These Are The 50 Richest Countries By GDP Per Capita

Visual Capitalist ^ | 06/13/2025 | Pallavi Rao

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GDP per capita is a rough proxy for a country’s average living standards. A higher GDP per capita usually reflects more economic resources available per person, a signal for prosperity.

However, like all statistical measures there are caveats: it doesn’t account for income distribution, quality of life metrics, or how sustainable the economy is.

Nevertheless, it is a standard that can be applied to make useful comparisons, while keeping these caveats in mind.

So, what are the “richest” countries in the world?

Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao ranks the top 50 countries by GDP per capita in 2025 using figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

All values are in current USD, which means: it is not adjusted for currency rates, cost of living metrics, or inflation.

Ranked: The Richest Countries in the World in 2025

Luxembourg is the richest country in the world by GDP per capita, $140,941 in 2025.

The U.S. is the richest country ($89,105) with a population of more than 10 million.

Rank	Country/ Region	ISO Code	GDP Per Capita
1	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	LUX	$140,941
2	🇮🇪 Ireland	IRL	$108,919
3	🇨🇭 Switzerland	CHE	$104,896
4	🇸🇬 Singapore	SGP	$92,932
5	🇮🇸 Iceland	ISL	$90,284
6	🇳🇴 Norway	NOR	$89,694
7	🇺🇸 U.S.	USA	$89,105
8	🇲🇴 Macao SAR	MAC	$76,314
9	🇩🇰 Denmark	DNK	$74,969
10	🇶🇦 Qatar	QAT	$71,653
11	🇳🇱 Netherlands	NLD	$70,480
12	🇦🇺 Australia	AUS	$64,547
13	🇸🇲 San Marino	SMR	$59,603
14	🇦🇹 Austria	AUT	$58,192
15	🇸🇪 Sweden	SWE	$58,100
16	🇧🇪 Belgium	BEL	$57,772
17	🇮🇱 Israel	ISR	$57,760
18	🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR	HKG	$56,031
19	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	$55,911
20	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	GBR	$54,949
21	🇫🇮 Finland	FIN	$54,163
22	🇨🇦 Canada	CAN	$53,558
23	🇦🇪 UAE	ARE	$49,498
24	🇫🇷 France	FRA	$46,792
25	🇳🇿 New Zealand	NZL	$46,126
26	🇲🇹 Malta	MLT	$45,735
27	🇦🇩 Andorra	AND	$45,263
28	🇨🇾 Cyprus	CYP	$41,132
29	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	$41,091
30	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	PRI	$38,605
31	🇦🇼 Aruba	ABW	$37,775
32	🇧🇸 Bahamas	BHS	$36,784
33	🇪🇸 Spain	ESP	$36,192
34	🇸🇮 Slovenia	SVN	$35,332
35	🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam	BRN	$34,970
36	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	$34,642
37	🇹🇼 Taiwan	TWN	$34,426
38	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	$33,956
39	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	CZE	$33,039
40	🇪🇪 Estonia	EST	$32,760
41	🇬🇾 Guyana	GUY	$32,326
42	🇱🇹 Lithuania	LTU	$30,835
