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Human capital per capita (real chained 2019 US$)

Human capital is computed as the present value of future earnings for the working population over their lifetimes. Values are measured at market exchange rates in constant 2018 US dollars, using a country-specific GDP deflator.

📅 2020📏 real chained 2019 US$150 entries

Oceania · 4

Europe · 39

Americas · 26

Asia · 36

Africa · 45

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Every dot is one country, placed by its value (real chained 2019 US$, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median. Rows are world regions, ordered by their median. Hover a dot for its name.

🇨🇭Switzerland

735,421.6

🇱🇺Luxembourg

646,928.5

🇮🇸Iceland

586,976.2

🇺🇸United States

503,350.3

🇳🇴Norway

500,361.1

🇩🇰Denmark

485,658.1

🇳🇱Netherlands

432,823.1

🇸🇬Singapore

431,983.3

🇦🇺Australia

407,797.0

🇮🇪Ireland

371,229.7

🇸🇪Sweden

368,852.5

🇩🇪Germany

360,922.9

🇨🇦Canada

351,375.2

🇮🇱Israel

316,067.7

🇫🇷France

308,918.5

🇳🇿New Zealand

305,806.7

🇬🇧United Kingdom

299,137.2

🇧🇪Belgium

295,701.3

🇦🇹Austria

287,604.3

🇶🇦Qatar

282,997.1

🇫🇮Finland

265,401.5

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

236,330.8

🇯🇵Japan

231,116.5

🇲🇹Malta

214,488.5

🇸🇮Slovenia

184,577.1

🇰🇷South Korea

174,392.9

🇪🇸Spain

168,206.4

🇮🇹Italy

167,052.0

🇪🇪Estonia

140,261.1

🇨🇿Czechia

139,608.8

🇵🇹Portugal

133,921.7

🇺🇾Uruguay

119,024.0

🇸🇰Slovakia

108,008.9

🇨🇱Chile

105,700.4

🇱🇹Lithuania

104,902.0

🇨🇷Costa Rica

103,848.2

🇱🇻Latvia

95,696.2

🇰🇼Kuwait

91,948.9

🇭🇺Hungary

89,729.6

🇧🇭Bahrain

87,957.0

🇬🇷Greece

85,995.3

🇵🇱Poland

85,343.5

🇴🇲Oman

78,476.7

🇲🇻Maldives

78,126.9

🇭🇷Croatia

75,353.5

🇵🇦Panama

74,113.9

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

66,553.1

🇧🇷Brazil

63,922.4

🇲🇾Malaysia

63,092.6

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

62,744.1

Highlights

As of 2020, Switzerland ranks first with 735,421.6, followed by Luxembourg (646,928.5) and Iceland (586,976.2).

Across 150 countries and territories, values run from 735,421.6 (Switzerland) to 700.4 (Central African Republic), with a median of 25,608.1.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital per capita (real chained 2019 US$), 2020. Unit: real chained 2019 US$.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital per capita (real chained 2019 US$) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2020, Switzerland ranks first with 735,421.6, followed by Luxembourg (646,928.5) and Iceland (586,976.2).

Across 150 countries and territories, values run from 735,421.6 (Switzerland) to 700.4 (Central African Republic), with a median of 25,608.1.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital per capita (real chained 2019 US$), 2020. Unit: real chained 2019 US$.