List of countries by GDP (PPP) per person employed

Last updated August 31, 2024

This is a list of countries by their gross domestic product at purchasing power parity per person currently employed.

International Labour Organization (2020−2022)

CIA World Factbook ^[1]^[2]

Rank	Country	GDP per person employed (2017 Intl. $)	Year
1	Luxembourg	240,995	2022
2	Ireland	222,016	2022
3	Singapore	165,451	2022
4	Switzerland	131,694	2022
5	Brunei	130,083	2022
6	Qatar	129,026	2022
7	United States	128,502	2022
8	Norway	128,094	2022
10	Belgium	121,409	2022
—	Hong Kong	119,401	2022
11	Denmark	117,165	2022
12	Saudi Arabia	114,215	2022
13	Taiwan	113,209	2022
14	Guyana	113,175	2022
15	Austria	112,589	2022
16	Sweden	109,773	2022
17	Netherlands	109,558	2022
18	Italy	108,800	2022
19	France	108,711	2022
20	United Arab Emirates	108,220	2022
—	Puerto Rico	106,064	2022
21	Finland	105,203	2022
22	Germany	105,032	2022
23	Israel	104,223	2022
24	Australia	97,250	2022
25	United Kingdom	95,456	2022
26	Iceland	95,249	2022
27	Canada	94,671	2022
28	Spain	91,283	2022
29	Turkey	90,493	2022
30	Bahrain	89,953	2022
31	Kuwait	89,351	2022
32	Slovenia	87,147	2022
—	Macao	86,333	2022
33	Malta	85,967	2022
34	Czech Republic	84,130	2022
35	Korea, South	82,408	2022
36	Greece	81,359	2022
37	Lithuania	80,096	2022
38	New Zealand	78,483	2022
39	Japan	78,355	2022
40	Estonia	77,076	2022
41	Croatia	75,964	2022
42	Romania	75,895	2022
43	Portugal	74,360	2022
44	Oman	73,877	2022
45	Poland	70,523	2022
46	Hungary	69,958	2022
47	Panama	69,317	2022
48	Latvia	68,505	2022
49	Slovakia	63,343	2022
50	Bahamas, The	61,716	2022
51	Cyprus	60,547	2022
52	Libya	59,319	2022
53	Gabon	58,321	2022
54	Chile	58,071	2022
55	Russia	57,676	2021
56	Kazakhstan	56,057	2022
57	Malaysia	55,933	2022
58	Montenegro	55,915	2022
59	Trinidad and Tobago	54,998	2022
60	Iran	53,682	2022
61	Bulgaria	53,527	2022
62	Argentina	52,012	2022
63	Uruguay	50,804	2022
64	Costa Rica	50,550	2022
65	Turkmenistan	48,758	2022
66	Equatorial Guinea	47,800	2022
67	South Africa	47,201	2022
68	Egypt	46,402	2022
69	Mauritius	46,067	2022
70	Algeria	45,619	2022
71	Iraq	44,952	2022
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44,701	2022
73	Dominican Republic	44,460	2022
74	Serbia	44,324	2022
75	Botswana	43,771	2022
76	Mexico	43,515	2022
77	North Macedonia	42,984	2022
78	Jordan	41,972	2022
79	Maldives	41,398	2022
80	Suriname	39,578	2022
81	Cuba	38,309	2022
82	Georgia	37,499	2022
83	Lebanon	37,085	2022
84	Tunisia	36,139	2022
