China - GDP per Capita 1997
$787
+$77 from 1996
China's gdp per capita was $787 in 1997, increased +$77 from $713 in 1996. This was the 144th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $88,582 | -10.1% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $73,591 | -8.8% |
| 3rd | Bermuda | $48,737 | 8.2% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | $46,642 | -6.2% |
| 5th | Switzerland | $41,584 | -13.7% |
| 6th | San Marino | $37,853 | - |
| 7th | Norway | $36,629 | -1.6% |
| 8th | Japan | $35,638 | -9.0% |
| 9th | Denmark | $32,780 | -8.2% |
| 10th | United States | $31,459 | 5.0% |
| 11th | Sweden | $30,324 | -8.1% |
| 12th | Iceland | $28,462 | 2.7% |
| 13th | United Arab Emirates | $27,983 | -6.2% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $27,330 | 10.7% |
| 15th | Germany | $27,047 | -12.1% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | $26,910 | 10.1% |
| 17th | Netherlands | $26,745 | -8.2% |
| 18th | Austria | $26,572 | -10.4% |
| 19th | Singapore | $26,376 | 0.5% |
| 20th | Brunei Darussalam | $25,522 | 4.3% |
| 21st | Belgium | $24,821 | -9.9% |
| 22nd | Finland | $24,682 | -4.4% |
| 23rd | France | $24,169 | -10.1% |
| 24th | Australia | $23,683 | 2.2% |
| 25th | Ireland | $22,551 | 8.5% |
| 26th | Canada | $21,902 | 2.7% |
| 27th | Italy | $21,884 | -5.4% |
| 28th | Faroe Islands | $21,158 | -6.8% |
| 29th | Qatar | $20,523 | 35.5% |
| 30th | Israel | $20,469 | 1.1% |
| 31st | Bahamas, The | $20,368 | -2.9% |
| 32nd | Greenland | $19,146 | -10.6% |
| 33rd | Andorra | $18,248 | -4.6% |
| 34th | European Union | $18,094 | -8.4% |
| 35th | Aruba | $17,750 | 27.3% |
| 36th | New Zealand | $17,474 | -5.6% |
| 37th | Macao SAR, China | $17,416 | 0.7% |
| 38th | Kuwait | $16,977 | 2.1% |
| 39th | French Polynesia | $16,423 | -11.1% |
| 40th | Isle of Man | $16,161 | 15.6% |
| 41st | New Caledonia | $15,705 | -10.7% |
| 42nd | Spain | $14,722 | -8.6% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | $14,234 | -6.7% |
| 44th | Greece | $13,016 | -3.3% |
| 45th | Korea | $12,822 | -7.5% |
| 46th | Puerto Rico (US) | $12,818 | 4.2% |
| 47th | Bahrain | $12,255 | -4.4% |
| 48th | Portugal | $11,576 | -5.0% |
| 49th | Saudi Arabia | $11,545 | 19.4% |
| 50th | Slovenia | $10,437 | -3.3% |
| 51st | Antigua and Barbuda | $10,336 | 4.1% |
| 52nd | Malta | $9,893 | 9.5% |
| 53rd | Barbados | $9,522 | 0.7% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $8,627 | 17.8% |
| 55th | Oman | $8,235 | 4.6% |
| 56th | Argentina | $8,147 | -5.8% |
| 57th | Palau | $7,945 | 2.0% |
| 58th | Seychelles | $7,747 | 17.7% |
| 59th | Uruguay | $7,436 | -2.3% |
| 60th | Czechia | $6,069 | -7.6% |
| 61st | Libya | $6,062 | -20.3% |
| 62nd | Chile | $5,742 | 6.6% |
| 63rd | Mexico | $5,567 | 21.1% |
| 64th | Croatia | $5,331 | 8.4% |
| 65th | Brazil | $5,299 | 1.8% |
| 66th | St. Lucia | $5,282 | 0.8% |
| 67th | Slovak Republic | $5,172 | 27.9% |
| 68th | Malaysia | $4,679 | -9.6% |
| 69th | Hungary | $4,606 | 1.5% |
| 70th | Gabon | $4,509 | -18.8% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | $4,394 | -5.7% |
