China vs Japan: GDP per capita Comparison

Compare the same 2024 observation in current US$, then explore both economies' history. This is average output per person, not a person's salary or household income. It does not describe income distribution, and exchange rates affect country comparisons.

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GDP per capita comparison in 2024, using current US$
Economy	GDP per capita (current US$)	Year	Rank among reporting economies
China	$13,293	2024	84 / 201
Japan	$33,797	2024	44 / 201

China reports $13,293 and Japan reports $33,797 in 2024. The difference (China minus Japan) is $-20,504 current US$. Both ranks use the same 201 reporting economies.

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GDP per capita · current US$

$216$1.31K$7.89K$47.66K$288K

Not reported

Logarithmic colour scale · 17 without data

198520242025Year Speed

World Bank WDI + Taiwan patch · Snapshot retrieved 6 Oct 2026 · Exact-year observations

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Country rankings · 2024

201 reporting economies; 17 without data. Ranks use the selected indicator and year.

218 economies shown

GDP per capita rankings for 2024; missing values appear last. All money values use the stated unit.
Rank	Economy		Populationpeople	GDP growthannual %	Inflationannual %
1	Monaco	$288K	38.63K	8.51%	Not reported
2	Liechtenstein	$220.17K	40.45K	Not reported	Not reported
3	Bermuda	$142.25K	64.64K	1.89%	Not reported
4	Luxembourg	$137.78K	677.01K	0.36%	2.05%
5	Ireland	$112.9K	5.4M	2.60%	2.11%
6	Switzerland	$107.7K	9.01M	1.39%	1.06%
7	Cayman Islands	$104.29K	74.46K	3.76%	Not reported
8	Singapore	$94.9K	6.04M	5.34%	2.39%
9	Norway	$89.89K	5.57M	1.42%	3.15%
10	United States	$86.17K	340M	2.79%	2.95%
11	Iceland	$85.86K	386.51K	-1.28%	5.86%
12	Qatar	$75.69K	2.86M	3.11%	1.27%
13	Faroe Islands	$74.18K	54.64K	0.84%	Not reported
14	Macao	$72.01K	687K	7.85%	0.67%
15	Denmark	$71.03K	5.98M	3.48%	1.37%
16	Netherlands	$67.47K	17.99M	1.07%	3.35%
17	Australia	$64.61K	27.19M	1.37%	3.17%
18	Austria	$58.27K	9.18M	-0.66%	2.94%
19	Sweden	$57.22K	10.57M	1.02%	2.84%
20	Belgium	$56.58K	11.86M	1.10%	3.14%
21	Germany	$56.1K	83.52M	-0.50%	2.26%
22	Canada	$55.02K	41.26M	2.05%	2.38%
23	Hong Kong	$54.28K	7.52M	2.63%	1.73%
24	Israel	$54.22K	10M	0.95%	3.07%
25	United Kingdom	$53.34K	69.28M	1.08%	3.27%
26	Finland	$53.16K	5.62M	0.37%	1.57%
27	United Arab Emirates	$50.27K	10.99M	3.99%	1.66%
28	New Zealand	$49.43K	5.29M	-0.87%	2.92%
29	Andorra	$49.36K	81.94K	3.85%	Not reported
30	France	$46.1K	68.55M	1.19%	2.00%
31	Malta	$44.02K	568.85K	6.21%	1.65%
32	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	$41.47K	43.35K	3.00%	Not reported
33	Italy	$40.43K	58.95M	0.78%	0.98%
34	Bahamas	$39.46K	401.28K	3.38%	0.41%
35	Puerto Rico (US)	$39.35K	3.2M	3.18%	Not reported
