | |
| 27 ▼4 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SXM | | |
| 28 ▲8 |  Cyprus CYP | | |
| 29 ▲2 |  Puerto Rico (US) PRI | | |
| 30 ▲2 |  Spain ESP | | |
| 31 ▲6 |  Slovenia SVN | | |
| 32 ▼3 |  Korea, Rep. KOR | | |
| 33 ▼7 |  Japan JPN | | |
| 34 ▲10 |  Czechia CZE | | |
| 35 |  Saudi Arabia SAU | | |
| 36 ▲9 |  Estonia EST | | |
| 37 ▲14 |  Lithuania LTU | | |
| 38 ▲55 |  Guyana GUY | | |
| 39 ▼9 |  Kuwait KWT | | |
| 40 ▼12 |  Brunei Darussalam BRN | | |
| 41 |  Portugal PRT | | |
| 42 ▼8 |  Bahrain BHR | | |
| 43 ▲4 |  Slovak Republic SVK | | |
| 44 ▲13 |  Poland POL | | |
| 45 ▼7 |  Barbados BRB | | |
| 46 ▲12 |  Croatia HRV | | |
| 47 ▼4 |  Greece GRC | | |
| 48 ▲7 |  Latvia LVA | | |
| 49 ▲7 |  Hungary HUN | | |
| 50 ▼11 |  St. Kitts and Nevis KNA | | |
| 51 ▼5 |  Uruguay URY | | |
| 52 ▼4 |  Antigua and Barbuda ATG | | |
| 53 ▲16 |  Romania ROU | | |
| 54 ▲24 |  Bulgaria BGR | | |
| 55 ▲4 |  Costa Rica CRI | | |
| 56 ▼14 |  Oman OMN | | |
| 57 ▼5 |  Panama PAN | | |
| 58 ▼9 |  Palau PLW | | |
| 59 ▼9 |  Seychelles SYC | | |
| 60 ▼20 |  Trinidad and Tobago TTO | | |
| 61 ▼1 |  Turkiye TUR | | |
| 62 ▼8 |  Chile CHL | | |
| 63 ▲4 |  Russian Federation RUS | | |
| 64 ▲26 |  Serbia SRB | | |
| 65 ▼12 |  Argentina ARG | | |
| 66 ▲15 |  Montenegro MNE | | |
| 67 ▼6 |  St. Lucia LCA | | |
| 68 ▼6 |  Kazakhstan KAZ | | |
| 69 ▲6 |  Naoero NRU | | |
| 70 ▼5 |  Maldives MDV | | |
| 71 ▼8 |  Mexico MEX | | |
| 72 ▲2 |  China CHN | | |
| 73 ▼9 |  Malaysia MYS | | |
| 74 ▲30 |  Albania ALB | | |
| 75 ▼9 |  Mauritius MUS | | |
| 76 ▲1 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines VCT | | |
| 77 ▼5 |  Grenada GRD | | |
| 78 ▲2 |  Dominican Republic DOM | | |
| 79 ▼6 |  Dominica DMA | | |
| 80 ▼10 |  Brazil BRA | | |
| 81 ▲15 |  North Macedonia MKD | | |
| 82 ▲19 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH | | |
| 83 ▲5 |  Belarus BLR | | |
| 84 ▲23 |  Georgia GEO | | |
| 85 ▼2 |  Peru PER | | |
| 86 ▲31 |  Armenia ARM | | |
| 87 ▲44 |  Moldova MDA | | |
| 88 ▼6 |  Colombia COL | | |
| 89 ▲25 |  Marshall Islands MHL | | |
| 90 ▼11 |  Gabon GAB | | |
| 91 ▲1 |  Thailand THA | | |
| 92 ▲3 |  Jamaica JAM | | |
| 93 ▲23 |  Kosovo XKX | | |
| 94 ▼10 |  Belize BLZ | | |
| 95 ▼10 |  Botswana BWA | | |
| 96 ▼2 |  Azerbaijan AZE | | |
| 97 ▼10 |  Ecuador ECU | | |
| 98 ▲14 |  Mongolia MNG | | |
| 99 ▼28 |  Suriname SUR | | |
| 100 ▼11 |  Paraguay PRY | | |
| 101 ▼4 |  Fiji FJI | | |
| 102 ▼34 |  Equatorial Guinea GNQ | | |
| 103 ▲8 |  Guatemala GTM | | |
| 104 ▼18 |  South Africa ZAF | | |
| 105 |  Tonga TON | | |
| 106 ▼15 |  Turkmenistan TKM | | |
| 107 ▼31 |  Libya LBY | | |
| 108 ▼8 |  Algeria DZA | | |
| 109 ▲11 |  Tuvalu TUV | | |
| 110 ▼2 |  Samoa WSM | | |
| 111 ▲28 |  Ukraine UKR | | |
| 112 ▲7 |  Cabo Verde CPV | | |
| 113 |  El Salvador SLV | | |
| 114 ▼11 |  Iraq IRQ | | |
| 115 ▼13 |  Jordan JOR | | |
| 116 ▲11 |  Bolivia BOL | | |
| 117 ▲16 |  Viet Nam VNM | | |
| 118 ▲4 |  Indonesia IDN | | |
| 119 ▼10 |  Sri Lanka LKA | | |
| 120 ▼21 |  Namibia NAM | | |
| 121 ▲5 |  Morocco MAR | | |
| 122 ▼12 |  Tunisia TUN | | |
| 123 ▲5 |  Bhutan BTN | | |
| 124 ▲6 |  Micronesia, Fed. Sts. FSM | | |
| 125 ▲4 |  Philippines PHL | | |
| 126 ▼8 |  Eswatini SWZ | | |
| 127 ▲28 |  Sao Tome and Principe STP | | |
