What is the GDP per capita of the United States?

$94,430 per person in purchasing power parity, 9th of 178 countries. The United States has the 5th-highest national income per person in the index ($88,810).

Where do Germany, France and the United Kingdom rank?

Germany is 20th ($76,747), France 26th ($68,567), the United Kingdom 28th ($67,585) and Italy 29th ($65,761). Spain is 35th ($59,187) and Poland 33rd ($59,792).

What is the difference between GDP and GNI per capita?

GDP counts what is produced in a country; gross national income (GNI) counts what its residents earn, wherever it is produced. The gap is widest in Ireland and Luxembourg, where much of the value created goes to foreign companies or cross-border workers.

Is GDP per capita a good measure of a country's wealth?

It measures average output, not how it is shared or how people live. That is why HelloSafe also publishes the Prosperity Index, which adds national income, human development, income equality and poverty: Norway ranks first there, Singapore 7th.

HelloSafe data2026 edition · 178 countries · IMF data

GDP per capita by country in 2026

GDP per capita of 178 countries in 2026, in purchasing power parity (IMF). Find where your country ranks: Singapore first, the United States 9th, Germany 20th.

Global top 3 · 2026international $ per person, PPP

$60K+$40K–$60K$20K–$40Kunder $20K

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Last updated: October 22, 2026100 % public, traceable data

Key facts to remember

GDP per capita in 30 seconds

178countries ranked by GDP per capita

$173,708Singapore, the highest GDP per capita in the world

$20,725the world median: half the countries are below it

2026IMF estimates, in purchasing power parity

Key takeaways · 20-second read

Singapore ($173,708), Ireland ($159,129) and Luxembourg ($156,719) have the highest GDP per capita in the world, in purchasing power parity.
The United States is 9th ($94,430), behind Norway, Qatar, Switzerland, Brunei and Guyana, whose oil output has lifted it to 8th.
Germany is 20th, France 26th, the United Kingdom 28th and Italy 29th, all between $65,000 and $77,000 per person.
Europe has the highest regional average ($63,714), Africa the lowest ($9,029): Seychelles and Mauritius lead Africa at about $35,800.
GDP is not income: Ireland and Luxembourg rank 2nd and 3rd on GDP, but their national income per person is far lower. <a href="https://hellosafe.com/travel-insurance/richest-countries-in-the-world" >Our Prosperity Index</a> ranks countries on income, human development and how wealth is shared.

How are the figures built? See the methodology ↓

01 · World ranking

2026 GDP per capita ranking

Where does your country rank? Type its name: all 178 countries are ranked by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity, in international dollars. Click a country for its GDP and national income per person.

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#1 worldwide · #1 in Asia

Singapore

$176.9Kper person (PPP)$60K+

Singapore has a GDP per capita of $176.9K in purchasing power parity: #1 worldwide and #1 in Asia.

Pillar breakdown

GDP per capita (PPP)$176.9K

National income per capita$81.8K

GDP in international dollars at purchasing power parity, which adjusts for price levels; national income in US dollars, at market exchange rates (Atlas method).

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02 · World map

GDP per capita around the world

Every country in its band: $60,000 and more, $40,000 to $60,000, $20,000 to $40,000, under $20,000. Click a band to show or hide it, click a country for its rank and figure.

Showing 178 of 178 published countries · click a country for its info

Why are some countries grey? Micro-states under 100,000 inhabitants and countries without recent GDP, national income or HDI data (North Korea, Cuba, South Sudan, Eritrea, Taiwan, Kosovo…) are not ranked. What this study does not show ↓

03 · Regional rankings

GDP per capita by region

Each continent ranked on its own, with every country's place in the world ranking. Europe has the highest average GDP per capita ($63,714), ahead of Asia ($35,033), the Americas ($30,193), Oceania ($18,741) and Africa ($9,029).