43	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	SAU	$30,099
44	🇵🇹 Portugal	PRT	$30,002
45	🇰🇼 Kuwait	KWT	$29,951
46	🇧🇭 Bahrain	BHR	$28,857
47	🇸🇰 Slovak Republic	SVK	$27,130
48	🇵🇱 Poland	POL	$26,805
49	🇧🇧 Barbados	BRB	$25,901
50	🇬🇷 Greece	GRC	$25,756
51	🇭🇷 Croatia	HRV	$25,674
52	🇭🇺 Hungary	HUN	$24,809
53	🇱🇻 Latvia	LVA	$24,374
54	🇺🇾 Uruguay	URY	$22,693
55	🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	ATG	$22,630
56	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis	KNA	$21,911
57	🇸🇨 Seychelles	SYC	$21,633
58	🇷🇴 Romania	ROU	$21,421
59	🇵🇦 Panama	PAN	$20,080
60	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	CRI	$19,095
61	🇵🇼 Palau	PLW	$18,993
62	🇴🇲 Oman	OMN	$18,966
63	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	BGR	$18,522
64	🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	TTO	$18,445
65	🇲🇻 Maldives	MDV	$18,207
66	🇨🇱 Chile	CHL	$17,015
67	🇹🇷 Türkiye	TUR	$16,709
68	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	KAZ	$14,768
69	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	LCA	$14,499
70	🇦🇷 Argentina	ARG	$14,362
71	🇷🇺 Russia	RUS	$14,258
72	🇷🇸 Serbia	SRB	$14,174
73	🇨🇳 China	CHN	$13,687
74	🇲🇪 Montenegro	MNE	$13,508
75	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	TKM	$13,337
76	🇲🇾 Malaysia	MYS	$13,145
77	🇳🇷 Nauru	NRU	$12,727
78	🇲🇽 Mexico	MEX	$12,692
79	🇬🇩 Grenada	GRD	$12,591
80	🇲🇺 Mauritius	MUS	$12,332
81	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	DOM	$11,743
82	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	VCT	$11,162
83	🇦🇱 Albania	ALB	$10,527
84	🇧🇷 Brazil	BRA	$9,964
85	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	MKD	$9,882
86	🇩🇲 Dominica	DMA	$9,869
87	🇬🇪 Georgia	GEO	$9,571
88	🇦🇲 Armenia	ARM	$8,857
89	🇬🇦 Gabon	GAB	$8,842
90	🇵🇪 Peru	PER	$8,814
91	🇧🇿 Belize	BLZ	$8,648
92	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	$8,362
93	🇲🇩 Moldova	MDA	$8,260
94	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	MHL	$8,133
95	🇨🇴 Colombia	COL	$8,054
96	🇧🇾 Belarus	BLR	$7,875
97	🇯🇲 Jamaica	JAM	$7,778
98	🇹🇭 Thailand	THA	$7,767
99	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	$7,750
100	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	AZE	$7,604
101	🇲🇳 Mongolia	MNG	$7,201
102	🇽🇰 Kosovo	XKX	$7,147
103	🇧🇼 Botswana	BWA	$7,021
104	🇪🇨 Ecuador	ECU	$6,942
105	🇸🇷 Suriname	SUR	$6,858
106	🇱🇾 Libya	LBY	$6,801
107	🇫🇯 Fiji	FJI	$6,740
108	🇬🇹 Guatemala	GTM	$6,698
109	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	TUV	$6,543
110	🇵🇾 Paraguay	PRY	$6,522
111	🇿🇦 South Africa	ZAF	$6,397
112	🇺🇦 Ukraine	UKR	$6,261
113	🇸🇻 El Salvador	SLV	$5,722
114	🇹🇴 Tonga	TON	$5,721
115	🇩🇿 Algeria	DZA	$5,691
116	🇮🇶 Iraq	IRQ	$5,668
117	🇼🇸 Samoa	WSM	$5,471
118	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	CPV	$5,421
119	🇫🇲 Micronesia	FSM	$5,291
120	🇮🇩 Indonesia	IDN	$5,027
121	🇯🇴 Jordan	JOR	$4,903
