These Are The 50 Richest Countries By GDP Per Capita

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.