| 128 ▼4 |  Vanuatu VUT | | |
| 129 ▼4 |  Uzbekistan UZB | | |
| 130 ▼32 |  Iran, Islamic Rep. IRN | | |
| 131 ▲5 |  Djibouti DJI | | |
| 132 ▲5 |  Honduras HND | | |
| 133 ▼27 |  Venezuela, RB VEN | | |
| 134 ▲9 |  Ghana GHA | | |
| 135 ▲5 |  Nicaragua NIC | | |
| 136 ▼13 |  West Bank and Gaza PSE | | |
| 137 ▼22 |  Angola AGO | | |
| 138 ▼17 |  Egypt, Arab Rep. EGY | | |
| 139 ▲23 |  Kyrgyz Republic KGZ | | |
| 140 ▲2 |  Cote d'Ivoire CIV | | |
| 141 ▲10 |  Zimbabwe ZWE | | |
| 142 ▼8 |  Papua New Guinea PNG | | |
| 143 ▲4 |  Cambodia KHM | | |
| 144 ▲1 |  India IND | | |
| 145 ▲5 |  Haiti HTI | | |
| 146 ▲12 |  Bangladesh BGD | | |
| 147 ▼3 |  Kiribati KIR | | |
| 148 ▼13 |  Congo, Rep. COG | | |
| 149 ▼1 |  Kenya KEN | | |
| 150 ▼12 |  Lao PDR LAO | | |
| 151 ▼5 |  Mauritania MRT | | |
| 152 ▼11 |  Solomon Islands SLB | | |
| 153 |  Comoros COM | | |
| 154 ▼5 |  Cameroon CMR | | |
| 155 ▲4 |  Senegal SEN | | |
| 156 ▲16 |  Guinea GIN | | |
| 157 ▲6 |  Benin BEN | | |
| 158 ▲8 |  Tajikistan TJK | | |
| 159 ▼7 |  Pakistan PAK | | |
| 160 ▲8 |  Nepal NPL | | |
| 161 ▼1 |  Myanmar MMR | | |
| 162 ▲9 |  Togo TGO | | |
| 163 ▼9 |  Timor-Leste TLS | | |
| 164 ▲3 |  Tanzania TZA | | |
| 165 ▼9 |  Zambia ZMB | | |
| 166 ▼34 |  Nigeria NGA | | |
| 167 ▲2 |  Uganda UGA | | |
| 168 ▲2 |  Mali MLI | | |
| 169 ▼12 |  Sudan SDN | | |
| 170 ▲6 |  Burkina Faso BFA | | |
| 171 ▲4 |  Guinea-Bissau GNB | | |
| 172 ▲1 |  Rwanda RWA | | |
| 173 ▼12 |  Lesotho LSO | | |
| 174 ▼10 |  Chad TCD | | |
| 175 ▲4 |  Ethiopia ETH | | |
| 176 ▲1 |  Gambia, The GMB | | |
| 177 ▼3 |  Liberia LBR | | |
| 178 ▼13 |  Sierra Leone SLE | | |
| 179 ▲2 |  Congo, Dem. Rep. COD | | |
| 180 ▲2 |  Niger NER | | |
| 181 ▼1 |  Malawi MWI | | |
| 182 ▲1 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. SOM | | |
| 183 ▼5 |  Mozambique MOZ | | |
| 184 |  Madagascar MDG | | |
| 185 |  Central African Republic CAF | | |
| 186 |  Burundi BDI | |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has climbed the rankings most since 1960?
Among 2025's top ten, Singapore recorded the largest climb, rising from 33rd in 1960 to 4th in 2025. Across every country with reported data, several outside the top ten show larger absolute movements; the downloadable CSV includes the complete rank history.
Methodology & Fair Use
Data runs to 2025, the most recent year published by World Bank World Development Indicators.
Figures are GDP per capita in current US dollars as published in the World Bank World Development Indicators (indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD), retrieved July 2026. Rankings are computed among all countries with reported data for each year; countries with no reported value in a given year are excluded from that year's ranking. Because values are nominal, changes over time reflect both real growth and US-dollar inflation; within-year rankings are unaffected. Trajectory sparklines index each country's series to its own 1960–2025 range and are not comparable in level across rows.
This dataset is published by Ranking Atlas and may be cited or reproduced with attribution and a link to this page.
Data licence. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Retrieved July 2026.
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