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A country's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is the PPP value of all final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same year. This is similar to nominal GDP per capita but adjusted for the cost of living in each country.
GDP comparisons using PPP are arguably more useful than those using nominal GDP when assessing the domestic market of a state because PPP takes into account the relative cost of local goods, services and inflation rates of the country, rather than using international market exchange rates, which may distort the real differences in per capita ...
This is a list of countries by nominal GDP per capita. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living; [1] [2] however, this is inaccurate because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income. Measures of personal income include average wage, real income, median income, disposable income and GNI per capita.
This is an alphabetical list of countries by past and projected Gross Domestic Product per capita, based on the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) methodology, not on official exchange rates. Values are given in International Dollars .
On the whole, PPP per capita figures are less spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. [ 5 ] The rankings of national economies over time have changed considerably; the economy of the United States surpassed the British Empire's output around 1916, [ 6 ] which in turn had surpassed the economy of the Qing dynasty in aggregate output decades ...
Nominal GDP per capita (thousand US$) California: State United States: North America: 4,080 2024 [1] 38.9 105 Texas: State United States: North America: 2,695 2024 [1] 30.5 87 England: Constituent country United Kingdom: Europe: 2,674 2022 [2] 57.1 47 New York: State United States: North America: 2,284 2024 [1] 19.6 117 Guangdong: Province ...
Evolution of the GDP per capita for selected European countries between 1830 and 1890, according to Bairoch. The following estimates were made by the economic historian Paul Bairoch. [24] Unlike other estimates on this page, the GNP (PPP) per capita is given here in 1960 US dollars. Unlike Maddison, Bairoch allows for the fluctuation of borders ...
This is a list of North American nations by GDP per capita. All figures are based on the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita, i.e., the purchasing power parity (PPP) value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given year, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same year. [1]