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Countries or territories by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2025

This section provides a visual representation of the global economic landscape, categorized by estimated GDP (PPP) per capita for the year 2025. It’s a snapshot, a rough sketch, of where wealth is concentrated.

• >$70,000: The rarefied air. These are the places where the average individual output is immense.
• $60,000 –$70,000: Still comfortably in the upper echelons.
• $50,000 –$60,000: The solid upper-middle class of nations.
• $40,000 –$50,000: A significant economic output per person.
• $30,000 –$40,000: Entering the upper tier of global economies.
• $20,000 –$30,000: A substantial economic base, but with room for growth.
• $10,000 –$20,000: The middle ground.
• $5,000 –$10,000: Developing economies, often with significant potential.
• $2,500 –$5,000: Lower-income economies.
• $1,000 –$2,500: Struggling economies.
• <$1,000: The lowest tier, facing extreme economic challenges.
• No data: Information unavailable or uncollected.

Definition and Methodology

A nation's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is, quite simply, the total value of all final goods and services produced within an economy over a year, divided by its average population for that same year. This isn't just about the raw numbers; it's about what those numbers mean in terms of actual purchasing power. Unlike nominal GDP, which uses fluctuating exchange rates, PPP adjusts for the cost of living in different countries. It’s a more realistic, albeit still imperfect, measure of living standards.

As of 2023, the global average GDP per capita (PPP) hovered around Int$22,452. If you're interested in a broader picture of wealth distribution, you might look at the list of countries by wealth per adult, but that's a different beast entirely.

The figures presented here are derived from PPP calculations, typically conducted by organizations like the IMF and the World Bank. It’s crucial to understand that these are estimates. They involve assumptions and extrapolations, which is why you'll often find discrepancies between different sources. Treat them with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Comparisons based solely on nominal GDP or savings are often misleading because they ignore the vast differences in the cost of living. Using a PPP basis, as seen in the List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita, offers a more nuanced perspective on generalized differences in living standards. PPP accounts for local prices and inflation rates, offering a clearer picture than mere exchange rates.

Consequently, GDP (PPP) per capita is frequently cited as an indicator of a country's standard of living. However, the direct relationship between GDP per capita and actual living standards has been a subject of considerable debate. Alternative metrics, such as the list of countries by average wage and disposable household and per capita income, offer different angles on individual well-being. The standard unit for these calculations is the international dollar, a hypothetical currency designed to have the same purchasing power as the U.S. dollar in the United States. It's worth noting that the "shadow economy," or informal economic activity, can be substantial in many countries, sometimes exceeding 40% of official GDP, particularly in Europe. Since 2014, there's been an push from Eurostat for EU member states to incorporate some illegal activities into their GDP calculations, a move that adds another layer of complexity to the data.

Main Table

This table provides a detailed breakdown of GDP per capita (PPP) figures from multiple sources: the IMF, the World Bank, and the CIA. All figures are presented in current international dollars and are rounded to the nearest whole number. The primary ranking is based on the latest available estimates, but the data can be re-sorted by any of the listed sources.

It's important to note that nearly all country links in this table lead to articles detailing the "Income in (country or territory)" or the "Economy of (country or territory)," offering a deeper dive into each nation's economic profile.

