GDP Per Capita by Country, Historical Data 1990-2024

About This Dataset

GDP per capita in current US dollars for twelve major economies at benchmark years from 1990 to 2024, from World Bank Open Data. Current dollars are not adjusted for inflation, and a country whose currency falls against the dollar can drop in this measure without its domestic economy shrinking.

✨ AI Insight

China is the transformation: 319 dollars per person in 1990 and 13,293 in 2024, a rise of about 41 times, while the United States went from 23,889 to 86,170, a rise of about 3.6 times. India moved from 371 to 2,592 over the same period, so it is still below where China was in 2010. The chart also holds two warnings about reading current dollars as national success. Japan peaked at 45,378 dollars in 2010 and is at 33,797 in 2024, below both that peak and its 1995 figure of 44,947, largely because the yen is far weaker than it was then. Nigeria is sharper still: it climbed to 2,797 dollars in 2020 and then fell to 1,084 in 2024 after the naira was devalued, which puts it below its own 1995 figure of 1,272. Brazil shows the commodity-cycle shape most clearly, peaking at 11,403 dollars in 2010 and still below that in 2024 at 10,311, while Russia and Indonesia dipped mid-decade and have since recovered to their series highs.

Source: World Bank Open Data

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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United States leads with 86,170 in 2024.

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China grew fastest: +4067.1% from 1990 to 2024 (319 → 13,293).

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Average value in 2024: 29,910 · median: 24,380.

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2024 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Gap in 2024: United States is 79.5× larger than Nigeria.