Malaysia - GDP per Capita 1989
$2,244
+$30 from 1988
Malaysia's gdp per capita was $2,244 in 1989, increased +$30 from $2,100 in 1988. This was the 78th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1989▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $66,816 | -0.5% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $39,552 | -4.9% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | $31,309 | -4.5% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | $26,618 | 7.0% |
| 5th | Bermuda | $26,283 | 5.3% |
| 6th | Sweden | $25,625 | 5.3% |
| 7th | Japan | $25,266 | -0.9% |
| 8th | Norway | $24,281 | 0.6% |
| 9th | Finland | $23,969 | 8.3% |
| 10th | Iceland | $23,219 | -6.5% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | $23,167 | 21.7% |
| 12th | United States | $22,857 | 6.9% |
| 13th | Denmark | $21,882 | -2.9% |
| 14th | Canada | $20,795 | 9.2% |
| 15th | Brunei Darussalam | $20,090 | 31.5% |
| 16th | Faroe Islands | $18,181 | -11.1% |
| 17th | Australia | $17,858 | 9.9% |
| 18th | Germany | $17,829 | 7.6% |
| 19th | France | $17,547 | -0.6% |
| 20th | Netherlands | $17,423 | -3.1% |
| 21st | Austria | $17,401 | -0.8% |
| 22nd | Greenland | $16,814 | 2.5% |
| 23rd | Belgium | $16,525 | 3.2% |
| 24th | Italy | $16,424 | 3.7% |
| 25th | United Kingdom | $16,239 | -6.6% |
| 26th | Andorra | $15,715 | 7.6% |
| 27th | Qatar | $15,243 | 40.4% |
| 28th | French Polynesia | $13,683 | -1.9% |
| 29th | New Zealand | $13,312 | -2.5% |
| 30th | New Caledonia | $12,702 | 3.3% |
| 31st | European Union | $12,414 | 1.8% |
| 32nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | $12,098 | 14.9% |
| 33rd | Israel | $11,608 | 1.4% |
| 34th | Aruba | $11,507 | 14.4% |
| 35th | Bahamas, The | $11,291 | -42.6% |
| 36th | Ireland | $11,176 | 7.8% |
| 37th | Kuwait | $10,965 | 13.1% |
| 38th | Spain | $10,674 | 11.4% |
| 39th | Singapore | $10,395 | 11.4% |
| 40th | Saudi Arabia | $9,414 | 32.9% |
| 41st | Isle of Man | $9,111 | 3.9% |
| 42nd | Bahrain | $8,833 | -11.8% |
| 43rd | Macao SAR, China | $8,323 | 14.9% |
| 44th | Cyprus | $8,039 | -2.0% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | $8,033 | 6.0% |
| 46th | Barbados | $7,773 | 7.0% |
| 47th | Greece | $7,738 | 2.8% |
| 48th | Antigua and Barbuda | $7,188 | 6.4% |
| 49th | Portugal | $6,056 | 9.5% |
| 50th | Malta | $6,041 | 3.9% |
| 51st | Korea | $5,989 | 22.5% |
| 52nd | Libya | $5,793 | -3.2% |
| 53rd | Palau | $5,741 | 11.6% |
| 54th | Nauru | $5,723 | 14.2% |
| 55th | Oman | $5,591 | 11.8% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $4,723 | 20.8% |
| 57th | Seychelles | $4,689 | 13.6% |
| 58th | Gabon | $4,374 | -4.5% |
| 59th | Iraq | $3,791 | 2.3% |
| 60th | St. Lucia | $3,565 | 12.1% |
| 61st | Trinidad and Tobago | $3,482 | -8.3% |
| 62nd | Russian Federation | $3,430 | -9.2% |
| 63rd | Hungary | $2,902 | 1.9% |
| 64th | Brazil | $2,819 | 23.1% |
| 65th | Belize | $2,742 | 17.5% |
| 66th | Uruguay | $2,734 | -7.6% |
| 67th | South Africa | $2,727 | -7.7% |
| 68th | Mexico | $2,725 | 3.6% |
| 69th | Grenada | $2,697 | 12.0% |
| 70th | Dominica | $2,639 | 11.0% |
| 71st | Cuba | $2,566 | -2.5% |
| 72nd | Bulgaria | $2,477 | -67.0% |
| 73rd | Panama | $2,462 | 7.4% |
| 74th | Botswana | $2,428 | -0.5% |
| 75th | Argentina | $2,375 | -47.5% |
| 76th | Chile | $2,278 | 11.9% |
| 77th | Algeria | $2,247 | -3.4% |
| 78th | Malaysia | $2,244 | 1.3% |
| 79th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $2,125 | -71.0% |
| 80th | Mauritius | $2,103 | -1.4% |
| 81st | Namibia | $1,967 | -4.6% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | $1,949 | -17.1% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $1,930 | -7.0% |
| 84th | Jamaica | $1,865 | 32.4% |
| 85th | Georgia | $1,853 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Romania | $1,790 | -31.0% |
| 87th | Poland | $1,778 | -2.6% |
| 88th | Costa Rica | $1,725 | 8.0% |
| 89th | Mongolia | $1,684 | 9.1% |
| 90th | Marshall Islands | $1,670 | 0.0% |
| 91st | Ukraine | $1,593 | 10.3% |
| 92nd | Fiji | $1,543 | -7.7% |
| 93rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | $1,366 | 6.3% |
| 94th | Ecuador | $1,356 | 14.3% |
