This is a list of countries by
gross national income
The gross national income (GNI), previously known as gross national product (GNP), is the total amount of factor incomes earned by the residents of a country. It is equal to gross domestic product (GDP), plus factor incomes received from ...
per capita
''Per capita'' is a Latin phrase literally meaning "by heads" or "for each head", and idiomatically used to mean "per person".
Social statistics
The term is used in a wide variety of social science, social sciences and statistical research conte ...
in 2023 at
nominal values, according to the
Atlas method The World Bank has used the Atlas method since 1993 to estimate the economic size of countries based on their gross national income (GNI) in U.S. dollars.
To convert a country's GNI from its local currency to U.S. dollars, the Atlas method uses a c ...
, an indicator of income developed by the
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...
.
The GNI per capita is the dollar value of a country's final income in a year, divided by its population. It should be reflecting the average before tax income of a country's citizens.
Knowing a country's GNI per capita is a good first step toward understanding the country's economic strengths and needs, as well as the general
standard of living
Standard of living is the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society. A contributing factor to an individual's quality of life, standard of living is generally concerned with objective metrics outsid ...
on average. A country's GNI per capita tends to be closely linked with other indicators that measure the social, economic, and
environmental well-being of the country and its people. The GNI per capita at
Purchasing power parity
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currency, currencies. PPP is effectively the ratio of the price of a market bask ...
are shown at
list of countries by GNI (PPP) per capita
This article includes a list of countries of the world and their gross national income (GNI) (formerly GNP) per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2023, as reported by the World Bank.
Lists By country or dependency
By w ...
. Change of GNI per capita with time are at
list of countries by GNI per capita growth
This is a list of countries by gross national income (GNI) per capita growth. This list is not to be confused with GDP per capita growth, GNI per capita or GDP growth.
List of countries and dependencies
The rate of GNI per capita growth in annu ...
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List of countries and dependencies
All data is in
U.S. dollars. Rankings shown are those given by the World Bank. Non-sovereign entities or other special groupings are marked in italics.
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See also
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Average wage
The national average salary (or national average wage) is the average, mean salary for the working population of a nation. It is calculated by summation, summing all the annual salaries of all persons in work (surveyed) and Division (mathematics), ...
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Median income
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of unde ...
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World Bank high-income economy
A high-income economy is defined by the World Bank as a country with a gross national income per capita of US$14,005 or more in 2023, calculated using the Atlas method. While the term "high-income" is often used interchangeably with " First World" ...
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List of sovereign states in Europe by GNI (nominal) per capita
This is a map of European countries by GNI (gross national income nominal) per capita for the year 2021. High income, defined by the World Bank as $13,205 or more, is indicated in purple; upper middle income, ranging from $4,256 and $13,205, is s ...
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List of countries by wealth per adult
This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult, from UBS's ''Global Wealth Databook.'' See table 3-1 for all countries, on pages 123-126, for mean and median wealth, Gini coefficient, distribution of adults (%) by wealth range, ...
References
{{Global economic classifications
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