GDP per Capita by Country (1990–2024, World Bank)

GDP per capita (PPP, current international $) for 212 countries from 1990 to 2024, sourced from the World Bank via Our World in Data.
# Entity
Code
Year
GDP per capita
World region according to OWID
1 Afghanistan AFG 2000 1617.8264 Asia
2 Afghanistan AFG 2001 1454.1108 Asia
3 Afghanistan AFG 2002 1774.3087 Asia
4 Afghanistan AFG 2003 1815.9282 Asia
5 Afghanistan AFG 2004 1776.9182 Asia
6 Afghanistan AFG 2005 1908.1147 Asia
7 Afghanistan AFG 2006 1929.7239 Asia
8 Afghanistan AFG 2007 2155.353 Asia
9 Afghanistan AFG 2008 2191.5044 Asia
10 Afghanistan AFG 2009 2565.022 Asia
11 Afghanistan AFG 2010 2848.5862 Asia
12 Afghanistan AFG 2011 2757.0525 Asia
13 Afghanistan AFG 2012 2985.319 Asia
14 Afghanistan AFG 2013 3046.5798 Asia
15 Afghanistan AFG 2014 3017.9426 Asia
16 Afghanistan AFG 2015 2967.6921 Asia
17 Afghanistan AFG 2016 2958.7854 Asia
18 Afghanistan AFG 2017 2952.999 Asia
19 Afghanistan AFG 2018 2902.392 Asia
20 Afghanistan AFG 2019 2927.245 Asia
21 Afghanistan AFG 2020 2769.6858 Asia
22 Afghanistan AFG 2021 2144.1665 Asia
23 Afghanistan AFG 2022 1981.7102 Asia
24 Afghanistan AFG 2023 1983.8126 Asia
25 Albania ALB 1990 5560.857 Europe
26 Albania ALB 1991 4027.9055 Europe
27 Albania ALB 1992 3761.1555 Europe
28 Albania ALB 1993 4145.92 Europe
29 Albania ALB 1994 4517.799 Europe
30 Albania ALB 1995 5151.3975 Europe
31 Albania ALB 1996 5563.793 Europe
32 Albania ALB 1997 4943.004 Europe
33 Albania ALB 1998 5387.5684 Europe
34 Albania ALB 1999 6086.009 Europe
35 Albania ALB 2000 6582.0166 Europe
36 Albania ALB 2001 7232.9907 Europe
37 Albania ALB 2002 7590.49 Europe
38 Albania ALB 2003 8025.2812 Europe
39 Albania ALB 2004 8483.294 Europe
40 Albania ALB 2005 8964.318 Europe
41 Albania ALB 2006 9564.029 Europe
42 Albania ALB 2007 10262.967 Europe
43 Albania ALB 2008 11056.352 Europe
44 Albania ALB 2009 11430.622 Europe
45 Albania ALB 2010 11829.054 Europe
46 Albania ALB 2011 12153.114 Europe
47 Albania ALB 2012 12463.57 Europe
48 Albania ALB 2013 12873.483 Europe
49 Albania ALB 2014 13366.56 Europe
50 Albania ALB 2015 13876.819 Europe
51 Albania ALB 2016 14643.489 Europe
52 Albania ALB 2017 15359.461 Europe
53 Albania ALB 2018 16170.99 Europe
54 Albania ALB 2019 16761.193 Europe
55 Albania ALB 2020 16457.787 Europe
56 Albania ALB 2021 18212.871 Europe
57 Albania ALB 2022 19388.873 Europe
58 Albania ALB 2023 20481.035 Europe
59 Albania ALB 2024 21641.074 Europe
60 Algeria DZA 1990 11728.546 Africa
61 Algeria DZA 1991 11314.864 Africa
62 Algeria DZA 1992 11241.415 Africa
63 Algeria DZA 1993 10743.706 Africa
64 Algeria DZA 1994 10414.035 Africa
65 Algeria DZA 1995 10588.443 Africa
66 Algeria DZA 1996 10808.879 Africa
67 Algeria DZA 1997 10725.968 Africa
68 Algeria DZA 1998 11094.888 Africa
69 Algeria DZA 1999 11292.037 Africa
70 Algeria DZA 2000 11558.221 Africa
71 Algeria DZA 2001 11742.595 Africa
72 Algeria DZA 2002 12213.126 Africa
73 Algeria DZA 2003 12835.182 Africa
74 Algeria DZA 2004 13226.765 Africa
75 Algeria DZA 2005 13738.496 Africa
76 Algeria DZA 2006 13920.694 Africa
77 Algeria DZA 2007 14114.675 Africa
78 Algeria DZA 2008 14206.776 Africa
79 Algeria DZA 2009 14104.428 Africa
80 Algeria DZA 2010 14496.421 Africa
81 Algeria DZA 2011 14641.964 Africa
82 Algeria DZA 2012 14697.54 Africa
83 Algeria DZA 2013 14778.191 Africa
84 Algeria DZA 2014 15073.763 Africa
85 Algeria DZA 2015 15239.518 Africa
86 Algeria DZA 2016 15511.686 Africa
87 Algeria DZA 2017 15427.664 Africa
88 Algeria DZA 2018 15343.426 Africa
89 Algeria DZA 2019 15199.199 Africa
90 Algeria DZA 2020 14194.155 Africa
91 Algeria DZA 2021 14496.865 Africa
92 Algeria DZA 2022 14782.2 Africa
93 Algeria DZA 2023 15159.324 Africa
94 Algeria DZA 2024 15501.92 Africa
95 Andorra AND 1990 50036.3 Europe
96 Andorra AND 1991 47624.97 Europe
97 Andorra AND 1992 45246.53 Europe
98 Andorra AND 1993 42605.66 Europe
99 Andorra AND 1994 42716.367 Europe
100 Andorra AND 1995 44375.023 Europe

GDP per Capita by Country (1990–2024, World Bank) — Analysis

The richest country (Singapore, $132,570) has 126× the GDP per capita of the poorest (Burundi, $1,051)

China's GDP per capita grew 1,331% since 1990 — the fastest rise of any major economy

Key Findings

  • Global average GDP per capita rose 68% from $16,499 (1990) to $27,697 (2024), but gains are deeply unequal
  • Europe leads regionally at $50,882 average, while Africa lags at $6,967 — a 7.3× gap
  • South America posted the strongest regional growth at 131%, driven by Guyana's oil boom (+1,290%)
  • The 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 both caused visible global dips, with 2020 erasing 2 years of progress
  • UAE and Brunei are rare decliners — their GDP per capita fell 37% and 33% since 1990 despite oil wealth

Visualizations

China vs India vs United States
Fastest Growing Economies (1990–2024)
Regional GDP Trends (1990–2024)
Poorest Countries by GDP per Capita (2024)

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