💰Wealth
See how much each country produces, how wealth is distributed, and how many people still live in poverty.
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Open insights →Everything a country produces in a year, divided by its population. In US dollars.
Map showing GDP per capita by country in 2026.
- $
- World12.2k
- 🇺🇸USA68.6k
- 🇬🇧UK49.6k
- 🇯🇵Japan39.4k
- 🇪🇺UE36.4k
- 🇨🇳China14.4k
- 🇮🇳India2.7k
- Y/Y
- World+1.2%
- 🇨🇳China+3.5%
- 🇮🇳India+3.1%
- 🇪🇺UE+1.1%
- 🇺🇸USA+1.1%
- 🇯🇵Japan+0.9%
- 🇬🇧UK+0.9%
World Bank (2025) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
Values in 2026
GDP per capita, 2000 to 2100, Baseline scenario. Solid up to 2026, dashed after. World 12.2k $ in 2026, USA 68.6k $ in 2026, China 14.4k $ in 2026, India 2.7k $ in 2026, UE 36.4k $ in 2026, UK 49.6k $ in 2026, Japan 39.4k $ in 2026.
How big each economy is today, and how fast it grows every year to 2100 in the baseline scenario.
World Bank (2025) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
How much of each country’s GDP goes to the richest 1%, and how much of its wealth they own.
World Inequality Database (2026) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
Average yearly income per person in each bracket, from the richest 0.1% to the poorest 90%, estimated with the income distribution model.
- $
- Richest 0.1%1.8M
- Richest 1%309k
- Richest 10%67.0k
- Poorest 90%6.1k
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) - with processing and projections by Newleaf
How many people live below each income level, from extreme poverty (3 $ a day) upwards, estimated with the income distribution model.
- < 3 $/day10.5%
- 1.1k–10k $61.4%
- 10k–100k $27.3%
- > 100k $0.8%
World Inequality Database (2026) - with processing and projections by Newleaf
Distribution modeled for each country by reproducing GDP per capita, income share of the richest 1%, richest 10%, and poorest 90%.
Each flag marks a country’s average income. The most unequal countries are on the right, the poorest countries are at the bottom.
(3 $ a day)
World Bank (2025) - with processing, projections and modeling by Newleaf
Average yearly income of the world’s richest 1%, richest 10% and poorest 90%.
- Richest 1%
- Richest 10%
- Poorest 90%
World Inequality Database (2026) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
Every country’s GDP per capita, from the richest to the poorest.
World Bank (2025) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
How many people in the world live on each level of yearly income.
World Inequality Database (2026) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
The world’s population lined up from the poorest to the richest, and for each thousandth the regions it lives in. Estimated with the income distribution model.
- North America
- Europe
- OECD Pacific
- Greater China
- Latin America
- Middle East & North Africa
- South East Asia
- North East Eurasia
- Indian Subcontinent
- Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank (2025) - with processing, projections and modeling by Newleaf
Share of each country’s population with electricity, clean water, clean cooking fuels and improved sanitation, against its GDP per capita.
- Electricity
- Clean water
- Clean cooking fuels
- Improved sanitation
World Bank, WHO/UNICEF JMP, World Health Organization (2025) - with processing by Our World in Data
How rich and how unequal each country is: GDP per capita against the Gini coefficient (0 = everyone earns the same, 1 = one person earns everything), both estimated with the income distribution model.
World Bank (2025) - with processing, projections and modeling by Newleaf
How big each economy is today, and how fast it grows every year to 2100 in the baseline scenario.
World Bank (2025) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
How much of each country’s GDP goes to the richest 1%, and how much of its wealth they own.
World Inequality Database (2026) - with processing by Our World in Data and projections by Newleaf
Average yearly income per person in each bracket, from the richest 0.1% to the poorest 90%, estimated with the income distribution model.
- $
- Richest 0.1%1.8M
- Richest 1%309k
- Richest 10%67.0k
- Poorest 90%6.1k
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) - with processing and projections by Newleaf
How many people live below each income level, from extreme poverty (3 $ a day) upwards, estimated with the income distribution model.
- < 3 $/day10.5%
- 1.1k–10k $61.4%
- 10k–100k $27.3%
- > 100k $0.8%
World Inequality Database (2026) - with processing and projections by Newleaf
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