| 72nd | Dominica | $4,372 | 6.5% |
| 73rd | Türkiye | $4,197 | 1.6% |
| 74th | Poland | $4,137 | 1.4% |
| 75th | Belize | $4,014 | 4.8% |
| 76th | Lebanon | $3,834 | 20.6% |
| 77th | Grenada | $3,725 | 2.5% |
| 78th | South Africa | $3,700 | -4.4% |
| 79th | Mauritius | $3,696 | -8.7% |
| 80th | Estonia | $3,683 | 9.0% |
| 81st | Nauru | $3,661 | -0.5% |
| 82nd | Serbia | $3,574 | 17.0% |
| 83rd | Panama | $3,546 | -4.5% |
| 84th | Costa Rica | $3,408 | 4.0% |
| 85th | Jamaica | $3,297 | 8.0% |
| 86th | Botswana | $3,194 | 3.4% |
| 87th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $3,074 | -7.9% |
| 88th | Colombia | $2,873 | -8.4% |
| 89th | Lithuania | $2,844 | 21.4% |
| 90th | Russian Federation | $2,738 | -1.7% |
| 91st | Latvia | $2,610 | 11.1% |
| 92nd | Fiji | $2,574 | -13.5% |
| 93rd | Thailand | $2,473 | -18.8% |
| 94th | Namibia | $2,460 | 1.1% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | $2,449 | 6.0% |
| 96th | Ecuador | $2,341 | 19.6% |
| 97th | Cuba | $2,306 | 1.1% |
| 98th | Peru | $2,301 | 6.3% |
| 99th | Marshall Islands | $2,231 | -1.9% |
| 100th | Tunisia | $2,202 | -8.7% |
| 101st | Tonga | $2,136 | -4.2% |
| 102nd | Paraguay | $2,079 | -1.6% |
| 103rd | Suriname | $2,068 | -25.8% |
| 104th | North Macedonia | $1,960 | -16.5% |
| 105th | Maldives | $1,898 | -9.9% |
| 106th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $1,840 | -11.6% |
| 107th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $1,790 | -44.3% |
| 108th | El Salvador | $1,749 | 5.9% |
| 109th | Nigeria | $1,720 | -21.3% |
| 110th | Eswatini | $1,705 | -12.4% |
| 111th | Guatemala | $1,638 | 15.7% |
| 112th | Algeria | $1,629 | -8.7% |
| 113th | Samoa | $1,608 | 13.3% |
| 114th | Romania | $1,577 | 0.8% |
| 115th | Vanuatu | $1,562 | 3.3% |
| 116th | Tuvalu | $1,461 | 2.3% |
| 117th | Jordan | $1,436 | -6.2% |
| 118th | Morocco | $1,426 | -18.0% |
| 119th | Belarus | $1,396 | -2.3% |
| 120th | West Bank and Gaza | $1,389 | 7.2% |
| 121st | Kazakhstan | $1,382 | 1.7% |
| 122nd | Montenegro | $1,375 | - |
| 123rd | Bulgaria | $1,361 | -8.9% |
| 124th | Solomon Islands | $1,292 | -4.5% |
| 125th | Philippines | $1,273 | -3.3% |
| 126th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $1,146 | -5.2% |
| 127th | Cabo Verde | $1,134 | -29.6% |
| 128th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,125 | -4.0% |
| 129th | Indonesia | $1,045 | -25.1% |
| 130th | Papua New Guinea | $990 | -39.6% |
| 131st | Ukraine | $987 | 8.0% |
| 132nd | Guyana | $983 | -52.0% |
| 133rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $970 | 1.4% |
| 134th | Kiribati | $953 | -7.6% |
| 135th | Syrian Arab Republic | $941 | -20.7% |
| 136th | Iraq | $936 | 93.0% |
| 137th | Honduras | $917 | 3.3% |
| 138th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $914 | -4.0% |
| 139th | Nicaragua | $913 | -3.6% |
| 140th | Mauritania | $859 | -5.0% |
| 141st | Sri Lanka | $827 | -8.4% |
| 142nd | Georgia | $807 | 17.2% |
| 143rd | Congo, Republic of | $804 | -20.2% |
| 144th | China | $787 | 10.8% |
