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Indicators on income and economic activity
Last update: Dec 2007
Country or area		Per Capita GDP (US$)		Adult (15+) economic activity rate
	Year				Total	Men	Women
Afghanistan	2006	319			65	88	40
Albania	2006	2,929			59	70	49
Algeria	2006	3,476			59	80	37
Andorra	2006	44,962			...	...	...
Angola	2006	2,855			82	92	74
Anguilla	2006	16,183			...	...	...
Antigua and Barbuda	2006	11,437			…	…	…
Argentina	2006	5,528			65	76	54
Armenia	2006	2,128			53	60	48
Aruba	2006	22,934			…	…	…
Australia	2006	37,924			63	70	56
Austria	2006	38,635			58	66	50
Azerbaijan	2006	2,362			67	73	61
Bahamas	2006	18,965			67	71	64
Bahrain	2006	21,747			64	87	29
Bangladesh	2006	437			70	86	52
Barbados	2006	11,765			72	79	65
Belarus	2006	3,792			58	64	53
Belgium	2006	37,651			52	60	44
Belize	2006	4,320			63	83	44
Benin	2006	536			70	86	54
Bermuda	2006	80,676			…	…	…
Bhutan	2006	1,422			66	81	49
Bolivia	2006	1,101			74	84	63
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2006	2,885			63	68	59
Botswana	2006	4,755			58	70	46
Brazil	2006	5,640			68	79	57
British Virgin Islands	2006	46,407			…	…	…
Brunei Darussalam	2006	30,058			62	79	44
Bulgaria	2006	3,956			46	52	40
Burkina Faso	2006	416			83	89	78
Burundi	2006	114			93	93	92
Cambodia	2006	453			77	80	75
Cameroon	2006	1,019			66	80	52
Canada	2006	39,004			66	72	61
Cape Verde	2006	2,153			54	76	34
Cayman Islands	2006	52,707			…	…	…
Central African Republic	2006	333			80	89	71
Chad	2006	634			72	78	66
Chile	2006	8,857			53	70	37
China	2006	2,055			75	82	69
Colombia	2006	2,874			71	81	62
Comoros	2006	486			72	87	58
Congo	2006	1,946			72	88	57
Congo, Democratic Republic of	2006	136			76	91	61
Cook Islands	2006	13,005			…	…	…
Costa Rica	2006	5,034			64	81	46
Côte d'Ivoire	2006	952			64	89	39
Croatia	2006	9,271			52	60	45
Cuba	2006	4,650			59	73	44
Cyprus	2006	23,774			62	70	54
Czech Republic	2006	13,863			59	67	52
Denmark	2006	51,074			64	69	59
Djibouti	2006	925			68	83	53
Dominica	2006	4,667			…	…	…
Dominican Republic	2006	3,286			64	82	47
Ecuador	2006	3,097			72	82	61
Egypt	2006	1,484			47	73	20
El Salvador	2006	2,714			61	75	48
Equatorial Guinea	2006	19,166			71	91	51
Eritrea	2006	249			74	90	58
Estonia	2006	12,007			58	65	52
Ethiopia	2006	164			80	89	71
Fiji	2006	3,724			66	80	52
Finland	2006	39,853			61	66	57
France	2006	35,375			55	61	48
French Guiana	2006	…			68	72	64
French Polynesia	2006	21,766			60	72	47
Gabon	2006	7,245			73	83	62
Gambia	2006	307			73	86	59
Georgia	2006	1,746			62	76	49
Germany	2006	34,955			58	65	51
Ghana	2006	532			73	75	70
Greece	2006	27,679			54	65	44
Greenland	2006	28,670			…	…	…
Grenada	2006	4,167			…	…	…
Guadeloupe	2006	…			64	70	60
Guam	2006	…			66	79	52
Guatemala	2006	2,335			57	83	34
Guinea	2006	311			84	87	80
Guinea-Bissau	2006	196			77	93	61
Guyana	2006	1,219			63	82	43
Haiti	2006	489			70	84	56
Honduras	2006	1,335			72	89	55
Hong Kong SAR of China	2006	26,575			62	70	54
Hungary	2006	11,134			49	58	42
Iceland	2006	52,413			76	82	71
India	2006	784			59	82	34
Indonesia	2006	1,592			68	85	51
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2006	3,446			57	74	40
Iraq	2006	1,647			49	78	20
Ireland	2006	51,665			63	72	54
Israel	2006	20,601			55	59	51
Italy	2006	31,440			49	61	38
Jamaica	2006	3,823			64	74	54
Japan	2006	34,661			60	73	48
Jordan	2006	2,502			53	77	28
Kazakhstan	2006	5,043			71	76	66
Kenya	2006	650			79	90	70
Kiribati	2006	801			…	…	…
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	2006	509			63	78	48
Korea, Republic of	2006	18,164			62	74	50
Kosovo	2006	1,402			…	…	…
Kuwait	2006	36,396			72	85	50
Kyrgyzstan	2006	536			65	74	55
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	599			67	80	54
Latvia	2006	8,781			56	64	49