85	Swaziland	36,071	2022
86	Belarus	35,774	2022
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	35,248	2022
88	Colombia	35,200	2022
89	Armenia	34,869	2022
90	China	34,164	2022
91	Albania	34,018	2022
92	Moldova	33,726	2022
93	Brazil	32,761	2022
94	Barbados	32,613	2022
95	Sri Lanka	32,455	2022
96	Mongolia	32,012	2022
97	Djibouti	31,871	2022
98	Thailand	31,523	2022
99	Namibia	31,199	2022
100	Azerbaijan	30,582	2022
101	Saint Lucia	30,394	2022
102	Fiji	29,985	2022
103	Ukraine	29,442	2021
104	Paraguay	28,830	2022
105	Palestine	27,145	2022
106	Indonesia	25,829	2022
107	Venezuela	25,687	2022
108	Mauritania	25,424	2022
109	Morocco	25,163	2022
110	Peru	24,801	2022
111	Bhutan	24,461	2022
112	Ecuador	22,903	2022
113	Guatemala	22,857	2022
114	Uzbekistan	22,163	2022
115	El Salvador	21,997	2022
116	Philippines	21,364	2022
117	India	20,422	2022
118	Vietnam	20,128	2022
119	Laos	19,623	2022
120	Jamaica	18,871	2022
121	Bolivia	18,016	2022
122	Cape Verde	17,606	2022
123	Tonga	17,589	2022
124	Pakistan	17,310	2022
125	Belize	16,912	2022
126	Samoa	16,679	2022
127	Tajikistan	16,669	2022
128	Sudan	15,724	2022
129	Nigeria	15,695	2022
130	Nepal	15,512	2022
131	Angola	15,456	2022
132	Bangladesh	15,130	2022
133	Côte d'Ivoire	14,689	2022
134	São Tomé and Príncipe	14,625	2022
135	Yemen	13,928	2022
136	Honduras	13,825	2022
137	Kyrgyzstan	13,550	2022
138	Ghana	13,234	2022
139	Nicaragua	13,190	2022
140	Comoros	13,084	2022
141	Papua New Guinea	12,511	2022
142	Senegal	12,307	2022
143	Kenya	11,219	2022
144	Congo, Republic of the	10,544	2022
145	Zambia	9,958	2022
146	Benin	9,644	2022
147	Afghanistan	9,542	2020
148	Cameroon	9,429	2022
149	Guinea	9,334	2022
150	Syria	8,960	2022
151	Cambodia	8,443	2022
152	Timor-Leste	8,062	2022
153	Rwanda	7,889	2022
154	Somalia	7,593	2022
155	Haiti	7,386	2022
156	South Sudan	7,322	2022
157	Lesotho	6,890	2022
158	Vanuatu	6,740	2022
159	Togo	6,547	2022
160	Gambia	6,383	2022
161	Burkina Faso	6,293	2022
162	Uganda	6,094	2022
163	Mali	6,082	2022
164	Guinea-Bissau	6,059	2022
165	Zimbabwe	6,013	2022
166	Tanzania	5,777	2022
167	Sierra Leone	5,160	2022
168	Ethiopia	5,057	2022
169	Chad	4,611	2022
170	Solomon Islands	4,519	2022
171	Eritrea	4,279	2022
172	Malawi	3,987	2022
173	Korea, North	3,925	2022
174	Liberia	3,294	2022
175	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3,279	2022
176	Niger	3,266	2022
177	Mozambique	2,907	2022
178	Madagascar	2,905	2022
179	Central African Republic	2,429	2022
180	Burundi	1,678	2022