Europe · average $64K · 41 countries scored, 41 published

Highest GDP per capita in Europe

1Luxembourg$156.6K#2
2Ireland$149.6K#3
3Norway$116.2K#4
4Switzerland$106.9K#5
5Denmark$92.9K#10
6Netherlands$88.2K#11
7Iceland$83K#14
8Malta$80K#15
9Belgium$78.9K#16
10Austria$78.8K#17
11Germany$78.7K#18
12Sweden$78.5K#19
13Finland$70.3K#23
14France$68.9K#25
15United Kingdom$68.5K#26
16Cyprus$68.3K#27
17Italy$66.2K#28
18Czechia$64.1K#29
19Slovenia$62.3K#31
20Lithuania$61.2K#32
21Spain$60.1K#33
22Poland$60.1K#35
23Croatia$54.5K#38
24Estonia$53.7K#39
25Portugal$53K#40
26Russia$52.6K#41
27Hungary$51K#42
28Slovakia$49.8K#43
29Romania$49.6K#44
30Greece$47.4K#47
31Türkiye$46.7K#50
32Latvia$46.1K#53
33Bulgaria$44.6K#54
34Montenegro$36.6K#60
35Belarus$36K#61
36Serbia$35.2K#63
37North Macedonia$32K#68
38Albania$28.8K#71
39Bosnia & Herzegovina$24.4K#80
40Ukraine$22.2K#87
41Moldova$21.2K#89

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Reading the results

What the ranking says

Small, open economies lead: Singapore, Ireland and Luxembourg combine small populations with large financial or multinational sectors. Qatar, Brunei and Guyana owe their place to oil and gas.

GDP per capita is not what residents earn: Ireland's GDP per person is $159,129 but its national income per person is $87,360, as multinational profits leave the country. Switzerland has the highest national income per person in the index ($110,330) and ranks 6th on GDP.

The largest economies: the United States is 9th, Germany 20th, Canada 23rd, France 26th, the United Kingdom 28th, Italy 29th, Japan 34th and Spain 35th. China is 69th ($31,596), Brazil 78th ($24,428) and India 114th ($12,801).

Poland has caught up with Southern Europe: at $59,792 it ranks 33rd, just ahead of Japan and Spain, and Turkey ($46,672) is 49th, above Russia (41st, $52,479) on national income but below it on GDP.

From $1,000 to $173,000: GDP per capita in Singapore is about 170 times that of Burundi. Half of the 178 countries are below $20,725.

How we measure

Methodology

Built by HelloSafe's travel insurance team, independently of our comparison, from public international data, so every figure can be checked at the source.

SourcesIMF World Economic Outlook (GDP per capita in purchasing power parity, current international dollars, 2026 estimates); World Bank WDI (gross national income per capita, Atlas method, current US dollars). Regions as in the HelloSafe Prosperity Index.

Purchasing power parityA dollar in purchasing power parity buys the same amount of goods and services in every country. It corrects for price levels, so it compares living standards better than GDP at market exchange rates, which is usually lower in poorer countries.

Coverage178 countries, the same as the HelloSafe Prosperity Index. GDP per capita is the IMF's 2026 estimate for 174 of them; Afghanistan and Lebanon use 2025, Sri Lanka 2024 and Syria 2010, their latest year.

What this study does not show

Micro-states under 100,000 inhabitants are excluded (Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino…), as are countries without GDP, national income or HDI data (North Korea, Cuba, South Sudan, Eritrea…), Taiwan and Kosovo: the same 178 countries as the Prosperity Index.
GDP per capita is an average: it says nothing about how income is shared. Our Prosperity Index adds income equality, poverty and human development.
Ireland's and Luxembourg's GDP is inflated by multinational profits and cross-border workers who live abroad.
IMF figures for 2026 are estimates and are revised twice a year; a few countries use the latest available year.
Data window: latest release of each source at publication (October 2026).

New in 2026178 countriesA search for every countryIMF 2026 estimatesSingapore #1

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GDP per capita by country$60K+$40K–$60K$20K–$40Kunder $20KSource: HelloSafe, GDP per capita by country in 2026

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“Singapore has the highest GDP per capita in the world, at $173,708 in purchasing power parity, ahead of Ireland and Luxembourg, according to HelloSafe's 2026 ranking of 178 countries based on IMF data.”

“The United States ranks 9th in the world for GDP per capita, at $94,430 in purchasing power parity, behind Norway, Qatar, Switzerland, Brunei and Guyana.”

“GDP per capita in Singapore is about 170 times that of Burundi, and half of the world's countries are below $20,725 per person.”

Quotes by Antoine Fruchard, travel insurance expert and author of the study · Contact us

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Frequently asked questions

Singapore, with $173,708 per person in purchasing power parity in 2026, according to IMF estimates. Ireland ($159,129) and Luxembourg ($156,719) follow. Norway, Qatar and Switzerland complete the top 6.

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