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New Zealand - GDP per Capita 1981

Name: New Zealand GDP per Capita 1981
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GDP divided by midyear population · World Bank

$7,814 +$559 from 1980 Global rank: 31st

New Zealand's gdp per capita was $7,814 in 1981, increased +$559 from $7,467 in 1980. This was the 31st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1981▾

GDP per Capita by Country - 1981
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Brunei Darussalam	$48,793	-15.9%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	$44,854	8.6%
3rd	Monaco	$44,157	-13.1%
4th	Qatar	$29,505	8.3%
5th	Saudi Arabia	$28,703	46.9%
6th	Liechtenstein	$19,929	-4.9%
7th	Switzerland	$17,665	-9.1%
8th	Kuwait	$15,825	-16.8%
9th	Iceland	$15,666	3.6%
10th	Sweden	$15,564	-7.6%
11th	Norway	$15,513	-1.5%
12th	United States	$13,976	11.3%
13th	Luxembourg	$13,837	-21.7%
14th	Bermuda	$13,688	19.8%
15th	Canada	$12,379	9.7%
16th	Denmark	$12,000	-13.2%
17th	Australia	$11,871	7.8%
18th	Netherlands	$11,537	-16.2%
19th	France	$10,956	-13.2%
20th	Finland	$10,925	-3.0%
21st	Belgium	$10,623	-15.2%
22nd	Japan	$10,583	9.4%
23rd	Bahrain	$10,557	-0.6%
24th	Andorra	$10,465	-16.1%
25th	Faroe Islands	$10,458	-8.6%
26th	Germany	$10,246	-8.1%
27th	Libya	$10,044	-25.3%
28th	United Kingdom	$9,599	-10.6%
29th	Austria	$9,348	-12.4%
30th	Greenland	$8,544	-9.9%
31st	New Zealand	$7,814	7.7%
32nd	French Polynesia	$7,645	-9.4%
33rd	Italy	$7,640	-10.2%
34th	European Union	$7,054	-13.1%
35th	Oman	$6,866	28.1%
36th	Israel	$6,795	6.4%
37th	Nauru	$6,594	7.4%
38th	New Caledonia	$6,422	-18.6%
39th	Trinidad and Tobago	$6,160	5.3%
40th	Bahamas, The	$6,029	-51.0%
41st	Hong Kong SAR, China	$5,991	5.0%
42nd	Ireland	$5,986	-4.3%
43rd	Singapore	$5,597	11.8%
44th	Spain	$5,367	-12.3%
45th	Greece	$5,305	-9.6%
46th	Gabon	$5,026	-17.5%
47th	Puerto Rico (US)	$4,921	9.2%
48th	Barbados	$4,417	6.3%
49th	Cyprus	$4,033	-11.3%
50th	Malta	$3,898	-1.3%
51st	Mexico	$3,829	7.6%
52nd	Uruguay	$3,728	-10.3%
53rd	Portugal	$3,246	-2.8%
54th	South Africa	$3,050	-0.8%
55th	Chile	$3,012	15.9%
56th	Argentina	$2,764	-66.9%
57th	Iraq	$2,700	-30.2%
58th	Palau	$2,639	8.9%
59th	Panama	$2,605	21.3%
60th	Ecuador	$2,601	29.1%
61st	Seychelles	$2,557	9.8%
62nd	Romania	$2,450	19.4%
63rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$2,393	-19.6%
64th	Suriname	$2,368	11.8%
65th	Antigua and Barbuda	$2,310	19.4%
66th	Algeria	$2,307	-6.3%
67th	Namibia	$2,267	-8.1%
68th	Bulgaria	$2,235	-47.9%
69th	Hungary	$2,213	2.5%
70th	Nigeria	$2,162	148.4%
71st	Brazil	$2,080	69.1%
72nd	Cuba	$2,046	0.7%
73rd	Korea	$1,918	10.0%
74th	St. Kitts and Nevis	$1,894	42.1%
75th	Jordan	$1,885	6.3%
76th	Fiji	$1,879	-8.6%
77th	Guinea	$1,876	-2.9%
78th	Malaysia	$1,866	-3.2%
79th	Paraguay	$1,793	30.7%
80th	Belize	$1,753	15.0%
81st	Syrian Arab Republic	$1,676	17.9%
82nd	St. Lucia	$1,605	13.7%
83rd	Türkiye	$1,537	-28.5%
84th	Poland	$1,503	-6.1%
85th	Jamaica	$1,370	10.0%
86th	Colombia	$1,362	-19.0%
87th	Mongolia	$1,325	7.3%
88th	Dominican Republic	$1,288	-16.0%
89th	Lebanon	$1,269	-6.4%
90th	Tunisia	$1,247	-15.9%
