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Countries With Highest GDP Per Capita

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GDP per capita is the most widely used measure of a country's economic output per person. Small, resource-rich nations and financial centers dominate the top of this ranking, Luxembourg, Singapore, Ireland, and Qatar consistently lead. These countries benefit from specialized economies: Luxembourg's banking sector, Singapore's trade hub status, Ireland's multinational corporate headquarters, and Qatar's natural gas wealth. GDP per capita doesn't capture income distribution, a country can have high GDP per capita while most citizens remain poor if wealth is concentrated among elites. Nonetheless, it remains the standard benchmark for comparing economic development across nations and is used by the World Bank to classify countries by income level. The gap between the richest and poorest countries exceeds 100:1.

Key Findings

  • 1Monaco leads with a GDP per capita of $256,800, followed by Liechtenstein ($206,781) and Luxembourg ($133,231).
  • 2Burundi ranks last at $251, while Monaco leads at $256,800.
  • 3The national median across all states is $7,803 (Gabon at the midpoint).
  • 4The top 10 states are: Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bermuda, Ireland, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Norway, Singapore, Iceland.

Full Ranking: Countries With Highest GDP Per Capita

Source: Census ACS 5-Year Estimates

#CountryGDP/CapitaPopulationLife Expectancy
1Zimbabwe$2,19516,340,82262.8
2Zambia$1,33120,723,96566.3
3Viet Nam$4,323100,352,19274.6
4Venezuela, RB$3,61728,300,85472.5
5Vanuatu$3,483320,40971.5
6Uzbekistan$2,87935,652,30772.4
7Uruguay$23,0193,388,08178.1
8United States$81,032336,806,23178.4
9United Kingdom$49,94468,492,00081.2
10United Arab Emirates$49,85110,483,75182.9
11Ukraine$5,14037,732,83673.4
12Uganda$1,00248,656,60168.3
13Tuvalu$6,3459,81667.1
14Turks and Caicos Islands$35,47046,19878
15Turkmenistan$6,2327,364,43870.1
16Turkiye$13,37585,325,96577.2
17Tunisia$3,95112,200,43176.5
18Trinidad and Tobago$18,3081,367,51073.5
19Tonga$5,652104,59772.9
20Togo$1,0559,304,33762.7
21Timor-Leste$1,5021,384,28667.7
22Thailand$7,19571,702,43576.4
23Tanzania$1,22466,617,60667
24Tajikistan$1,17810,389,79971.8
25Taiwan$34,43023,400,00080.9
26Switzerland$100,6248,888,82284.2
27Sweden$54,95010,536,63283.3
28Suriname$5,522628,88673.6
29Sudan$797.2850,042,79166.3
30St. Vincent and the Grenadines$10,582101,32371.2
31St. Lucia$13,555179,28572.7
32St. Kitts and Nevis$22,57746,75872.1
33Sri Lanka$3,79922,037,00077.5
34Spain$33,49348,352,52883.9
35South Africa$6,03463,212,38466.1
36Somalia, Fed. Rep.$596.8918,358,61558.8
37Solomon Islands$1,883800,00570.5
38Slovenia$32,6602,120,46181.9
39Slovak Republic$24,6155,426,74078.1
40Sint Maarten (Dutch part)$39,45242,74976.4
41Singapore$85,4125,917,64883.1
42Sierra Leone$758.338,460,51261.8
43Seychelles$18,263119,77375.4
44Serbia$12,2826,623,18376.1
45Senegal$1,69818,077,57368.7
46Saudi Arabia$36,15733,702,73178.7
47Sao Tome and Principe$2,991230,87169.7
48San Marino$59,88033,86085.7
49Samoa$4,823216,66371.7
50Rwanda$1,02713,954,47167.8
51Russian Federation$14,159143,826,13073.3