36	Cyprus	$38.67K	1.36M	3.94%	1.80%
37	Aruba	$38.59K	108K	6.81%	Not reported
38	Turks and Caicos Islands	$37.51K	46.54K	5.64%	Not reported
39	South Korea	$36.24K	51.75M	2.00%	2.32%
40	Saudi Arabia	$35.53K	35.3M	2.65%	1.69%
41	Spain	$35.33K	48.85M	3.46%	2.75%
42	Slovenia	$34.3K	2.13M	1.73%	1.97%
43	Taiwan	$34.25K	23.4M	5.30%	2.20%
44	Japan	$33.8K	123.98M	-0.24%	2.74%
45	Brunei Darussalam	$33.15K	462.72K	4.05%	-0.39%
46	Kuwait	$32.86K	4.9M	-1.47%	2.90%
47	Czechia	$31.83K	10.91M	1.25%	2.44%
48	Estonia	$31.43K	1.37M	-0.09%	3.52%
49	Bahrain	$29.72K	1.59M	2.90%	0.92%
50	Guyana	$29.68K	831.09K	43.82%	2.90%
51	Lithuania	$29.6K	2.89M	3.03%	0.72%
52	Portugal	$29.33K	10.69M	2.21%	2.42%
53	New Caledonia	$29.21K	292.64K	-13.50%	Not reported
54	Barbados	$26.9K	282.47K	3.37%	1.45%
55	Slovak Republic	$25.99K	5.42M	1.94%	2.76%
56	Poland	$25.1K	36.56M	3.03%	3.79%
57	Greece	$24.63K	10.41M	2.09%	2.74%
58	Uruguay	$24.31K	3.39M	3.33%	4.85%
59	Croatia	$24.05K	3.87M	3.83%	2.97%
60	St. Kitts and Nevis	$23.96K	46.84K	0.31%	Not reported
61	Latvia	$23.58K	1.87M	-0.04%	1.27%
62	Hungary	$23.31K	9.56M	0.71%	3.70%
63	Antigua and Barbuda	$23.06K	93.77K	2.54%	6.20%
64	Curacao	$22.83K	155.97K	5.03%	Not reported
65	French Polynesia	$22.44K	281.81K	1.13%	Not reported
66	Oman	$20.29K	5.28M	1.63%	0.59%
67	Romania	$20.08K	19.05M	0.92%	5.72%
68	Panama	$19.16K	4.52M	2.75%	0.69%
69	Costa Rica	$18.85K	5.13M	4.08%	-0.41%
70	Trinidad and Tobago	$18.73K	1.37M	2.51%	0.53%
71	Seychelles	$18.37K	121.35K	3.35%	0.31%
72	Palau	$18.17K	17.7K	12.01%	2.23%
73	Bulgaria	$17.6K	6.44M	3.39%	2.45%
74	Chile	$16.66K	19.76M	2.81%	4.30%
75	Turkiye	$15.89K	85.52M	3.33%	58.51%
76	Russian Federation	$14.96K	143.67M	4.92%	8.43%
77	St. Lucia	$14.49K	179.74K	4.77%	-0.67%
78	Kazakhstan	$14.16K	20.59M	5.00%	8.69%
79	Nauru	$14.05K	11.95K	1.45%	Not reported
80	Mexico	$13.99K	130.86M	1.35%	4.72%
81	Argentina	$13.97K	45.7M	-1.34%	219.88%
82	Serbia	$13.68K	6.59M	3.95%	4.67%
83	Maldives	$13.38K	527.8K	3.49%	1.41%
84	China	$13.29K	1.41B	4.96%	0.22%
85	Montenegro	$13.27K	623.53K	3.16%	3.34%
86	Mauritius	$11.99K	1.25M	4.95%	3.60%
87	Malaysia	$11.87K	35.56M	5.11%	1.83%
88	Grenada	$11.53K	117.21K	2.40%	1.09%
89	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$11.5K	100.62K	4.06%	3.63%
90	Albania	$11.37K	2.38M	4.05%	2.22%
91	Dominican Republic	$10.88K	11.43M	4.95%	3.30%
92	Dominica	$10.41K	66.21K	2.05%	2.74%
93	Brazil	$10.31K	212M	3.42%	4.37%
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$9.4K	3.16M	3.23%	Not reported
95	North Macedonia	$9.29K	1.82M	2.99%	3.49%
96	Georgia	$8.97K	3.81M	9.68%	1.11%
97	Belarus	$8.61K	9.13M	4.35%	5.79%
98	Armenia	$8.56K	3.03M	5.90%	0.27%
99	Peru	$8.53K	34.22M	3.52%	2.01%
100	Gabon	$8.23K	2.54M	3.39%	1.17%
101	Colombia	$7.95K	52.89M	1.49%	6.61%
102	Jamaica	$7.75K	2.84M	-0.54%	5.41%
