GDP per capita, long-run history: compare countries

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GDP per capita, long-run history by country

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices)

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

GDP per capita, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	41,092	44,576	32,088
Dec 31, 2000	43,251	45,886	33,367
Dec 31, 2001	44,399	45,878	34,260
Dec 31, 2002	44,934	46,266	34,591
Dec 31, 2003	45,442	47,158	34,716
Dec 31, 2004	47,264	48,493	35,529
Dec 31, 2005	49,274	49,655	36,206
Dec 31, 2006	51,863	50,490	38,014
Dec 31, 2007	54,510	50,902	39,752
Dec 31, 2008	56,055	50,276	40,715
Dec 31, 2009	55,172	48,453	38,963
Dec 31, 2010	57,219	49,267	41,110
Dec 31, 2011	58,686	49,675	43,189
Dec 31, 2012	58,751	50,436	43,288
Dec 31, 2013	59,120	51,011	43,359
Dec 31, 2014	59,776	51,797	44,133
Dec 31, 2015	60,071	52,808	44,405
Dec 31, 2016	60,648	53,301	45,030
Dec 31, 2017	60,903	54,152	46,065
Dec 31, 2018	62,185	55,455	46,377
Dec 31, 2019	62,449	56,469	46,762
Dec 31, 2020	60,521	54,379	44,996
Dec 31, 2021	62,595	57,523	46,159
Dec 31, 2022	63,323	58,487	46,648

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.