Richest Countries by GDP Per Capita PPP 2021

About This Dataset

Richest Countries by GDP Per Capita PPP 2021
Countries ranked by GDP per capita (PPP, USD) in 2021, using World Bank figures for the 199 countries that reported that year. Luxembourg leads on 136,772, ahead of Singapore (133,990) and Qatar (116,833). GDP per person adjusted for purchasing power. Financial centres and countries with large non-resident workforces record high figures that do not translate into household income.
Analysis

Luxembourg (136,772), Singapore (133,990) and Qatar (116,833) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 136,772 down to 62,721, a spread of 74,051. Only 2,782 separates Luxembourg from Singapore in second, 2.0% of the leading figure. 16 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 68,386 or more. Luxembourg stood at 122,067 in 2020, so its figure rose by 14,705 over the year. Luxembourg also came first in 2020. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2020, 20 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 0 a lower one. The largest single move was Qatar, from 82,149 to 116,833. The chart shows the twenty highest of 199 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.

Source:  World Bank

Key Findings

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Luxembourg leads in GDP Per Capita (PPP, USD) with 136,772 in 2021.
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Average GDP Per Capita (PPP, USD) in 2021: 83,506  ·  median: 72,408.
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Gap in 2021: Luxembourg is 2.2× larger than Iceland.

Richest Countries by GDP Per Capita PPP 2021

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
20
20 categories  ·  1 year
Top Value
136,772
Luxembourg
GDP Per Capita (PPP, USD) · 2021
Metrics
1
GDP Per Capita (PPP, USD)
Period
2021
Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source
World Bank
Coverage
20 entities · 2021 · 20 observations
Measure
GDP Per Capita (PPP, USD)
Last updated
7 September 2026
Compiled by
The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
  • Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
  • Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2021.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · GDP Per Capita (PPP, USD) · ranked by 2021

✓ 20 sourced
# Category 2021 Source
🥇 Luxembourg 136,772
🥈 Singapore 133,990
🥉 Qatar 116,833
4 Ireland 116,703
5 Bermuda 92,320
6 Norway 92,206
7 Switzerland 83,525
8 Brunei 78,249
9 Cayman Islands 74,160
10 Macau 73,374
11 United States 71,441
12 Denmark 69,328
13 Greenland 69,302
14 United Arab Emirates 68,580
15 Netherlands 68,574
16 Faroe Islands 68,433
17 Hong Kong 65,885
18 San Marino 64,745
19 Austria 62,969
20 Iceland 62,721

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

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