🌎 Geography #120
Top 10 countries and regions with the largest economies at purchasing power parity in 2023 — answers & sources
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Top 10 countries and regions with the highest GDP per capita in 2024
Daily Tens #88 · Friday, October 9, 2026 · Ranked by gdp per capita in current us dollars
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About this ranking
Monaco leads this 2024 snapshot at roughly $288,002 of GDP per person, followed by Liechtenstein at $220,167. These figures measure economic output divided by population, translated into current US dollars. They are not salaries or an amount each resident receives. The distinction is especially important in a list dominated by small economies and separately reported territories.
The answers
| Rank | Answer | 2024 GDP per person (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 288,001.575 |
| 2 | Liechtenstein | 220,167.225 |
| 3 | Bermuda | 142,250.433 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 137,781.682 |
| 5 | Ireland | 112,894.953 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 107,702.066 |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | 104,292.901 |
| 8 | Singapore | 94,896.562 |
| 9 | Norway | 89,888.954 |
| 10 | United States | 86,169.664 |
Values follow the dated source snapshot and the original answer order. Rounding is for display only; the ranking uses the stored values.
Output per person at market exchange rates
Current US dollars, thousands · Linear scale starting at zero
- Monaco 288.0
- Liechtenstein 220.2
- Bermuda 142.3
- Luxembourg 137.8
- Ireland 112.9
- Switzerland 107.7
- Cayman Islands 104.3
- Singapore 94.9
- Norway 89.9
- United States 86.2
GDP per capita, not household income or wealth. Reporting territories are included; PPP adjustment is not applied.
Data: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Chart by Daily Tens.
The numerator and denominator
Gross domestic product measures production within an economy during the year. Dividing by population makes economies of different sizes easier to compare, but it does not describe how that production’s income is distributed. A small denominator can produce a large per-person figure even when an economy’s total output is modest. Monaco’s lead here therefore does not mean that it has a larger economy than the United States, which appears in tenth place on this per-capita measure.
Why territories are eligible
Bermuda and the Cayman Islands are World Bank reporting economies and are intentionally included. Restricting the question to sovereign countries would remove them and require a different answer set. The source also contains aggregates such as income groups; those are excluded because they combine economies rather than represent one reporting territory. A reliable reproduction starts by establishing this candidate pool before sorting. A result with a different territorial rule may be internally correct while answering a different question.
Price levels and multinational activity
Current-dollar GDP converts output using exchange rates rather than equalising the prices residents face. A purchasing-power-parity ranking would therefore differ. Cross-border production and multinational accounting can also have a large effect on smaller economies, with Ireland a notable reason to examine national statistical definitions carefully. None of this makes the reported GDP figure a median living-standard measure. Household disposable income, consumption and distributional statistics would be needed to address that separate question.
What the chart can establish
Monaco’s stored value is approximately 3.34 times the United States figure of $86,170, whereas Norway and the United States are much closer together. The linear chart preserves those output-per-person ratios, while the table rounds only for display. The data are frozen to the September 2026 check of the 2024 series. Exchange-rate changes and later statistical revisions can alter a live table, so the chart should not be read as a prediction of current incomes or as a timeless ranking of wealth.
Sources & further reading
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Sources & methodology
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