GNP per capita, Atlas

GNP per capita 1996, Atlas method
GNP per Purchasing
capita, Atlas Power Parity
methodology (International
Ranking Economy (US dollars) dollars)
High income economies
1 Luxembourg 45,360 34,480
2 Switzerland 44,350 26,340
3 Japan 40,940 23,420
4 Norway 34,510 23,220
5 Denmark 32,100 22,120
6 Singapore 30,550 26,910
7 Germany 28,870 21,110
8 Austria 28,110 21,650
9 United States 28,020 28,020
10 Iceland 26,580 21,710
11 Belgium 26,440 22,390
12 France 26,270 21,510
13 Netherlands 25,940 20,850
14 Sweden 25,710 18,770
15 Hong Kong, China /a 24,290 24,260
16 Finland 23,240 18,260
17 Australia 20,090 19,870
18 Italy 19,880 19,890
19 United Kingdom 19,600 19,960
20 Canada 19,020 21,380
21 Ireland 17,110 16,750
22 Israel 15,870 18,100
23 New Zealand 15,720 16,500
24 Spain 14,350 15,290
25 Greece 11,460 12,730
26 Korea, Rep. 10,610 13,080
27 Portugal 10,160 13,450
Upper middle income economies
28 Slovenia 9,240 12,110
29 Argentina 8,380 9,530
30 Antigua and Barbuda 7,330 8,660
31 Seychelles 6,850 ..
32 St. Kitts and Nevis 5,870 7,310
33 Uruguay 5,760 7,760
34 Chile 4,860 11,700
35 Czech Republic 4,740 10,870
36 Brazil 4,400 6,340
37 Malaysia 4,370 10,390
38 Hungary 4,340 6,730
39 Gabon 3,950 6,300
40 Trinidad and Tobago 3,870 6,100
41 Croatia 3,800 4,290
42 Mauritius 3,710 9,000
43 Mexico 3,670 7,660
44 South Africa 3,520 7,450 b
45 St. Lucia 3,500 4,920
46 Slovak Republic 3,410 7,460
47 Poland 3,230 6,000
Lower middle income economies
48 Dominica 3,090 4,390
49 Estonia 3,080 4,660
49 Panama 3,080 7,060
51 Venezuela 3,020 8,130
52 Lebanon 2,970 6,060
53 Thailand 2,960 6,700
54 Grenada 2,880 4,340
55 Turkey 2,830 6,060
56 Belize 2,700 4,170
57 Costa Rica 2,640 6,470
58 Fiji 2,470 4,070
59 Peru 2,420 4,410
60 Russian Federation 2,410 4,190
61 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2,370 4,160
62 Latvia 2,300 3,650
63 Lithuania 2,280 4,390
64 Namibia 2,250 5,390 b
65 Colombia 2,140 6,720
66 Belarus 2,070 4,380
66 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 2,070 ..
