The very top is exceptionally concentrated
25 countries clear $50,000 per person in this 2025 snapshot, led by Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.
Insights
World GDP per Capita Map
A 2025 country snapshot of nominal GDP per capita in current U.S. dollars, built from IMF DataMapper and normalized for world choropleth publishing.
Current frame
2025 IMF country snapshot
This page keeps the 2025 value returned by the IMF DataMapper series for each country or territory row in scope.
Coverage: 193 country rows for the 2025 reference year.
Country rows
193
Country or territory rows kept from the IMF DataMapper 2025 series.
$50k+ countries
25
Rows at or above $50,000 nominal GDP per capita.
Below $5k
69
Rows below $5,000 nominal GDP per capita.
Median row
$8,106
Midpoint value in the normalized country ranking.
What stands out
A large low-income tail remains
69 countries stay below $5,000 per person, showing how wide the nominal income spread still is.
The leaders are not just large economies
The top of the table is dominated by small, high-income financial and services economies rather than the most populous countries.
The bottom of the table clusters in fragile states
Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Burundi, and the Central African Republic anchor the low end of the 2025 ranking.
A few grounding facts behind the map
- 25 countries in this release clear $50,000 per person.
- 69 countries remain below $5,000 per person.
- Liechtenstein sits at the top of the table, while Yemen anchors the bottom.
Method in one minute
MapHue reads the IMF DataMapper country series for NGDPDPC and keeps the 2025 value for every country or territory returned by the API.
- The measure is nominal GDP per capita in current U.S. dollars, not PPP-adjusted income.
- Aggregate IMF groups are excluded; this dataset keeps only country or territory rows.
- Rows without a matching world-map geography code remain downloadable in the CSV even if they are not visible on the static choropleth.
Top and bottom rows
Highest values
- Liechtenstein: $217,928
- Luxembourg: $148,247
- Ireland: $130,652
- Switzerland: $115,620
- Singapore: $99,365
Lowest values
- Central African Republic: $579
- Burundi: $478
- South Sudan, Republic of: $470
- Afghanistan: $448
- Yemen: $420
Source references
IMF DataMapper - NGDPDPC
Official IMF DataMapper series for nominal GDP per capita in current prices.
Visit sourceFAQ
Why use nominal GDP per capita instead of PPP?
This release follows the IMF NGDPDPC series, which reports nominal GDP per capita in current prices rather than purchasing-power-adjusted income.
Which year does this map use?
This version uses the 2025 country values returned by the IMF DataMapper series.
How many country rows are included?
This release includes 193 country or territory rows in the ranking table.