| 95th | Thailand | $1,342 | 15.6% |
| 96th | Suriname | $1,329 | -54.0% |
| 97th | Jordan | $1,260 | -37.5% |
| 98th | Colombia | $1,244 | -27.4% |
| 99th | Tunisia | $1,239 | -12.2% |
| 100th | Paraguay | $1,211 | -18.3% |
| 101st | Morocco | $1,091 | -8.6% |
| 102nd | Tonga | $1,070 | -11.8% |
| 103rd | Vanuatu | $1,067 | -2.3% |
| 104th | Peru | $1,045 | -33.0% |
| 105th | Congo, Republic of | $1,033 | -4.1% |
| 106th | Cameroon | $1,001 | -35.6% |
| 107th | Tuvalu | $976 | 18.6% |
| 108th | Guatemala | $958 | 10.9% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | $955 | -14.3% |
| 110th | Papua New Guinea | $934 | -40.3% |
| 111th | Angola | $908 | -21.1% |
| 112th | Honduras | $904 | -38.5% |
| 113th | Maldives | $870 | -3.1% |
| 114th | Senegal | $849 | -2.0% |
| 115th | Zimbabwe | $840 | 3.0% |
| 116th | Côte d'Ivoire | $833 | -39.7% |
| 117th | Eswatini | $832 | -35.2% |
| 118th | El Salvador | $825 | 56.6% |
| 119th | São Tomé and Principe | $821 | -8.1% |
| 120th | Turkmenistan | $821 | -2.9% |
| 121st | Sudan | $814 | 101.2% |
| 122nd | Syrian Arab Republic | $809 | -41.8% |
| 123rd | Philippines | $792 | 6.4% |
| 124th | Djibouti | $782 | -4.3% |
| 125th | Lebanon | $771 | -18.5% |
| 126th | Mauritania | $762 | 0.0% |
| 127th | Comoros | $759 | -8.0% |
| 128th | Samoa | $728 | -7.8% |
| 129th | Cabo Verde | $727 | -27.1% |
| 130th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $701 | -62.3% |
| 131st | Albania | $698 | -13.3% |
| 132nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $675 | -5.2% |
| 133rd | Uzbekistan | $598 | 8.6% |
| 134th | Guinea-Bissau | $578 | 42.5% |
| 135th | Guinea | $570 | -0.6% |
| 136th | Solomon Islands | $538 | -10.1% |
| 137th | Zambia | $526 | -9.0% |
| 138th | Indonesia | $524 | -15.7% |
| 139th | Kiribati | $515 | -7.8% |
| 140th | Guyana | $503 | -55.3% |
| 141st | Togo | $492 | -20.9% |
| 142nd | Nigeria | $465 | -13.7% |
| 143rd | Bhutan | $462 | -10.6% |
| 144th | Central African Republic | $443 | -13.2% |
| 145th | Sri Lanka | $430 | -14.3% |
| 146th | Haiti | $407 | 91.7% |
| 147th | Kenya | $374 | -50.7% |
| 148th | Pakistan | $358 | -42.4% |
| 149th | Ghana | $350 | -62.2% |
| 150th | India | $350 | -1.7% |
| 151st | Rwanda | $335 | -24.4% |
| 152nd | Mali | $314 | 19.7% |
| 153rd | Liberia | $312 | -26.4% |
| 154th | China | $311 | -15.5% |
| 155th | Uganda | $310 | -59.6% |
| 156th | Benin | $293 | -42.8% |
| 157th | Burkina Faso | $293 | -13.4% |
| 158th | Gambia, The | $281 | -59.6% |
| 159th | Lesotho | $279 | -2.4% |
| 160th | Madagascar | $271 | -8.8% |
| 161st | Niger | $271 | -36.3% |
| 162nd | Bangladesh | $263 | -26.0% |
| 163rd | Tanzania | $260 | -20.1% |
| 164th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $254 | -78.9% |
| 165th | Malawi | $252 | -28.9% |
| 166th | Nicaragua | $249 | -62.4% |
| 167th | Chad | $246 | -33.8% |
| 168th | Sierra Leone | $231 | -67.8% |
| 169th | Burundi | $204 | -18.8% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | $193 | -34.9% |
| 171st | Cambodia | $191 | 469.0% |
| 172nd | Nepal | $185 | -19.3% |
| 173rd | Mozambique | $172 | 4.1% |
| 174th | Lao PDR | $170 | -42.1% |
| 175th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $166 | 14.2% |
| 176th | Viet Nam | $98 | -78.9% |
| 177th | Myanmar | $51 | 28.6% |
FAQ
What was Malaysia's gdp per capita in 1989?▾
Malaysia's gdp per capita in 1989 was $2,244. This ranked 78th globally.
How did Malaysia's gdp per capita change in 1989?▾
Malaysia's gdp per capita increased by 1.3% in 1989 compared to 1988.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1989?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 1989 at $66,816.
What is the gdp per capita of Malaysia in 1989?▾
The gdp per capita of Malaysia in 1989 was $2,244. This ranked 78th globally.
How does 1989 compare to 1988 for Malaysia's gdp per capita?▾
Malaysia's gdp per capita went from $2,100 in 1988 to $2,244 in 1989, a 1.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malaysia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1989. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 9.5%. View full analysis →
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