122	🇻🇳 Vietnam	VNM	$4,806
123	🇳🇦 Namibia	NAM	$4,661
124	🇸🇿 Eswatini	SWZ	$4,613
125	🇹🇳 Tunisia	TUN	$4,528
126	🇧🇴 Bolivia	BOL	$4,525
127	🇲🇦 Morocco	MAR	$4,397
128	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	$4,350
129	🇩🇯 Djibouti	DJI	$4,343
130	🇧🇹 Bhutan	BTN	$4,302
131	🇻🇪 Venezuela	VEN	$4,068
132	🇮🇷 Iran	IRN	$3,897
133	🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe	STP	$3,569
134	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	VUT	$3,548
135	🇭🇳 Honduras	HND	$3,519
136	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	UZB	$3,514
137	🇪🇬 Egypt	EGY	$3,174
138	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	NIC	$3,019
139	🇦🇴 Angola	AGO	$2,884
140	🇮🇳 India	IND	$2,878
141	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	$2,872
142	🇰🇭 Cambodia	KHM	$2,870
143	🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic	KGZ	$2,747
144	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	BGD	$2,689
145	🇭🇹 Haiti	HTI	$2,672
146	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	$2,565
147	🇬🇭 Ghana	GHA	$2,519
148	🇲🇷 Mauritania	MRT	$2,478
149	🇰🇪 Kenya	KEN	$2,468
150	🇰🇮 Kiribati	KIR	$2,414
151	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	SLB	$2,379
152	🇨🇬 Congo	COG	$2,356
153	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	ZWE	$2,199
154	🇱🇦 Laos	LAO	$2,096
155	🇬🇳 Guinea	GIN	$1,904
156	🇨🇲 Cameroon	CMR	$1,865
157	🇸🇳 Senegal	SEN	$1,811
158	🇰🇲 Comoros	COM	$1,702
159	🇧🇯 Benin	BEN	$1,532
160	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	TLS	$1,491
161	🇳🇵 Nepal	NPL	$1,458
162	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	TJK	$1,432
163	🇺🇬 Uganda	UGA	$1,338
164	🇿🇲 Zambia	ZMB	$1,332
165	🇹🇿 Tanzania	TZA	$1,280
166	🇲🇲 Myanmar	MMR	$1,177
167	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	GNB	$1,126
168	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	BFA	$1,107
169	🇱🇸 Lesotho	LSO	$1,098
170	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	ETH	$1,066
171	🇹🇬 Togo	TGO	$1,053
172	🇷🇼 Rwanda	RWA	$1,043
173	🇹🇩 Chad	TCD	$991
174	🇬🇲 Gambia	GMB	$988
175	🇲🇱 Mali	MLI	$936
176	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	SLE	$916
177	🇱🇷 Liberia	LBR	$908
178	🇳🇬 Nigeria	NGA	$807
179	🇸🇴 Somalia	SOM	$766
180	🇳🇪 Niger	NER	$751
181	🇨🇩 DRC	COD	$743
182	🇲🇿 Mozambique	MOZ	$663
183	🇸🇩 Sudan	SDN	$625
184	🇲🇬 Madagascar	MDG	$595
185	🇲🇼 Malawi	MWI	$580
186	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	CAF	$532
187	🇧🇮 Burundi	BDI	$490
188	🇾🇪 Yemen	YEM	$417
189	🇸🇸 South Sudan	SSD	$251
N/A	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	AFG	No Data
N/A	🇪🇷 Eritrea	ERI	No Data
N/A	🇱🇧 Lebanon	LBN	No Data
N/A	🇵🇰 Pakistan	PAK	No Data
N/A	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	LKA	No Data
N/A	🇸🇾 Syria	SYR	No Data
N/A	🇵🇸 Palestine	PSE	No Data
N/A	🌍 World	N/A	$14,213