Rank	Country	GDP per person employed (current Intl. $)	GDP per capita (current Intl. $)	Employed / total pop. (%)	Year
1	Luxembourg	223,300	86,500	39	2011 est.
2	Liechtenstein	149,900	139,500	93	2009
3	Qatar	138,200	98,300	71	2011 est.
—	Bermuda	119,800	68,900	57	2004 est.
4	United States	107,900	48,400	45	2011 est.
5	Norway	104,600	56,400	54	2011 est.
6	Austria	101,400	42,800	42	2011 est.
7	Ireland	99,800	38,900	39	2011 est.
8	Singapore	99,800	59,900	60	2011 est.
9	Saudi Arabia	99,500	25,900	26	2011 est.
—	Hong Kong	98,000	49,200	50	2011 est.
10	Netherlands	95,600	42,400	44	2011 est.
11	Belgium	88,000	39,500	45	2011 est.
12	Taiwan	82,900	38,400	46	2011 est.
13	France	82,400	34,000	41	2011 est.
14	Switzerland	82,300	44,600	54	2011 est.
15	Sweden	81,900	41,700	51	2011 est.
16	Australia	80,400	42,200	52	2011 est.
17	Canada	80,300	40,800	51	2011 est.
18	Italy	79,600	29,900	38	2011 est.
19	Finland	79,500	37,400	47	2011 est.
20	Israel	77,200	31,500	41	2011 est.
21	Denmark	77,100	37,400	49	2011 est.
22	Spain	77,000	30,200	39	2011 est.
23	United Kingdom	76,900	35,900	47	2011 est.
24	Germany	75,100	37,900	50	2011 est.
25	Greece	74,700	28,700	38	2011 est.
26	Iceland	74,700	39,600	53	2011 est.
—	European Union	74,400	30,600	41	2011 est.
27	Slovenia	69,900	29,300	42	2011 est.
28	Korea, South	63,900	31,800	50	2011 est.
29	Cyprus	60,900	21,200	35	2011 est.
30	Croatia	57,200	18,000	32	2011 est.
31	Czech Republic	56,500	26,700	47	2011 est.
32	New Zealand	56,000	28,700	51	2011 est.
33	Slovakia	54,100	23,200	43	2011 est.
34	Hungary	51,300	19,600	38	2011 est.
35	Portugal	51,000	22,900	45	2011 est.
—	Curacao	50,200	20,200	40	2008 est.
36	Poland	48,500	19,900	41	2011 est.
37	Argentina	45,600	17,000	37	2011 est.
38	Estonia	44,800	21,100	47	2011 est.
39	Lithuania	44,700	17,300	39	2011 est.
40	Bulgaria	43,800	14,300	33	2011 est.
41	Trinidad and Tobago	43,800	21,300	49	2011 est.
42	Turkey	41,700	13,000	31	2011 est.
43	Iran	41,600	11,900	29	2011 est.
44	South Africa	41,200	11,300	27	2011 est.
45	Malaysia	38,800	15,600	40	2011 est.
—	Sint Maarten	38,300	21,900	57	2008 est.
46	Chile	37,500	16,600	44	2011 est.
47	Mexico	36,600	14,600	40	2011 est.
48	Mauritius	34,400	14,800	43	2011 est.
49	Latvia	34,000	15,700	46	2011 est.
50	Uruguay	33,900	15,700	46	2011 est.
51	Russia	33,900	17,200	51	2011 est.
52	Panama	33,500	14,500	43	2011 est.
53	North Macedonia	32,000	10,300	32	2011 est.
54	Montenegro	31,300	10,500	34	2011 est.
55	Tunisia	31,000	9,600	31	2011 est.
56	Romania	30,700	12,000	39	2011 est.
57	Peru	29,800	10,200	34	2011 est.
—	Kosovo	29,400	7,000	24	2011 est.
58	Ecuador	28,900	8,300	29	2011 est.
59	Costa Rica	27,200	11,900	44	2011 est.
60	Algeria	26,300	7,500	29	2011 est.
61	Kazakhstan	26,200	12,500	48	2011 est.
62	Colombia	26,000	10,500	40	2011 est.
63	Jordan	23,700	5,700	24	2011 est.
64	Brazil	23,300	11,200	48	2011 est.
65	Dominican Republic	22,700	9,400	41	2011 est.
66	Jamaica	21,300	8,600	40	2011 est.
67	Egypt	21,200	6,300	30	2011 est.
68	Syria	20,800	4,800	23	2011 est.
69	El Salvador	18,700	7,400	39	2011 est.
70	Ukraine	16,200	7,300	45	2011 est.
71	Armenia	16,000	6,000	38	2011 est.
72	Morocco	15,500	5,100	33	2011 est.
73	Azerbaijan	15,400	9,900	64	2011 est.
74	Thailand	15,300	9,000	59	2011 est.
75	China	14,800	8,400	57	2011 est.
76	Sri Lanka	14,600	5,500	37	2011 est.
77	Guatemala	14,000	5,400	39	2011 est.
78	Paraguay	12,600	5,600	45	2011 est.
79	Bolivia	11,800	5,100	43	2011 est.
80	Honduras	10,800	4,400	40	2011 est.
81	Philippines	10,600	3,800	36	2011 est.
82	Indonesia	10,300	4,600	44	2011 est.
83	Nigeria	10,200	2,500	25	2011 est.
84	India	10,100	3,800	37	2011 est.
85	Pakistan	8,900	2,600	29	2011 est.
—	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	8,400	2,500	30	1998 est.
86	Nicaragua	7,000	3,300	47	2011 est.
87	Vietnam	6,600	3,300	50	2011 est.
88	Uzbekistan	5,800	3,300	57	2011 est.
89	Bangladesh	3,900	1,800	45	2011 est.
90	Burma	2,700	1,500	57	2011 est.