Country / territory	IMF [8][9] (2025)	World Bank [b][10] (2023 or 2024)	CIA [c][11][12][13] (2023 or 2024)
Monaco *	—	—	270,100
Liechtenstein *	201,110	—	210,600
Singapore *	156,970	150,689	132,600
Luxembourg *	152,395	150,772	128,200
Ireland *	147,878	131,175	115,300
Macau *	132,648	128,268	112,800
Qatar *	122,283	126,110	110,900
Bermuda *	—	119,719	105,300
Norway *	106,694	101,032	91,100
Switzerland *	97,659	93,819	82,000
Brunei *	94,472	90,007	79,200
Guyana *	94,258	79,906	70,300
United States *	89,599	85,810	75,500
Denmark *	84,763	79,514	73,700
Cayman Islands *	—	86,689	78,100
United Arab Emirates *	84,403	77,959	68,600
Netherlands *	84,035	84,219	70,900
Taiwan *	84,082	—	32,300
San Marino *	82,886	75,942	70,900
Iceland *	80,466	78,259	65,600
Faroe Islands *	—	78,165	70,400
Hong Kong *	78,918	75,216	66,200
Malta *	78,711	67,364	60,500
Belgium *	75,882	72,126	63,100
Austria *	74,852	71,193	63,300
Saudi Arabia *	74,668	71,243	62,700
Germany *	73,553	72,300	62,800
Sweden *	73,069	71,031	63,300
Andorra *	72,359	71,588	65,900
Australia *	71,431	71,193	60,100
Bahrain *	69,271	67,211	59,100
Finland *	66,512	64,091	55,600
France *	66,061	61,322	54,500
Canada *	65,500	65,463	56,700
Cyprus * [n 1]	65,304	61,240	53,300
European Union * [n 2]	65,140	62,266	54,300
South Korea *	65,080	52,204	50,400
United Kingdom *	63,759	60,620	52,500
Italy *	63,126	60,847	53,100
Czech Republic *	59,853	56,806	48,000
Slovenia *	57,717	56,531	48,500
Lithuania *	57,201	54,414	47,200
Spain *	56,888	56,926	48,400
New Zealand *	55,781	55,094	48,200
Israel *	55,766	55,691	47,300
Poland *	55,340	50,378	45,100
Japan *	54,815	51,685	46,100
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) *	—	51,527	45,800
Kuwait *	52,866	51,636	45,400
Puerto Rico *	51,489	50,156	44,100
Croatia *	51,453	48,575	42,600
Portugal *	49,753	50,617	41,900
Aruba *	49,451	44,967	40,500
U.S. Virgin Islands *	—	49,793	46,500
Estonia *	49,087	49,334	41,500
Russia *	49,049	47,405	41,700
Romania *	48,847	48,712	40,600
Hungary *	48,157	47,636	40,700
Slovakia *	47,597	47,181	40,300
Greece *	44,985	44,074	37,800
Kazakhstan *	44,778	40,813	35,900
Latvia *	44,106	43,867	38,900
Turkey *	43,786	43,932	35,300
Malaysia *	43,665	38,729	34,100
Panama *	43,651	41,405	36,400
Bulgaria *	42,477	41,086	34,100
Oman *	42,211	41,664	36,700
Seychelles *	42,110	33,239	29,200
Bahamas *	42,003	41,198	36,200
Uruguay *	37,190	36,418	32,000
Maldives *	36,066	24,809	23,400
Trinidad and Tobago *	35,900	36,021	31,700
Chile *	35,286	34,637	30,200
Montenegro *	34,408	33,380	27,900
Saint Kitts and Nevis *	34,096	35,545	31,300
Belarus *	34,069	33,006	29,000
Mauritius *	33,024	31,051	27,300
Serbia *	32,742	31,867	26,900
Costa Rica *	31,485	30,063	27,000
Antigua and Barbuda *	31,380	33,602	29,600
Argentina *	31,311	30,176	26,500
Curaçao *	—	30,716	27,700
Georgia * [n 3]	31,090	28,418	25,000
Dominican Republic *	30,538	27,541	24,200
North Macedonia *	29,510	26,587	24,500
Saint Lucia *	29,258	27,567	24,300
China * [n 4][n 5]	29,191	27,105	23,800
Thailand *	26,359	24,708	21,700
Azerbaijan *	26,081	25,089	22,100
Mexico *	25,771	25,688	22,000
Turkmenistan *	22,885	20,408	18,000
World [i]	25,591	24,248	21,300
Gabon *	24,908	21,510	18,900
Armenia *	23,954	22,823	20,100
Turks and Caicos Islands *	—	24,820	33,400
Albania *	23,327	23,488	18,900
Brazil *	23,310	22,333	19,600
Barbados *	23,184	22,672	19,900
