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Malaysia - GDP per Capita 1972

Name: Malaysia GDP per Capita 1972
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GDP divided by midyear population · World Bank

$472 +$65 from 1971 Global rank: 76th

Malaysia's gdp per capita was $472 in 1972, increased +$65 from $407 in 1971. This was the 76th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

GDP per Capita by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	$16,187	21.4%
2nd	United States	$6,094	8.6%
3rd	Sweden	$6,018	17.4%
4th	Switzerland	$5,885	21.7%
5th	Liechtenstein	$5,645	16.3%
6th	Luxembourg	$5,487	23.7%
7th	Canada	$5,107	12.6%
8th	Andorra	$4,940	18.5%
9th	Kuwait	$4,836	7.8%
10th	Denmark	$4,654	21.0%
11th	Bermuda	$4,458	11.1%
12th	Norway	$4,414	18.1%
13th	New Caledonia	$4,226	16.9%
14th	Iceland	$4,155	23.5%
15th	Netherlands	$4,110	21.5%
16th	Australia	$3,955	13.0%
17th	Belgium	$3,832	24.3%
18th	Germany	$3,824	19.4%
19th	France	$3,809	21.4%
20th	United Arab Emirates	$3,675	31.0%
21st	Qatar	$3,483	18.0%
22nd	New Zealand	$3,295	18.8%
23rd	Nauru	$3,191	13.5%
24th	Finland	$3,178	17.0%
25th	Faroe Islands	$3,046	18.8%
26th	Japan	$3,031	30.6%
27th	United Kingdom	$3,030	14.4%
28th	Bahamas, The	$3,014	0.3%
29th	Israel	$2,930	27.5%
30th	Austria	$2,913	22.8%
31st	Libya	$2,830	15.9%
32nd	French Polynesia	$2,678	6.4%
33rd	Italy	$2,677	15.9%
34th	European Union	$2,540	19.8%
35th	Saudi Arabia	$2,474	28.3%
36th	Puerto Rico (US)	$2,246	9.9%
37th	Bahrain	$2,206	20.6%
38th	Greenland	$2,197	17.2%
39th	Ireland	$2,080	22.1%
40th	Brunei Darussalam	$1,905	33.0%
41st	Greece	$1,873	15.0%
42nd	Spain	$1,708	25.4%
43rd	Argentina	$1,409	2.7%
44th	Hong Kong SAR, China	$1,385	25.1%
45th	Portugal	$1,302	22.3%
46th	Singapore	$1,264	18.0%
47th	Chile	$1,185	7.8%
48th	Palau	$1,145	5.9%
49th	Trinidad and Tobago	$1,067	19.3%
50th	Panama	$1,046	6.8%
51st	South Africa	$1,038	1.8%
52nd	Malta	$976	11.6%
53rd	Jamaica	$971	20.0%
54th	Guinea	$948	14.9%
55th	Cuba	$892	15.8%
56th	Barbados	$856	14.2%
57th	Mexico	$837	11.9%
58th	Suriname	$785	2.2%
59th	Uruguay	$776	-22.4%
60th	Hungary	$710	16.9%
61st	Gabon	$693	10.5%
62nd	Peru	$647	8.0%
63rd	Costa Rica	$639	12.0%
64th	Brazil	$583	16.7%
65th	Fiji	$575	25.6%
66th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$555	21.3%
67th	Seychelles	$547	36.2%
68th	Türkiye	$537	24.7%
69th	Belize	$529	10.0%
70th	Oman	$524	18.5%
71st	Tuvalu	$522	9.1%
72nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	$521	17.4%
73rd	São Tomé and Principe	$511	8.8%
74th	Ecuador	$488	12.3%
75th	Zimbabwe	$483	19.2%
76th	Malaysia	$472	16.0%
77th	Algeria	$469	30.2%
78th	Jordan	$460	11.6%
79th	Syrian Arab Republic	$448	14.2%
80th	Samoa	$433	14.8%
81st	Dominican Republic	$427	16.0%
82nd	Marshall Islands	$416	6.5%
83rd	Tunisia	$415	29.5%
84th	Zambia	$410	10.1%
85th	Micronesia, Federated States of	$403	12.2%
86th	Colombia	$397	8.3%
87th	Guyana	$395	-0.1%
88th	Iraq	$394	2.8%
89th	Guinea-Bissau	$389	11.6%
90th	Mauritius	$374	24.8%
91st	Guatemala	$370	3.2%
92nd	Honduras	$353	4.3%
93rd	Senegal	$342	17.4%
94th	Nicaragua	$341	3.0%
95th	Mauritania	$335	13.3%
96th	El Salvador	$329	4.1%
97th	Korea	$328	7.8%
98th	Papua New Guinea	$327	16.8%
99th	Morocco	$317	13.6%
100th	Eswatini	$315	4.6%
101st	Côte d'Ivoire	$313	11.6%
102nd	Paraguay	$308	13.1%
103rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$291	7.5%
104th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$282	36.3%
105th	Congo, Republic of	$276	23.6%
106th	Botswana	$264	24.5%
107th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$262	12.2%
108th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$256	5.6%
109th	Kiribati	$256	21.6%
110th	Tanzania	$247	9.8%
111th	Liberia	$239	5.1%
112th	Philippines	$230	5.8%
113th	Ghana	$224	-15.0%
114th	Cameroon	$220	17.9%
115th	Solomon Islands	$220	-20.8%
116th	Thailand	$216	8.0%
117th	Bhutan	$212	2.3%
118th	Equatorial Guinea	$211	2.8%
119th	Nigeria	$209	30.5%
120th	Sri Lanka	$199	5.6%
121st	Togo	$199	13.9%
122nd	Maldives	$192	13.2%
123rd	Madagascar	$190	8.6%
124th	Kenya	$173	14.4%
125th	Sierra Leone	$165	8.9%
126th	Sudan	$155	5.2%
127th	Niger	$151	4.3%
128th	Chad	$150	14.1%
129th	Pakistan	$148	-14.1%
130th	Uganda	$137	2.6%
131st	China	$132	11.2%
132nd	Benin	$128	19.7%
133rd	India	$125	3.8%
134th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$114	25.7%
135th	Gambia, The	$107	3.1%
136th	Central African Republic	$105	12.1%
137th	Burkina Faso	$100	17.9%
138th	Indonesia	$90	14.7%
139th	Bangladesh	$88	-29.5%
140th	Nepal	$79	13.5%
141st	Haiti	$77	0.6%
142nd	Mali	$75	21.1%
143rd	Lesotho	$74	2.1%
144th	Burundi	$68	-2.4%
145th	Rwanda	$58	7.4%
146th	Myanmar	$23	10.3%

FAQ

What was Malaysia's gdp per capita in 1972?▾

Malaysia's gdp per capita in 1972 was $472. This ranked 76th globally.

How did Malaysia's gdp per capita change in 1972?▾

Malaysia's gdp per capita increased by 16.0% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1972?▾

Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 1972 at $16,187.

What is the gdp per capita of Malaysia in 1972?▾

The gdp per capita of Malaysia in 1972 was $472. This ranked 76th globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Malaysia's gdp per capita?▾

Malaysia's gdp per capita went from $407 in 1971 to $472 in 1972, a 16.0% increase.

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