Note: Data is missing for: Afghanistan, Eritrea, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Palestine. Figures for several overseas territories are also not included.

Noticeably, many of the top spots are held by small countries with specialized financial services sectors, also known offshore financial centers.

Luxembourg (#1), Ireland (#2), Switzerland (#3), Singapore (#4), Netherlands (#11) and Hong Kong (#18) are all considered tax havens as their friendly tax laws, strict privacy rules, and strong financial sectors encourage multinational corporations to route earnings through them.

As a result, this improves their GDP a significant amount, but doesn’t reflect the resident populations productivity.

In Ireland’s case, these flows distorted GDP values so much that the government discontinued its use as a reliable statistic, preferring to measure and compare gross national income (GNI) instead.

Oil Wealth a Major Factor

Energy-rich countries also dominate the rankings. Qatar (#10), UAE (#23), and Saudi Arabia (#43) rank high due to oil exports fueling government spending and infrastructure.

Norway (#6), with a large sovereign wealth fund, is Europe’s prime example of oil wealth being reinvested.

Guyana, a newcomer at #41, has rapidly climbed the ranks following major offshore oil discoveries and production growth.

America’s Scale and Wealth

Finally, while the U.S. ranks #7 in GDP per capita, it stands out for its scale. It’s the richest country in the world by GDP per capita with a population over 10 million, highlighting its economic might.

Other populous countries, like Germany, Japan, the UK, and France all fall lower in per capita terms, despite large total economies.

High-tech industries, consumer spending, and capital markets contribute to America’s wealth profile.

Want a closer look at the American economy? Check out: America’s $19 Trillion Consumption Sector in one chart, to see where Americans spend their dollars.

[Ex-Con777]

I wonder how much higher the US would be if you backed out 40 million illegals from the population number. Is my math correct at 13.8%?

EC

[enumerated]

“Thus, you probably have a very sensitive BS-meter “

Long before Trump coined the term “fake news”, my dad (died in 1980) used to say something to the effect of:

“Broadcasting the news isn’t free, which means everything they report is what someone paid them to report. Draw your own conclusions.”

So yeah, my BS alarm goes off as soon as they open their mouths.

[Labyrinthos]

“I think the Vatican is by far the richest country per capita.”

Vatican GDP per capita — $21k (Rank 44): https://georank.org/economy/vatican-city

[napscoordinator]

Even if they pay higher taxes, they still have more discretionary money to play with.

[enumerated]

That’s true, assuming you trust their methodology.

I am suspicious of international comparisons - everyone has an agenda.

But like I said, I don’t have anything to back it up - just a skeptic.

[woodbutcher1963]

That might be income
The Vatican has billions in assets in the form of artwork.

[Cronos]

“money in the Vatican bank”

The Vatican Bank (Institute for the Works of Religion) exists to manage funds for the Church’s global activities, such as supporting dioceses, missionary work, and charitable initiatives, not for profit or personal enrichment. Its assets, estimated at a few billion dollars, are modest compared to major global banks and are held in trust for the Church’s 1.4 billion members, not just Vatican residents. Per capita calculations don’t work here, as the Vatican’s resources are not distributed like a nation’s GDP but directed toward spiritual and humanitarian goals.

The Vatican Museums, housing priceless artifacts like the Sistine Chapel, are not liquid assets but cultural and religious treasures preserved for humanity. Their value is inestimable, but they are not for sale; they exist to inspire faith and educate, not to generate wealth. The Vatican’s annual budget, around $300 million, often runs deficits, relying on donations like Peter’s Pence to fund operations and global outreach.

The numbers in the bank ain’t secret.

And you really think that they could sell off the Sistine chapel? Would you even want that?

[Cronos]

Billions? Did you make up that number?

The artworks are, literally priceless.

And the “most priceless” are literally immovable: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes, Raphael’s Stanzie,

Most Vatican artworks are inalienable under canon law and Italian cultural heritage laws, as the Vatican is surrounded by Italy, a signatory to UNESCO conventions protecting cultural patrimony. For example, the Sistine Chapel or St. Peter’s Basilica’s artworks are part of immovable structures, making sale logistically impossible. Even movable pieces, like paintings or sculptures, are often classified as part of the Vatican’s universal heritage, subject to restrictions on transfer. The 1929 Lateran Treaty and subsequent agreements with Italy reinforce protections against selling such items. Additionally, the Vatican’s own statutes prioritize preservation over commercialization.

Major works—like Caravaggio’s Deposition or Bernini’s sculptures—are categorically unsellable due to their religious and cultural significance.

The billions number is nonsense for the above reasons