Lebanon	2006	5,441			56	80	34
Lesotho	2006	725			58	74	46
Liberia	2006	192			69	83	55
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2006	8,348			59	82	35
Liechtenstein	2006	102,605			…	…	…
Lithuania	2006	8,592			57	64	52
Luxembourg	2006	87,829			54	64	45
Macao SAR of China	2006	29,931			68	75	62
Madagascar	2006	287			83	86	79
Malawi	2006	164			88	90	86
Malaysia	2006	5,704			64	81	47
Maldives	2006	3,020			61	72	50
Mali	2006	498			77	82	72
Malta	2006	14,612			52	69	36
Marshall Islands	2006	2,204			…	…	…
Martinique	2006	…			60	64	56
Mauritania	2006	899			69	84	54
Mauritius	2006	5,124			61	79	43
Mexico	2006	7,875			59	80	40
Micronesia (Federated States of)	2006	2,212			…	…	…
Monaco	2006	35,375			…	…	…
Mongolia	2006	1,076			68	82	54
Montenegro	2006	3,745			…	…	…
Montserrat	2006	7,967			…	…	…
Morocco	2006	2,087			53	80	27
Mozambique	2006	349			84	83	85
Myanmar	2006	281			77	86	68
Namibia	2006	3,084			54	63	47
Nauru	2006	5,474			…	…	…
Nepal	2006	290			64	78	50
Netherlands	2006	40,535			64	73	57
Netherlands Antilles	2006	17,750			60	70	52
New Caledonia	2006	19,935			57	70	43
New Zealand	2006	25,603			67	74	61
Nicaragua	2006	971			61	86	36
Niger	2006	247			83	95	71
Nigeria	2006	917			65	85	46
Norway	2006	71,525			68	73	64
Occupied Palestinian Territory	2006	1,090			…	…	…
Oman	2006	14,135			57	81	24
Pakistan	2006	913			59	83	33
Palau	2006	7,698			…	…	…
Panama	2006	5,205			65	79	52
Papua New Guinea	2006	989			73	75	72
Paraguay	2006	1,514			74	84	65
Peru	2006	3,264			71	82	60
Philippines	2006	1,356			69	83	56
Poland	2006	8,801			54	61	47
Portugal	2006	18,129			63	70	56
Puerto Rico	2006	22,863			48	59	38
Qatar	2006	64,193			74	89	37
Republic of Moldova	2006	876			60	68	54
Réunion	2006	…			49	60	39
Romania	2006	5,647			56	62	50
Russian Federation	2006	6,877			61	68	55
Rwanda	2006	242			81	84	80
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2006	9,776			…	…	…
Saint Lucia	2006	5,723			67	80	55
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2006	3,749			68	80	55
Samoa	2006	2,348			59	77	39
San Marino	2006	46,083			…	…	…
Sao Tome and Principe	2006	480			52	75	29
Saudi Arabia	2006	15,045			54	80	18
Senegal	2006	768			68	81	56
Serbia	2006	4,828			60	70	51
Seychelles	2006	8,209			…	…	…
Sierra Leone	2006	318			75	94	56
Singapore	2006	30,159			63	76	50
Slovakia	2006	10,221			60	68	52
Slovenia	2006	18,443			60	67	54
Solomon Islands	2006	860			69	82	54
Somalia	2006	283			77	95	59
South Africa	2006	5,133			62	79	46
Spain	2006	27,913			56	67	45
Sri Lanka	2006	1,425			55	76	35
Sudan	2006	934			47	71	24
Suriname	2006	3,998			49	65	34
Swaziland	2006	2,399			52	75	32
Sweden	2006	42,170			63	67	59
Switzerland	2006	50,247			68	75	61
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	1,614			64	88	39
Tajikistan	2006	424			54	62	46
United Republic of Tanzania: Mainland	2006	335			88	90	86
TFYR of Macedonia	2006	3,096			53	65	41
Thailand	2006	3,251			73	81	66
Timor-Leste	2006	319			70	83	56
Togo	2006	356			70	90	50
Tonga	2006	2,328			59	73	45
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	13,661			62	77	47
Tunisia	2006	3,003			52	75	29
Turkey	2006	5,307			52	76	28
Turkmenistan	2006	1,327			67	73	61
Turks and Caicos Islands	2006	25,811			…	…	…
Tuvalu	2006	2,441			…	…	…
Uganda	2006	346			83	86	80
Ukraine	2006	2,287			56	64	50
United Arab Emirates	2006	42,890			78	93	41
United Kingdom	2006	39,207			62	69	55
United States	2006	43,562			66	73	60
United States Virgin Islands	2006	…			61	70	53
Uruguay	2006	5,796			67	78	57
Uzbekistan	2006	598			65	73	57
Vanuatu	2006	1,635			84	88	80
Venezuela	2006	6,633			71	84	59
Vietnam	2006	673			75	78	72
West Bank and Gaza Strip	2006	…			39	66	10
Yemen	2006	853			53	75	30
Zambia	2006	938			78	91	66
Zanzibar	2006	329			…	…	…
Zimbabwe	2006	133			74	85	64