52Romania$18,24419,061,06276.4
53Qatar$81,8172,656,03282.4
54Puerto Rico (US)$36,9813,203,79281.7
55Portugal$27,63510,578,17482.3
56Poland$22,14536,687,35378.3
57Philippines$3,804114,891,19969.8
58Peru$7,88833,845,61777.7
59Paraguay$6,3006,844,14673.8
60Papua New Guinea$2,96610,389,63566.1
61Panama$18,7974,458,75979.6
62Palau$15,61117,72769.3
63Pakistan$1,360247,504,49567.6
64Oman$21,0285,049,26980
65Norway$87,4975,519,60183
66North Macedonia$8,6741,827,81675.3
67Nigeria$2,139227,882,94554.5
68Niger$638.3426,159,86761.2
69Nicaragua$2,6096,823,61374.9
70New Zealand$49,0765,200,00081.8
71New Caledonia$33,702289,87078.8
72Netherlands$63,51617,877,11781.9
73Nepal$1,38229,694,61470.4
74Nauru$12,75211,87562.1
75Namibia$4,1882,963,09567.4
76Myanmar$1,23354,133,79866.9
77Mozambique$622.0033,635,16063.6
78Morocco$3,81437,712,50575.3
79Montenegro$12,260623,52977.6
80Mongolia$5,8393,481,14572.1
81Monaco$256,80038,95686.4
82Moldova$6,8002,457,78371.2
83Micronesia, Fed. Sts.$3,920112,63067.2
84Mexico$13,861129,739,75975.1
85Mauritius$11,2701,248,64773.4
86Mauritania$2,1365,022,44168.5
87Marshall Islands$6,79338,82766.9
88Malta$40,906552,74783.4
89Mali$1,04423,769,12760.4
90Maldives$12,588525,99481
91Malaysia$11,38635,126,29876.7
92Malawi$633.2121,104,48267.4
93Madagascar$508.7231,195,93263.6
94Luxembourg$133,231666,43083.3
95Lithuania$27,7862,871,58577.3
96Liechtenstein$206,78139,84684.6
97Libya$6,0277,305,65969.3
98Liberia$799.195,493,03162.2
99Lesotho$916.282,311,47257.4
100Lebanon$3,4785,773,49377.8
101Latvia$22,7101,883,71075.4
102Lao PDR$2,0677,664,99369
103Kyrgyz Republic$2,1387,099,75072.2
104Kuwait$34,0764,853,42083.2
105Kosovo$6,2211,682,66878
106Korea, Rep.$35,67451,712,61983.4
107Kiribati$2,178132,53066.5
108Kenya$1,94355,339,00363.6
109Kazakhstan$12,87920,330,10474.4
110Jordan$4,46611,439,21377.8
111Japan$33,836124,516,65084
112Jamaica$7,5422,839,78671.5
113Italy$39,27758,984,21683.4
114Ireland$106,8195,311,53882.8
115Iraq$5,96545,074,04972.3
116Iran, Islamic Rep.$5,04990,608,70777.7
117Indonesia$4,876281,190,06771.1
118India$2,5301,438,069,59672
119Iceland$82,139385,66382.5
120Hungary$22,2319,592,18676.6
121Honduras$3,22710,644,85172.9
122Haiti$1,70611,637,39864.9
123Guyana$20,474826,35370.2
124Guinea-Bissau$988.092,153,33964.1
125Guinea$1,55514,405,46860.7
126Guatemala$5,75818,124,83872.6
127Grenada$11,414117,08175.2
128Greenland$58,49956,86571
129Greece$23,34410,407,35181.7
130Ghana$2,38433,787,91465.5
131Germany$54,77783,287,27381
132Georgia$8,2843,715,48374.5
133Gambia, The$883.022,697,84565.9
134Gabon$7,8032,484,78968.3
135French Polynesia$21,832281,11884.1
136France$44,70068,372,28682.8
137Finland$52,8345,583,91181.6
138Fiji$5,926924,14567.3
139Faroe Islands$72,46554,41483
140Ethiopia$1,056128,691,69267.3
141Eswatini$3,7561,230,50664.1
142Estonia$30,2641,370,28678.8
143Equatorial Guinea$6,6781,847,54963.7
144El Salvador$5,3656,309,62472.1
145Egypt, Arab Rep.$3,457114,535,77271.6
146Ecuador$6,73817,980,08377.4
147Dominican Republic$10,63011,331,26573.7
148Dominica$9,91366,51071.1
149Djibouti$3,3811,152,94466
150Denmark$68,0445,946,95281.8
151Czechia$31,76210,864,04279.8
152Cyprus$36,6241,344,97681.6
153Curacao$21,218154,65476.8
154Croatia$22,1843,859,68678.5
155Cote d'Ivoire$2,59231,165,65461.9
