Country rankings
Poorest Asian Countries
Macau has the highest GNI per Capita Atlas in 2024 ($64,642 constant 2015 US$), followed by Singapore ($63,183 constant 2015 US$) and Hong Kong ($50,004 constant 2015 US$). Nepal has the lowest ($1,254 constant 2015 US$).
Economics51 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Jan 24, 2025Original page
8 sources
- World Development Indicators - World Bank DataBank 2020
- International Monetary Fund - GDP per capita (April 2021)
- GDP per capita (current US$)
- GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
- GNI per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)
- GDP per capita (current US$) - Syrian Arab Republic - World Bank
- Syria GDP per capita - Trading Economics
- Syria Arab Republic - Human Development Report 2020
33 of 235 countries
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GNI per Capita Atlas, 2024
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
$5,473 constant 2015 US$
Middle half $3,350 constant 2015 US$ – $27,012 constant 2015 US$
Average
$16,117 constant 2015 US$
33 countries
Highest
$64,642 constant 2015 US$
Macau
Lowest
$1,254 constant 2015 US$
Nepal
Over time · 1970–2025
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Macau
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Israel
- Japan
Data
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46 countries · # = rank by GNI per Capita Atlas
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Macau | $64,642 constant 2015 US$ | $73,047 current USD |
| 2 |  Singapore | $63,183 constant 2015 US$ | $90,674 current USD |
| 3 |  Hong Kong | $50,004 constant 2015 US$ | $54,107 current USD |
| 4 |  Israel | $42,217 constant 2015 US$ | $54,177 current USD |
| 5 |  Japan | $39,758 constant 2015 US$ | $32,476 current USD |
| 6 |  South Korea | $36,249 constant 2015 US$ | — |
| 7 |  Kuwait | $34,174 constant 2015 US$ | $32,214 current USD |
| 8 |  Brunei | $31,790 constant 2015 US$ | $33,418 current USD |
| 9 |  Saudi Arabia | $27,012 constant 2015 US$ | $35,057 current USD |
| 10 |  Bahrain | $26,622 constant 2015 US$ | $30,048 current USD |
| 11 |  Oman | $17,900 constant 2015 US$ | $20,248 current USD |
| 12 |  Kazakhstan | $12,014 constant 2015 US$ | $14,005 current USD |
| 13 |  Malaysia | $11,627 constant 2015 US$ | $11,867 current USD |
| 14 |  Maldives | $7,907 constant 2015 US$ | $13,216 current USD |
| 15 |  Georgia | $6,342 constant 2015 US$ | $9,194 current USD |
| 16 |  Mongolia | $5,758 constant 2015 US$ | $6,691 current USD |
| 17 |  Iraq | $5,473 constant 2015 US$ | $6,074 current USD |
| 18 |  Armenia | $5,022 constant 2015 US$ | $8,501 current USD |
| 19 |  Iran | $5,002 constant 2015 US$ | $4,771 current USD |
| 20 |  Lebanon | $4,702 constant 2015 US$ | — |
| 21 |  Philippines | $4,416 constant 2015 US$ | $3,985 current USD |
| 22 |  Indonesia | $4,205 constant 2015 US$ | $4,925 current USD |
| 23 |  Sri Lanka | $4,029 constant 2015 US$ | $4,516 current USD |
| 24 |  Vietnam | $3,885 constant 2015 US$ | $4,717 current USD |
| 25 |  Bhutan | $3,350 constant 2015 US$ | — |
| 26 |  Palestine | $2,384 constant 2015 US$ | — |
| 27 |  India | $2,335 constant 2015 US$ | $2,697 current USD |
| 28 |  Cambodia | $2,211 constant 2015 US$ | $2,628 current USD |
| 29 |  Kyrgyzstan | $1,873 constant 2015 US$ | $2,419 current USD |
| 30 |  Pakistan | $1,720 constant 2015 US$ | $1,485 current USD |
| 31 |  Tajikistan | $1,528 constant 2015 US$ | $1,341 current USD |
| 32 |  Timor-Leste | $1,287 constant 2015 US$ | $1,343 current USD |
| 33 |  Nepal | $1,254 constant 2015 US$ | $1,447 current USD |
| — |  China | — | $13,303 current USD |
| — |  Bangladesh | — | $2,593 current USD |
| — |  Russia | — | $14,889 current USD |
| — |  Turkey | — | $15,473 current USD |
| — |  Thailand | — | $7,345 current USD |
| — |  Myanmar | — | $1,359 current USD |
| — |  Uzbekistan | — | $3,162 current USD |
| — |  Jordan | — | $4,618 current USD |
| — |  United Arab Emirates | — | $49,378 current USD |
| — |  Azerbaijan | — | $7,284 current USD |
| — |  Laos | — | $2,124 current USD |
| — |  Turkmenistan | — | $8,572 current USD |
| — |  Qatar | — | $76,276 current USD |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest GNI per Capita Atlas?
- Macau has the highest GNI per Capita Atlas in 2024, at $64,642 constant 2015 US$, followed by Singapore ($63,183 constant 2015 US$) and Hong Kong ($50,004 constant 2015 US$).
- Which country has the lowest GNI per Capita Atlas?
- Nepal has the lowest GNI per Capita Atlas in 2024, at $1,254 constant 2015 US$.
- What is the median GNI per Capita Atlas across countries?
- The median is $5,473 constant 2015 US$ across the 33 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this poorest asian countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World Development Indicators - World Bank DataBank 2020; International Monetary Fund - GDP per capita (April 2021); GDP per capita (current US$); GNI per capita, PPP (current international $).