Sources:

Per capita GDP
United Nations Statistics Division, National Accounts Section, available from the National Accounts Main Aggregates Database website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp (accessed Nov 2007).

Adult economic activity rate
International Labour Office, Table 1. Labour force participation rate, published in Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) Fifth Edition, CD-ROM version (ISBN 978-92-2-020126-8). Also available at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/ (accessed Nov 2007).

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Technical notes:

Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in US dollars is calculated by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat primarily from official national accounts statistics in national currencies provided by national statistical services. GDP is the total unduplicated output of economic goods and services produced within a country as measured in monetary terms according to the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA).

The exchange rates used for the conversion of national currency data into US dollars are the average market rates as published by the International Monetary Fund in the International Financial Statistics. Official exchange rates were used only when a free market rate was not available. For non-members of the Fund, the conversion rates used are the average of the United Nations operational rates of exchange. For international comparison, currency exchange rates applied to national accounts aggregates provide an important but highly approximate measure of national economic output and may differ substantially from comparisons based on actual purchasing power.

Adult economic activity rate refers to the percentage of the population aged 15 and over, unless otherwise specified, which is economically active. Data are compiled by the International Labour Office from a variety of national sources including labour force sample surveys, household surveys, population censuses and official estimates provided by national statistical services to ILO in publications and questionnaires.

The statistical concept of economically active population used here is that recommended by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1982 and is designed to be consistent with the concept of economic production in the System of National Accounts. It defines as economically active all employed and unemployed persons, including those seeking work for the first time. It covers employers operating unincorporated enterprises, persons working on their own account, employees, unpaid contributing family workers, members of producers cooperatives and members of the armed forces. In the internationally recommended definition, production of primary products such as foodstuffs for own consumption and certain other non-monetary activities are considered economic activity and persons engaged in such production are to be considered economically active. In principle, any such work for as little as one hour a week is taken to define a person as economically active.

Specific elements of the standard concept of economically active population may differ substantially from country to country, such as the choice of time-reference period and the determination of minimum hours of work and unpaid family work, including production for own consumption. These differences may result, in particular, in the undercounting of women who are economically active. Also, in most countries the statistics of the economically active population relate only to employed and unemployed persons above a specified age while in some there is no such age provision in the definition of economic activity.