91st	Grenada	$1,230	-1.3%
92nd	Guatemala	$1,216	10.7%
93rd	Peru	$1,216	5.7%
94th	Mauritius	$1,181	-8.1%
95th	Dominica	$1,125	12.9%
96th	Botswana	$1,107	-9.2%
97th	Zimbabwe	$1,069	12.6%
98th	Costa Rica	$1,068	-49.4%
99th	Congo, Republic of	$1,066	-15.9%
100th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$1,001	43.9%
101st	Côte d'Ivoire	$986	-44.2%
102nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$972	7.7%
103rd	Marshall Islands	$969	11.6%
104th	Vanuatu	$962	-8.7%
105th	Micronesia, Federated States of	$958	15.6%
106th	Eswatini	$925	-28.3%
107th	Honduras	$912	-15.6%
108th	Morocco	$884	-27.8%
109th	São Tomé and Principe	$830	10.5%
110th	Philippines	$821	6.0%
111th	Solomon Islands	$786	-0.9%
112th	Papua New Guinea	$781	-43.4%
113th	El Salvador	$752	-6.2%
114th	Cameroon	$750	-28.3%
115th	Thailand	$748	6.0%
116th	Nicaragua	$740	12.2%
117th	Guyana	$735	-33.3%
118th	Mauritania	$729	2.5%
119th	Samoa	$713	-6.8%
120th	Tanzania	$684	13.4%
121st	Senegal	$683	-11.1%
122nd	Zambia	$670	-12.4%
123rd	Albania	$663	-8.9%
124th	Angola	$658	-37.7%
125th	Tonga	$636	-17.5%
126th	Tuvalu	$634	11.1%
127th	Comoros	$613	-15.1%
128th	Kiribati	$568	0.0%
129th	Indonesia	$561	-16.7%
130th	Madagascar	$513	-14.4%
131st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$490	-15.5%
132nd	Sudan	$484	-0.6%
133rd	Guinea-Bissau	$477	29.0%
134th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$456	-83.3%
135th	Togo	$451	-31.7%
136th	Liberia	$426	-3.8%
137th	Cabo Verde	$425	-25.3%
138th	Kenya	$413	-51.7%
139th	Ghana	$344	-89.4%
140th	Niger	$343	-43.7%
141st	Lao PDR	$335	-42.7%
142nd	Sierra Leone	$334	-56.3%
143rd	Pakistan	$328	-31.6%
144th	Benin	$320	-46.4%
145th	Viet Nam	$319	-51.2%
146th	Bhutan	$311	-1.0%
147th	Mozambique	$301	-24.2%
148th	Lesotho	$300	-1.1%
149th	Gambia, The	$296	-70.6%
150th	Sri Lanka	$292	-12.4%
151st	Mali	$290	7.7%
152nd	Central African Republic	$280	-13.5%
153rd	Malawi	$276	-40.0%
154th	India	$275	1.5%
155th	Maldives	$264	-36.0%
156th	Haiti	$258	-42.3%
157th	Rwanda	$255	-13.1%
158th	Burkina Faso	$249	-26.4%
159th	Bangladesh	$224	-27.9%
160th	Burundi	$212	-23.1%
161st	China	$197	-35.8%
162nd	Chad	$194	-8.6%
163rd	Cambodia	$154	7.8%
164th	Nepal	$143	-1.4%
165th	Equatorial Guinea	$121	-1.8%
166th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$117	15.2%
167th	Uganda	$99	-85.2%
168th	Myanmar	$33	5.0%

FAQ

What was New Zealand's gdp per capita in 1981?▾

New Zealand's gdp per capita in 1981 was $7,814. This ranked 31st globally.

How did New Zealand's gdp per capita change in 1981?▾

New Zealand's gdp per capita increased by 7.7% in 1981 compared to 1980.

Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1981?▾

Brunei Darussalam had the highest gdp per capita in 1981 at $48,793.

What is the gdp per capita of New Zealand in 1981?▾

The gdp per capita of New Zealand in 1981 was $7,814. This ranked 31st globally.

How does 1981 compare to 1980 for New Zealand's gdp per capita?▾

New Zealand's gdp per capita went from $7,467 in 1980 to $7,814 in 1981, a 7.7% increase.

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