68 Tunisia 1,930 4,550
69 Marshall Islands 1,890 ..
70 Paraguay 1,850 3,480
71 Tonga 1,790 ..
72 El Salvador 1,700 2,790
73 Jordan 1,650 3,570
74 Dominican Republic 1,600 4,390
74 Jamaica 1,600 3,450
74 Romania 1,600 4,580
77 Algeria 1,520 4,620 b
78 Ecuador 1,500 4,730
79 Guatemala 1,470 3,820
80 Kazakhstan 1,350 3,230
81 Morocco 1,290 3,320
81 Vanuatu 1,290 3,020 b
83 Swaziland 1,210 3,320
84 Ukraine 1,200 2,230
85 Bulgaria 1,190 4,280
86 Samoa 1,170 ..
87 Philippines 1,160 3,550
87 Syrian Arab Republic 1,160 3,020
89 Papua New Guinea 1,150 2,820 b
90 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1,080 2,860
90 Indonesia 1,080 3,310
90 Maldives 1,080 3,140
93 Cape Verde 1,010 2,640 b
93 Uzbekistan 1,010 2,450
95 Suriname 1,000 2,630
96 Macedonia, FYR 990 ..
97 Turkmenistan 940 2,010
98 Kiribati 920 ..
99 Solomon Islands 900 2,250 b
100 Georgia 850 1,810
101 Bolivia 830 2,860
102 Albania 820 ..
Low income economies
103 China 750 3,330
104 Sri Lanka 740 2,290
105 Guyana 690 2,280
106 Congo, Rep. 670 1,410
107 Côte d'Ivoire 660 1,580
107 Honduras 660 2,130
107 Lesotho 660 2,380 b
110 Armenia 630 2,160
111 Cameroon 610 1,760
111 Zimbabwe 610 2,200
113 Moldova 590 1,440
114 Senegal 570 1,650
115 Guinea 560 1,720
116 Kyrgyz Republic 550 1,970
117 Equatorial Guinea 530 2,690
118 Azerbaijan 480 1,490
118 Pakistan 480 1,600
120 Mauritania 470 1,810
121 Comoros 450 1,770 b
122 Lao PDR 400 1,250
123 Bhutan 390 ..
124 India 380 1,580
124 Nicaragua 380 1,760 b
124 Yemen, Rep. 380 790
127 Ghana 360 1,790 b
127 Mongolia 360 1,820
127 Zambia 360 860
130 Benin 350 1,230
131 Tajikistan 340 900
132 São Tomé and Principe 330 ..
133 Kenya 320 1,130
134 Central African Republic 310 1,430 b
134 Haiti 310 1,130 b
136 Cambodia 300 ..
136 Togo 300 1,650
136 Uganda 300 1,030 b
139 Vietnam 290 1,570
140 Angola 270 1,030
141 Bangladesh 260 1,010
142 Guinea-Bissau 250 1,030
142 Madagascar 250 900
144 Mali 240 710
144 Nigeria 240 870
146 Burkina Faso 230 950 b
147 Nepal 210 1,090
148 Niger 200 920 b
148 Sierra Leone 200 510
150 Rwanda 190 630
151 Malawi 180 690
152 Burundi 170 590
152 Tanzania /c 170 ..
154 Chad 160 880 b
155 Congo, Dem. Rep. 130 790 b
156 Ethiopia 100 500
157 Mozambique 80 500 b
Andorra d ..
Aruba d ..
Bahamas, The d 10,180
Bermuda d ..
Brunei d ..
Cayman Islands d ..
Channel Islands d ..
Cyprus d 20,490 b
Faeroe Islands d ..
French Guiana d ..
French Polynesia d ..
Greenland d ..
Guam d ..
Kuwait d ..
Liechtenstein d ..
Macao d ..
Martinique d ..
Monaco d ..
Netherlands Antilles d ..
New Caledonia d ..
Northern Mariana Islands d ..
Qatar d 16,330
Reunion d ..
United Arab Emirates d 17,000 b
Virgin Islands (U.S.) d ..
American Samoa e ..
Bahrain e 13,970
Barbados e 10,510
Guadeloupe e ..
Isle of Man e ..
Libya e ..
Malta e 13,870
Mayotte e ..
Oman e 8,680
Palau e ..
Puerto Rico e ..
Saudi Arabia e 9,700
Botswana f 7,390
Cuba f ..
Djibouti f ..
Iran, Islamic Rep. f 5,360
Iraq f ..
Korea, Dem. Rep. f ..
West Bank and Gaza f ..
Yugoslavia, FR (Serb./Mont.) f ..
Afghanistan g ..
Bosnia and Herzegovina g ..
Eritrea g ..
Gambia, The g 1,280 b
Liberia g ..
Myanmar g ..
Somalia g ..
Sudan g ..
World 5,130 6,200
Low income 490 2,100
Excluding China & India 310 1,180
Middle income 2,590 5,200
Lower middle income 1,740 4,180
Upper middle income 4,600 7,620
Low & middle income 1,190 3,130
East Asia & Pacific 890 3,370
Europe & Central Asia 2,200 4,310
Latin America & Caribbean 3,710 6,530
Middle East & North Africa 2,070 4,530
South Asia 380 1,520
Sub-Saharan Africa 490 1,450
High income 25,870 22,390
.. Not available.
a. References to GNP relate to GDP. b. Estimate is based on regression; other PPP estimates are extrapolated from the 1993 International
Comparison Programme survey. c. Data cover mainland Tanzania only. d. Estimated to be high income ($9,636 or more). e. Estimated to be upper
middle income ($3,116 to $9,635). f. Estimated to be lower middle income ($786 to $3,115). g. Estimated to be low income ($785 or less).

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