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	22,830	21,971	20,400
Colombia *	22,396	21,495	18,500
Suriname *	22,303	22,067	19,400
Egypt *	21,759	19,094	16,800
Iran *	21,473	18,442	16,200
Grenada *	21,414	20,167	17,700
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *	21,235	21,272	18,700
Ukraine * [n 6]	20,904	18,551	16,300
Equatorial Guinea *	20,493	17,567	15,500
Kosovo *	20,392	18,620	16,400
Mongolia *	20,378	19,098	16,800
Paraguay *	19,717	18,524	16,300
Moldova * [n 7]	19,590	18,717	16,500
Dominica *	19,381	21,301	18,700
Botswana *	19,053	20,538	18,100
Peru *	18,980	17,803	15,700
Palau *	18,958	17,532	15,800
Algeria *	18,509	17,553	15,400
Libya *	17,931	13,954	12,300
Bhutan *	17,722	16,254	14,600
Indonesia *	17,634	16,448	14,500
Vietnam *	17,484	16,386	14,400
Ecuador *	16,805	15,840	13,900
Fiji *	16,366	16,032	14,100
Sri Lanka *	—	15,632	13,800
South Africa *	16,050	15,458	13,600
Iraq *	15,391	14,464	12,700
Guatemala *	15,101	14,369	12,600
Tunisia *	14,982	14,451	12,700
Belize *	14,921	15,093	13,300
Jamaica *	13,924	11,662	10,300
El Salvador *	13,877	13,264	11,700
Lebanon *	—	12,575	11,300
Eswatini *	13,310	11,784	10,400
Philippines *	12,920	11,794	10,400
Uzbekistan *	12,559	11,879	10,500
Namibia *	12,342	11,687	10,300
Cape Verde * [n 8]	12,335	11,262	9,900
Nauru *	12,268	14,326	12,600
India *	12,101	11,159	9,800
Jordan *	11,511	10,822	9,500
Bolivia *	11,439	11,190	9,800
Morocco * [n 9]	11,437	10,305	9,100
Bangladesh *	10,258	9,646	8,500
Angola *	10,216	8,348	7,300
Laos *	10,212	9,788	8,600
Nigeria *	9,488	6,440	5,700
Djibouti *	9,408	7,776	6,800
Nicaragua *	9,082	8,709	7,700
Kyrgyzstan *	8,870	8,009	7,000
Venezuela *	8,785	—	4,900
Mauritania *	8,775	7,271	6,400
Cambodia *	8,707	7,970	7,000
Ghana *	8,410	8,027	7,100
Samoa *	8,257	7,837	6,900
Ivory Coast *	8,113	7,654	6,700
Tonga *	8,086	7,852	7,100
Honduras *	7,956	7,486	6,600
Marshall Islands *	7,704	8,198	7,200
Kenya *	7,556	6,619	5,800
Pakistan *	6,950	6,287	5,500
Congo *	6,515	7,026	6,200
São Tomé and Príncipe *	6,460	6,230	5,500
Tuvalu *	6,158	6,151	5,800
Nepal *	6,140	5,736	5,000
Tajikistan *	6,089	5,406	4,800
Cameroon *	5,760	5,592	4,900
Palestine [n 10][n 11]	5,612	4,371	3,800
Senegal *	5,499	5,110	4,500
Zimbabwe *	5,407	3,921	3,500
Timor-Leste *	4,916	4,758	4,200
Myanmar * [n 12]	4,951	5,980	5,300
Syria *	—	4,650	4,200
Micronesia *	4,761	4,346	3,800
Guinea *	4,751	4,579	4,000
Benin *	4,719	4,435	3,900
Zambia *	4,503	4,224	3,700
Ethiopia *	4,420	3,278	2,900
Tanzania *	4,371	4,220	3,700
Rwanda *	4,100	3,711	3,300
Comoros *	4,015	4,055	3,600
Uganda *	3,904	3,276	2,900
Papua New Guinea *	3,762	4,889	4,300
Kiribati *	3,705	3,702	3,300
Sierra Leone *	3,699	1,847	3,100
Gambia	3,680	3,445	3,000
Togo *	3,373	3,239	2,800
Guinea-Bissau *	3,279	3,053	2,700
Chad *	3,155	2,961	2,600
Lesotho *	3,089	2,998	2,600
Burkina Faso *	3,019	2,896	2,500
Vanuatu *	2,996	3,602	3,200
Haiti *	2,976	2,999	2,800
Mali *	2,890	3,308	2,900
Solomon Islands *	2,712	2,872	2,500
Sudan *	2,419	2,127	1,900
Afghanistan *	—	2,201	2,000
Niger *	2,095	2,015	1,800
Madagascar *	2,040	1,884	1,700
DR Congo *	1,975	1,710	1,500
Liberia *	1,961	1,884	1,700
Somalia *	1,898	1,600	1,400
Malawi *	1,758	1,859	1,600
Mozambique *	1,733	1,670	1,500
Yemen *	1,674	—	200
Central African Republic *	1,369	1,263	1,100
Burundi *	989	950	800
South Sudan *	954	—	400

