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Highest GDP per capita: richest countries in 2026

Nominal GDP per capita in current US dollars, latest World Bank release. A blunt wealth measure — does not adjust for cost of living.

01 IE Ireland 2024 · World Bank $112,895 02 SG Singapore 2024 · World Bank $90,674 03 US United States 2024 · World Bank $84,534 04 NL Netherlands 2024 · World Bank $67,520 05 AU Australia 2024 · World Bank $64,604 06 DE Germany 2024 · World Bank $56,104 07 CA Canada 2024 · World Bank $54,340 08 HK Hong Kong 2024 · World Bank $54,075 09 GB United Kingdom 2024 · World Bank $53,246 10 AE United Arab Emirates 2024 · World Bank $50,274 11 NZ New Zealand 2024 · World Bank $49,205 12 FR France 2024 · World Bank $46,103 13 IT Italy 2024 · World Bank $40,385 14 KR South Korea 2024 · World Bank $36,239 15 ES Spain 2024 · World Bank $35,327 16 JP Japan 2024 · World Bank $32,487 17 PT Portugal 2024 · World Bank $29,292 18 MX Mexico 2024 · World Bank $14,186 19 CN China (Mainland) 2024 · World Bank $13,303 20 BR Brazil 2024 · World Bank $10,311

Methodology on the methodology page. Each row links to the country brief with full source attribution.

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