156Costa Rica$16,9425,105,52580.8
157Congo, Rep.$2,4786,182,88565.8
158Congo, Dem. Rep.$660.21105,789,73161.9
159Comoros$1,560850,38766.8
160Colombia$7,00152,321,15277.7
161China$12,9511,410,710,00078
162Chile$17,06719,658,83581.2
163Chad$949.3319,319,06455.1
164Central African Republic$495.985,152,42157.4
165Cayman Islands$99,14473,03880.4
166Canada$54,22040,083,48481.6
167Cameroon$1,72028,372,68763.7
168Cambodia$2,43017,423,88070.7
169Cabo Verde$4,795522,33176.1
170Burundi$250.6313,689,45063.7
171Burkina Faso$873.4823,025,77661.1
172Bulgaria$15,8536,446,59675.8
173Brunei Darussalam$32,891458,94975.3
174Brazil$10,378211,140,72975.8
175Botswana$7,8262,480,24469.2
176Bosnia and Herzegovina$8,6633,185,07377.9
177Bolivia$4,27512,244,15968.6
178Bhutan$3,831786,38573
179Bermuda$132,60464,69882.3
180Benin$1,39414,111,03460.8
181Belize$7,425411,10673.6
182Belgium$55,29111,779,94682.4
183Belarus$7,8979,178,29874.2
184Barbados$25,584282,33676.2
185Bangladesh$2,551171,466,99074.7
186Bahrain$29,2901,577,05981.3
187Bahamas, The$38,232399,44074.6
188Azerbaijan$7,13310,153,95874.4
189Austria$56,5809,131,76181.8
190Australia$65,05826,659,92283.1
191Aruba$35,719107,35976.4
192Armenia$8,1592,964,30077.5
193Argentina$14,26245,538,40177.4
194Antigua and Barbuda$21,49593,31677.6
195Angola$2,91636,749,90664.6
196Andorra$46,81280,85684
197Algeria$5,37046,164,21976.3
198Albania$9,7312,414,09579.6
199Afghanistan$413.7641,454,76166

Methodology

Rankings are based on American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates from the US Census Bureau. All 50 states and the District of Columbia are included. The ACS surveys approximately 3.5 million households annually and provides detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data. 5-Year estimates offer the most reliable data for state-level comparisons by averaging responses over a 60-month period. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Monaco has the highest GDP per capita at $256,800, according to latest Census ACS data. Liechtenstein and Luxembourg round out the top three.

Burundi has the lowest GDP per capita at $251. Afghanistan is second-lowest at $414.

The median across all 199 states is $7,803. Note that the national median and the state-level median are calculated differently, the state median represents the midpoint when all states are ranked.

This data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates published by the US Census Bureau. The ACS surveys approximately 3.5 million households annually and provides the most comprehensive demographic data available between decennial censuses.

Rankings are based on the latest available Census ACS 5-Year estimates. The Census Bureau releases new ACS data annually. Our data was last updated on April 12, 2026.

Rankings are based on American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates from the US Census Bureau. All 50 states and the District of Columbia are included. The ACS surveys approximately 3.5 million households annually and provides detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data. 5-Year estimates offer the most reliable data for state-level comparisons by averaging responses over a 60-month period. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.