103	Belize	$7.68K	417.07K	3.50%	3.29%
104	Botswana	$7.65K	2.52M	-2.78%	2.82%
105	Marshall Islands	$7.59K	37.55K	3.30%	Not reported
106	Moldova	$7.58K	2.4M	0.27%	4.68%
107	Thailand	$7.39K	71.67M	2.95%	0.40%
108	Azerbaijan	$7.3K	10.2M	4.16%	2.21%
109	Kosovo	$7.03K	1.59M	4.57%	1.62%
110	Equatorial Guinea	$7K	1.89M	0.40%	2.92%
111	Suriname	$6.96K	634.43K	1.72%	16.23%
112	Ecuador	$6.83K	18.14M	-1.94%	1.55%
113	Mongolia	$6.75K	3.52M	5.12%	6.20%
114	Libya	$6.57K	7.38M	1.90%	2.13%
115	Paraguay	$6.46K	6.93M	4.67%	3.84%
116	Fiji	$6.43K	928.78K	3.53%	3.89%
117	South Africa	$6.27K	64.01M	0.53%	4.36%
118	Tonga	$6.22K	104.18K	1.72%	3.18%
119	Guatemala	$6.15K	18.41M	3.72%	2.87%
120	Iraq	$6.07K	46.04M	-1.55%	2.61%
121	Turkmenistan	$5.9K	7.49M	6.28%	Not reported
122	Tuvalu	$5.88K	9.65K	3.39%	Not reported
123	Algeria	$5.75K	46.81M	3.70%	4.05%
124	El Salvador	$5.5K	6.34M	2.59%	0.85%
125	Samoa	$5.39K	218.02K	4.75%	2.17%
126	Ukraine	$5.39K	37.86M	3.25%	6.50%
127	Iran	$5.19K	91.57M	3.66%	32.46%
128	Cabo Verde	$5.17K	524.88K	6.99%	1.05%
129	Jordan	$5.07K	11.55M	2.56%	1.56%
130	Indonesia	$4.93K	283.49M	5.03%	2.18%
131	Viet Nam	$4.72K	100.99M	7.04%	3.62%
132	Sri Lanka	$4.55K	21.92M	4.99%	-0.43%
133	Namibia	$4.5K	3.03M	3.78%	4.24%
134	Lebanon	$4.47K	5.81M	-7.08%	45.24%
135	Bolivia	$4.42K	12.41M	-1.12%	5.10%
136	Micronesia	$4.25K	113.16K	2.30%	Not reported
137	Venezuela	$4.24K	28.41M	5.52%	Not reported
138	Bhutan	$4.23K	791.52K	7.50%	2.76%
139	Tunisia	$4.19K	12.28M	1.61%	7.21%
140	Morocco	$4.15K	38.08M	3.79%	0.99%
141	Philippines	$3.99K	115.84M	5.71%	3.21%
142	Vanuatu	$3.96K	327.78K	3.77%	1.14%
143	Eswatini	$3.91K	1.24M	3.03%	Not reported
144	Djibouti	$3.55K	1.17M	6.98%	2.11%
145	Sao Tome and Principe	$3.5K	235.54K	1.48%	14.35%
146	Honduras	$3.42K	10.83M	3.63%	4.61%
147	Egypt	$3.34K	116.54M	2.40%	28.27%
148	Uzbekistan	$3.34K	36.36M	6.68%	9.63%
149	West Bank and Gaza	$3.03K	5.29M	-22.86%	53.67%
150	Papua New Guinea	$2.91K	10.58M	3.89%	0.60%
151	Nicaragua	$2.85K	6.92M	3.58%	4.62%
152	Côte d’Ivoire	$2.73K	31.93M	6.02%	3.45%
153	Angola	$2.72K	37.89M	4.95%	28.24%
154	Cambodia	$2.63K	17.64M	6.02%	0.81%
155	Bangladesh	$2.59K	173.56M	4.22%	10.47%
156	India	$2.59K	1.45B	7.10%	4.95%
157	Kiribati	$2.55K	134.52K	4.70%	2.46%
158	Kyrgyz Republic	$2.52K	7.22M	11.54%	5.00%
159	Zimbabwe	$2.5K	16.63M	1.68%	Not reported
160	Republic of the Congo	$2.48K	6.33M	2.10%	3.09%
161	Ghana	$2.42K	34.43M	5.85%	22.85%
162	Kenya	$2.13K	56.43M	4.66%	4.49%
163	Lao PDR	$2.12K	7.77M	4.13%	23.13%
164	Mauritania	$2.11K	5.17M	6.31%	2.49%
165	Haiti	$2.06K	11.77M	-4.18%	26.95%
166	Solomon Islands	$1.93K	819.2K	3.00%	4.32%
167	Comoros	$1.86K	866.63K	3.30%	5.05%
168	Cameroon	$1.83K	29.12M	3.52%	4.53%
169	Senegal	$1.74K	18.5M	6.46%	0.80%
170	Guinea	$1.7K	14.75M	5.35%	8.12%
171	Benin	$1.49K	14.46M	7.45%	1.16%