Related Research Articles

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area in a specified year.

The economy of Romania is a high-income social market economy, with a high degree of complexity. It ranks 12th in the European Union by total nominal GDP and 7th largest when adjusted by purchasing power (PPP). The World Bank notes that Romania's efforts are focused on accelerating structural reforms and strengthening institutions in order to further converge with the European Union. The country's economic growth has been one of the highest in the EU since 2010, with 2022 seeing a better-than-expected 4.8% increase.

Unemployment, according to the OECD, is people above a specified age not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period.

The economies of Canada and the United States are similar because both are developed countries. While both countries feature in the top ten economies in the world in 2022, the U.S. is the largest economy in the world, with US$24.8 trillion, with Canada ranking ninth at US$2.2 trillion.

The economy of North America comprises more than 596 million people in its 24 sovereign states and 15 dependent territories. It is marked by a sharp division between the predominantly English speaking countries of Canada and the United States, which are among the wealthiest and most developed nations in the world, and countries of Central America and the Caribbean in the former Latin America that are less developed. Mexico and Caribbean nations of the Commonwealth of Nations are between the economic extremes of the development of North America.

The misery index is an economic indicator, created by economist Arthur Okun. The index helps determine how the average citizen is doing economically and is calculated by adding the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to the annual inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation create economic and social costs for a country.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development defines the employment rate as the employment-to-population ratio. This is a statistical ratio that measures the proportion of a country's working age population that is employed. This includes people that have stopped looking for work. The International Labour Organization states that a person is considered employed if they have worked at least 1 hour in "gainful" employment in the most recent week.

This is a comparison between Argentine provinces and countries by gross domestic product (PPP) per capita. All data is for the year 2008.

This article includes several ranked indicators for Chile's regions.

Unemployment in the United States discusses the causes and measures of U.S. unemployment and strategies for reducing it. Job creation and unemployment are affected by factors such as economic conditions, global competition, education, automation, and demographics. These factors can affect the number of workers, the duration of unemployment, and wage levels.

References

↑ The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency (GDP (PPP), labor force and unemployment rate). Accessed on March 30, 2012. Note: The GDP (PPP) per person employed was calculated by dividing the GDP (PPP) by the employed population. The employed population was obtained by subtracting the unemployed population from the labor force. The unemployed population was calculated by multiplying the unemployment rate by the labor force and dividing the result by 100. The GDP (PPP) per capita was calculated by dividing the GDP (PPP) by the total population.
↑ Population data obtained from International Data Base (IDB), United States Census Bureau. Accessed on March 30, 2012.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency (GDP (PPP), labor force and unemployment rate). Accessed on March 30, 2012. Note: The GDP (PPP) per person employed was calculated by dividing the GDP (PPP) by the employed population. The employed population was obtained by subtracting the unemployed population from the labor force. The unemployed population was calculated by multiplying the unemployment rate by the labor force and dividing the result by 100. The GDP (PPP) per capita was calculated by dividing the GDP (PPP) by the total population.

[2] Population data obtained from International Data Base (IDB), United States Census Bureau. Accessed on March 30, 2012.

[1]

[2]

v t e Lists of countries by GDP rankings
Nominal	Per capita Past and projected per capita Sector composition
Purchasing power parity (PPP)	Per capita Past per capita Past and projected per capita Private consumption per capita Per person employed Ten largest historically
Growth rate	African countries Asian states European Union member states European countries Latin American and Caribbean countries Oceanian countries Per capita 1980–2010 growth Industrial growth
Gross national income (GNI)	PPP per capita Nominal per capita Real income Per capita growth Disposable income
Countries by region	Africa PPP nominal Commonwealth of Nations PPP nominal Latin America & Caribbean PPP nominal North America PPP nominal nominal per capita South America PPP Arab League nominal and per capita PPP and per capita ASEAN subdivision Asia Asia & Pacific nominal PPP Former Soviet Republics Europe PPP PPP per capita nominal nominal per capita Oceania GDP
Subnational divisions	Albania Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Baltic States Belarus Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada cities Chile per capita China per capita cities prefectures Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Egypt Finland France per capita Georgia Germany per capita cities Greece Hungary India PPP per capita Indonesia per capita cities regencies Italy nominal per capita Japan per capita Kazakhstan Kenya Malaysia Mexico per capita Mongolia Netherlands Nigeria Nepal Norway Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia per capita Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom per capita counties cities United States counties cities Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Turkey Vietnam OECD Top country subdivisions by GDP Top country subdivisions by GDP per capita *Top country metropolitan by GDP
Lists of countries by financial rankings List of international rankings Lists by country

List of countries by GDP (PPP) per person employed

See also

Related Research Articles

References