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The 10 Countries With the Highest GDP per Person |
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The IMF's April outlook measures how much each economy produces per person. Luxembourg tops the world at $158,733, more than ten times the global average. The United States comes only 7th. And the number that puts Luxembourg first counts the output of workers who don't even live there. |
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Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026. GDP per capita, current US$, 2026 projection. Sovereign states; Monaco and Liechtenstein aren't in the IMF database, and non-sovereign territories are excluded. |
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| What's Surprising |
Luxembourg leads at $158,733 a person, and the figure flatters it. Nearly half the people working there commute in from France, Belgium and Germany. Their output lands in the economy. They land in another country's population.
Ireland is second at $140,186, and its own statisticians don't trust it. So many multinationals route profits, patents and leased aircraft through Dublin that the government publishes a separate measure, GNI*, to strip them out. It runs about 40% lower.
The United States comes 7th, at $94,430 — the richest big economy, and still short of the six-figure line the top six all clear. Qatar, the richest Gulf oil state, ranks only 16th. Finance hubs, not oil, top this list.
| What's Not Surprising |
Per-person wealth belongs to small countries. Seven of the top ten have fewer than ten million people. Split a large economy across a small population and the number goes far. The giants sink: Germany 18th, Japan 43rd, China near the world average of about $15,000.
This is output per person, not cash in hand, measured at market exchange rates. A strong franc lifts Switzerland. A weak yen drops Japan below South Korea and Spain. Price in what money actually buys and the order shifts, but the same kind of country stays on top.
The recipe is narrow. A small population, plus one outsized industry. Finance in Luxembourg and Switzerland. Oil in Norway. Multinationals in Ireland.
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$158,733 Luxembourg's output per person — the highest of any country the IMF tracks, and more than ten times the world average. |
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7th Where the United States lands, at $94,430. The richest big economy, still under the six-figure line the top six clear. |
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~40% How far Ireland's GNI*, the measure its own statisticians prefer, sits below its headline GDP. Multinational accounting fills the gap. |
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16th Qatar's rank, the highest of any Gulf oil state. Small finance hubs, not petrostates, sit atop the nominal list. |
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$35,703 Japan's output per person, 43rd in the world. A weak yen leaves the G7 economy below South Korea and Spain. |
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The IMF refreshes these figures in October. Two things move the table. Currencies, because it's all measured at market exchange rates — a stronger dollar or a recovering yen reshuffles the middle overnight. And Ireland, where one multinational's accounting can swing a whole economy. The question each ranking dodges is how much of this output residents actually keep. We'll be watching. |
