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Saudi Arabia - GDP per Capita 1978

Name: Saudi Arabia GDP per Capita 1978
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GDP divided by midyear population · World Bank

$14,914 +$319 from 1977 Global rank: 7th

Saudi Arabia's gdp per capita was $14,914 in 1978, increased +$319 from $14,595 in 1977. This was the 7th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1978▾

GDP per Capita by Country - 1978
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	$37,608	21.8%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	$29,379	-16.1%
3rd	Brunei Darussalam	$23,447	7.8%
4th	Liechtenstein	$17,457	40.6%
5th	Qatar	$16,757	4.4%
6th	Switzerland	$16,282	39.8%
7th	Saudi Arabia	$14,914	2.2%
8th	Luxembourg	$13,034	24.3%
9th	Sweden	$12,602	10.2%
10th	Denmark	$11,818	21.0%
11th	Iceland	$11,630	12.8%
12th	Kuwait	$11,567	2.9%
13th	Norway	$11,463	11.7%
14th	Netherlands	$11,196	22.0%
15th	United States	$10,565	11.8%
16th	Belgium	$10,290	22.1%
17th	Germany	$9,517	23.4%
18th	Faroe Islands	$9,479	13.0%
19th	Andorra	$9,410	15.2%
20th	France	$9,167	22.9%
21st	Canada	$9,154	2.3%
22nd	Japan	$9,012	39.2%
23rd	Bermuda	$8,905	6.2%
24th	Australia	$8,264	6.1%
25th	Austria	$8,173	20.5%
26th	Finland	$7,629	7.9%
27th	Libya	$7,252	-6.8%
28th	Greenland	$7,236	26.6%
29th	Bahrain	$6,926	8.9%
30th	French Polynesia	$6,849	22.9%
31st	European Union	$6,058	21.2%
32nd	United Kingdom	$5,977	27.7%
33rd	New Zealand	$5,937	19.9%
34th	New Caledonia	$5,779	-0.2%
35th	Nauru	$5,721	1.3%
36th	Italy	$5,623	21.9%
37th	Israel	$4,797	-5.1%
38th	Greece	$4,629	20.8%
39th	Ireland	$4,400	28.4%
40th	Spain	$4,353	20.1%
41st	Hong Kong SAR, China	$3,924	14.4%
42nd	Bahamas, The	$3,720	14.3%
43rd	Puerto Rico (US)	$3,568	11.2%
44th	Gabon	$3,360	-17.0%
45th	Argentina	$3,282	54.3%
46th	Trinidad and Tobago	$3,258	12.1%
47th	Singapore	$3,194	12.2%
48th	Oman	$3,044	-5.0%
49th	Malta	$2,559	25.6%
50th	Portugal	$2,457	8.4%
51st	Barbados	$2,198	11.7%
52nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$2,101	-6.3%
53rd	Palau	$1,972	10.7%
54th	Cyprus	$1,929	30.7%
55th	Suriname	$1,928	15.7%
56th	Iraq	$1,863	15.8%
57th	South Africa	$1,852	10.8%
58th	Cuba	$1,837	24.8%
59th	Panama	$1,738	15.6%
60th	Brazil	$1,733	10.9%
61st	Uruguay	$1,678	18.7%
62nd	Guinea	$1,658	15.1%
63rd	Hungary	$1,618	16.5%
64th	Mexico	$1,604	22.0%
65th	Costa Rica	$1,556	11.7%
66th	Ecuador	$1,541	5.2%
67th	Türkiye	$1,510	10.1%
68th	Algeria	$1,506	22.2%
69th	Chile	$1,465	13.0%
70th	Korea	$1,429	33.2%
71st	Seychelles	$1,377	31.8%
72nd	Antigua and Barbuda	$1,375	13.3%
73rd	Fiji	$1,355	12.6%
74th	Malaysia	$1,327	21.5%
75th	Jamaica	$1,262	-19.6%
76th	Jordan	$1,249	20.3%
77th	St. Kitts and Nevis	$1,144	11.5%
78th	Syrian Arab Republic	$1,108	16.5%
79th	Mauritius	$1,102	21.7%
80th	Côte d'Ivoire	$1,039	21.4%
81st	Belize	$983	13.5%