Other Territories

This section details GDP per capita (PPP) for territories, non-sovereign states, and non-IMF members, primarily using CIA data.

Territory	CIA [11]	Estimate	Year
Monaco *	270,100		2024
Liechtenstein *	210,600		2024
Isle of Man *	84,600		2014
Greenland *	71,000		2023
Falkland Islands *	70,800		2015
Gibraltar *	61,700		2014
Jersey *	56,600		2016
Guernsey *	52,500		2014
Saint Pierre and Miquelon *	46,200		2006
British Virgin Islands *	40,500		2024
Guam *	35,600		2016
New Caledonia *	34,600		2024
Anguilla *	31,000		2024
Cook Islands *	29,800		2024
Northern Mariana Islands *	24,500		2016
Cuba *	23,700		2024
French Polynesia *	23,300		2024
Saint Martin (French part) *	19,300		2005
Montserrat *	19,300		2024
American Samoa *	11,200		2016
Niue *	11,100		2021
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	7,800		2010
Tokelau *	6,004		2017
Wallis and Futuna *	3,800		2004
Eritrea *	700		2024
North Korea *	600		2023

Footnotes

• a: The IMF doesn't provide an explicit "GDP (PPP) per capita" figure for the world. This number is derived by dividing the IMF's global GDP (PPP) estimate by their global population estimate.
• b: Data for Cyprus refers to the territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus government.
• c: The European Union is included because its structure transcends that of a mere free-trade agreement like ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur. It possesses attributes of nationhood, such as a flag, currency (for some members), legislative capabilities, and a unified foreign policy. Thus, its inclusion in economic data compilations like The World Factbook is deemed appropriate. However, as it's an organization rather than a sovereign state, it doesn't receive a formal ranking.
• d: Figures exclude data for Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
• e: IMF and CIA data omit Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
• f: World Bank data also excludes Hong Kong and Macau.
• g: Figures do not include the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.
• h: Data excludes Transnistria.
• i: Referred to as "Cabo Verde".
• j: Includes Western Sahara.
• k: Referred to as "West Bank and Gaza" in IMF and World Bank reports.
• l: The CIA lists separate entries for "West Bank" and "Gaza Strip." The figure for West Bank encompasses the Gaza Strip.
• m: Referred to as "Burma."

Distorted GDP-per-capita for Tax Havens

It's not just natural resources that inflate GDP per capita. Tax havens, those jurisdictions that facilitate tax avoidance and evasion, are increasingly recognized for their ability to distort economic data, creating artificially high GDP per capita figures. It's estimated that over 15% of global jurisdictions can be classified as tax havens. The IMF's investigations reveal that roughly 40% of global foreign direct investment flows are "phantom" transactions, essentially money routed through empty corporate shells, primarily via these tax havens.

The IMF's 2018 report, "Piercing the Veil," highlighted that a staggering $12 trillion, nearly 40% of global foreign direct investment positions, is artificial. This financial activity is concentrated in eight major "pass-through" economies: the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hong Kong SAR, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Singapore. These locations host over 85% of the world's investment in special purpose entities, often established for tax purposes.

In 2017, Ireland's economic statistics became so skewed by the activities of U.S. multinational corporations engaging in BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) actions, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as leprechaun economics, that the country virtually abandoned GDP and GNP as reliable economic indicators. They introduced a new metric, modified gross national income (GNI*), to better reflect their domestic economy. Ireland itself is considered one of the world's foremost corporate tax havens.

"Ireland has, more or less, stopped using GDP to measure its economy. And on current trends [because Irish GDP is distorting EU-28 aggregate data], the eurozone taken as a whole may need to consider something similar."

— Brad Setser, Council on Foreign Relations, April 25, 2018

"The statistical distortions created by the impact on the Irish National Accounts of the global assets and activities of a handful of large multinational corporations have now become so large as to make a mockery of conventional uses of Irish GDP."

— Patrick Honohan, former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, July 13, 2016

The table below, compiled from 2016-2017 data, illustrates the concentration of tax havens among the top 15 GDP-per-capita countries.

International Monetary Fund (2017)	World Bank (2016) [20][21]
Rank | Country/Territory | Type	Rank | Country/Territory | Type
1 | Qatar | Oil & Gas	1 | Qatar | Oil & Gas
— | Macau | Tax haven (Sink OFC)	— | Macau | Tax haven (Sink OFC)
2 | Luxembourg | Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC)	2 | Luxembourg | Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC)
3 | Singapore | Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)	3 | Singapore | Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
4 | Brunei | Oil & Gas	4 | Brunei | Oil & Gas
5 | Ireland | Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)	6 | Ireland | Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
6 | Norway | Oil & Gas	8 | Norway | Oil & Gas
7 | Kuwait | Oil & Gas	— | Hong Kong | Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC)
8 | United Arab Emirates | Oil & Gas	5 | United Arab Emirates | Oil & Gas
9 | Switzerland | Top 10 Tax Haven (Conduit OFC)	7 | Switzerland | Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
— | Hong Kong | Top 10 Tax Haven (Sink OFC)	— | Hong Kong | Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC)
10 | San Marino | Tax haven (Sink OFC)	10 | San Marino | Tax haven (Sink OFC)
11 | United States | 59,495	9 | United States | 57,467
12 | Saudi Arabia | Oil & Gas	10 | Saudi Arabia | Oil & Gas
13 | Netherlands | Top 10 Tax Haven (Conduit OFC)	12 | Netherlands | Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC)
14 | Iceland | 52,150	11 | Iceland | 51,399
15 | Bahrain | Oil & Gas	13 | Austria | 50,078
	14 | Denmark | 49,496
	15 | Sweden | 49,175

See Also

• Big Mac Index
• Government spending
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (PPP)
• List of countries by GNI (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by past and projected GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by real GDP per capita growth
• List of countries by Real gross national income per capita
• Quality of life

Notes

• [a]: The IMF has not provided a direct world average for "GDP (PPP) per capita." The figure is calculated using IMF estimates for global GDP (PPP) and global population.
• [b]: Data for San Marino and U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2022.
• [c]: Data for San Marino and U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2022.