| 145th | Cameroon | $783 | -6.8% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | $751 | -40.2% |
| 147th | Djibouti | $748 | -30.6% |
| 148th | Albania | $729 | -27.9% |
| 149th | Equatorial Guinea | $717 | 36.0% |
| 150th | Comoros | $715 | -10.0% |
| 151st | Guinea | $696 | 5.9% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | $662 | -34.9% |
| 153rd | Moldova | $657 | 14.9% |
| 154th | Senegal | $651 | -7.9% |
| 155th | Bhutan | $630 | 2.1% |
| 156th | Uzbekistan | $621 | -17.8% |
| 157th | Gambia, The | $600 | -27.4% |
| 158th | Guinea-Bissau | $599 | -11.4% |
| 159th | Turkmenistan | $565 | 13.2% |
| 160th | Angola | $522 | -28.6% |
| 161st | Mongolia | $515 | -13.0% |
| 162nd | Azerbaijan | $506 | 23.0% |
| 163rd | Armenia | $505 | 2.5% |
| 164th | Lesotho | $502 | 0.5% |
| 165th | Kenya | $467 | -32.0% |
| 166th | Zambia | $466 | 15.2% |
| 167th | Togo | $448 | -16.2% |
| 168th | Pakistan | $438 | -47.8% |
| 169th | Haiti | $425 | -32.1% |
| 170th | India | $416 | 3.8% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | $383 | 2.0% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | $379 | -19.5% |
| 173rd | Ghana | $378 | -59.5% |
| 174th | Kyrgyz Republic | $376 | -5.1% |
| 175th | Sudan | $373 | 27.4% |
| 176th | Malawi | $367 | -28.3% |
| 177th | Tanzania | $364 | 36.4% |
| 178th | Viet Nam | $362 | -13.7% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | $349 | 1.4% |
| 180th | Benin | $345 | -32.3% |
| 181st | Lao PDR | $339 | -54.1% |
| 182nd | Mali | $321 | -2.3% |
| 183rd | Eritrea | $319 | 20.9% |
| 184th | Cambodia | $298 | -8.9% |
| 185th | Mozambique | $288 | 13.9% |
| 186th | Uganda | $287 | -28.5% |
| 187th | Madagascar | $284 | -22.9% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $280 | 18.1% |
| 189th | Central African Republic | $266 | -10.0% |
| 190th | Rwanda | $239 | -11.2% |
| 191st | Burkina Faso | $224 | -18.0% |
| 192nd | Niger | $221 | -9.6% |
| 193rd | Nepal | $212 | -13.1% |
| 194th | Chad | $201 | -38.1% |
| 195th | Sierra Leone | $200 | -60.6% |
| 196th | Burundi | $160 | -5.3% |
| 197th | Tajikistan | $150 | -18.2% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $132 | -82.4% |
| 199th | Liberia | $123 | 71.7% |
| 200th | Myanmar | $108 | -23.9% |
FAQ
What was China's gdp per capita in 1997?▾
China's gdp per capita in 1997 was $787. This ranked 144th globally.
How did China's gdp per capita change in 1997?▾
China's gdp per capita increased by 10.8% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1997?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 1997 at $88,582.
What is the gdp per capita of China in 1997?▾
The gdp per capita of China in 1997 was $787. This ranked 144th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for China's gdp per capita?▾
China's gdp per capita went from $713 in 1996 to $787 in 1997, a 10.8% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
China matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1997. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.7%. View full analysis →
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