172	Pakistan	$1.48K	251.27M	3.08%	12.63%
173	Nepal	$1.46K	29.65M	3.68%	4.69%
174	Tajikistan	$1.36K	10.59M	8.40%	Not reported
175	Myanmar	$1.36K	54.5M	-0.97%	Not reported
176	Timor-Leste	$1.33K	1.4M	-9.10%	2.06%
177	Togo	$1.27K	8.41M	6.53%	2.86%
178	Tanzania	$1.19K	68.56M	5.53%	3.06%
179	Zambia	$1.19K	21.31M	3.82%	14.99%
180	Ethiopia	$1.13K	132.06M	7.61%	21.04%
181	Mali	$1.09K	24.48M	5.02%	3.21%
182	Nigeria	$1.08K	232.68M	4.07%	33.24%
183	Uganda	$1.08K	50.02M	6.06%	3.32%
184	Rwanda	$1.06K	14.26M	7.23%	1.77%
185	Lesotho	$1.02K	2.34M	5.23%	6.11%
186	Guinea-Bissau	$998	2.2M	4.41%	3.77%
187	Sudan	$985	50.45M	-13.96%	Not reported
188	Burkina Faso	$982	23.55M	4.83%	4.19%
189	Chad	$981	20.3M	4.95%	8.90%
190	Gambia	$871	2.76M	5.55%	11.56%
191	Liberia	$851	5.61M	4.02%	8.21%
192	Sierra Leone	$807	8.64M	4.29%	28.63%
193	Niger	$730	27.03M	8.32%	9.07%
194	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$693	109.28M	6.10%	Not reported
195	Mozambique	$657	34.63M	2.15%	4.08%
196	Somalia	$630	19.01M	4.11%	Not reported
197	Madagascar	$550	31.96M	4.32%	7.61%
198	Malawi	$522	21.66M	1.67%	32.18%
199	Central African Republic	$516	5.33M	1.50%	1.48%
200	Afghanistan	$417	42.65M	1.87%	-6.60%
201	Burundi	$216	14.05M	4.11%	20.21%
—	American Samoa	Not reported	46.77K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Channel Islands	Not reported	168.13K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Cuba	Not reported	10.98M	-1.06%	Not reported
—	Eritrea	Not reported	3.54M	Not reported	Not reported
—	Gibraltar	Not reported	39.33K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Greenland	Not reported	56.84K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Guam	Not reported	167.78K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Isle of Man	Not reported	84.16K	Not reported	Not reported
—	St. Martin (French part)	Not reported	26.13K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Northern Mariana Islands	Not reported	44.28K	Not reported	Not reported
—	North Korea	Not reported	26.5M	Not reported	Not reported
—	San Marino	Not reported	33.98K	Not reported	1.24%
—	South Sudan	Not reported	11.94M	Not reported	91.44%
—	Syrian Arab Republic	Not reported	24.67M	Not reported	Not reported
—	British Virgin Islands	Not reported	39.47K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Not reported	104.38K	Not reported	Not reported
—	Yemen	Not reported	40.58M	Not reported	Not reported

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GDP per capita divides economic output by population, expressed in current US dollars per person. This is average output per person, not a person's salary or household income. It does not describe income distribution, and exchange rates affect country comparisons.

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