82nd	Tunisia	$946	14.0%
83rd	Colombia	$932	16.8%
84th	Guatemala	$925	8.1%
85th	Grenada	$917	24.5%
86th	Paraguay	$883	19.3%
87th	Dominican Republic	$868	0.6%
88th	Dominica	$786	24.0%
89th	Marshall Islands	$771	6.4%
90th	Peru	$756	-16.2%
91st	Micronesia, Federated States of	$738	10.3%
92nd	Morocco	$713	16.7%
93rd	El Salvador	$712	4.1%
94th	Botswana	$695	23.1%
95th	Nicaragua	$691	-7.2%
96th	Honduras	$683	22.1%
97th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$683	13.8%
98th	Samoa	$671	9.0%
99th	Zimbabwe	$665	-1.7%
100th	Guyana	$663	11.8%
101st	Papua New Guinea	$648	16.2%
102nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$615	20.7%
103rd	Kiribati	$611	17.5%
104th	Eswatini	$610	8.4%
105th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$592	22.4%
106th	Senegal	$589	9.1%
107th	São Tomé and Principe	$587	8.9%
108th	Cameroon	$582	33.7%
109th	Mauritania	$578	-2.1%
110th	Philippines	$565	12.6%
111th	Thailand	$548	18.8%
112th	Tuvalu	$546	-0.5%
113th	Tanzania	$530	15.6%
114th	Nigeria	$527	-1.7%
115th	Zambia	$514	8.4%
116th	Congo, Republic of	$503	12.2%
117th	Solomon Islands	$500	15.1%
118th	Tonga	$428	21.2%
119th	Togo	$421	3.5%
120th	Sudan	$410	4.5%
121st	Guinea-Bissau	$403	0.0%
122nd	Liberia	$394	3.5%
123rd	Indonesia	$362	9.6%
124th	Kenya	$355	14.0%
125th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$355	0.4%
126th	Ghana	$326	11.4%
127th	Madagascar	$315	9.8%
128th	Niger	$307	33.5%
129th	Sierra Leone	$305	36.2%
130th	Gambia, The	$258	20.5%
131st	Central African Republic	$255	19.1%
132nd	Chad	$253	16.9%
133rd	Benin	$250	20.7%
134th	Pakistan	$233	14.0%
135th	Bhutan	$232	-7.1%
136th	Burkina Faso	$224	27.2%
137th	India	$209	10.4%
138th	Lesotho	$201	34.0%
139th	Sri Lanka	$191	-34.6%
140th	Uganda	$191	-19.7%
141st	Haiti	$180	0.9%
142nd	Rwanda	$180	17.8%
143rd	Mali	$169	14.2%
144th	Bangladesh	$158	34.3%
145th	China	$157	-15.7%
146th	Maldives	$156	13.7%
147th	Burundi	$149	8.3%
148th	Cambodia	$147	16.4%
149th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$117	5.5%
150th	Nepal	$108	13.4%
151st	Myanmar	$29	5.0%

FAQ

What was Saudi Arabia's gdp per capita in 1978?▾

Saudi Arabia's gdp per capita in 1978 was $14,914. This ranked 7th globally.

How did Saudi Arabia's gdp per capita change in 1978?▾

Saudi Arabia's gdp per capita increased by 2.2% in 1978 compared to 1977.

Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1978?▾

Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 1978 at $37,608.

What is the gdp per capita of Saudi Arabia in 1978?▾

The gdp per capita of Saudi Arabia in 1978 was $14,914. This ranked 7th globally.

How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Saudi Arabia's gdp per capita?▾

Saudi Arabia's gdp per capita went from $14,595 in 1977 to $14,914 in 1978, a 2.2% increase.

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