How do countries compare on wealth, health and the internet?

Pick countries and compare them on GDP per person, population, life expectancy, internet use, access to electricity, unemployment, inflation, carbon emissions per person, health spending per person or college enrollment. It opens with GDP per person in 2024: $86,170 in the United States, $56,104 in Germany, $13,293 in China, $2,592 in India and $1,084 in Nigeria. Each measure uses the newest year most countries have reported; GDP is in US dollars at that year's exchange rates, not adjusted for prices.

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Chartly. “How do countries compare on wealth, health and the internet?” Chart. Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators: GDP per capita (current US$), https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (data as of December 31, 2024). https://chart.ly/charts/compare-countries (accessed October 28, 2026).

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Country GDP per person, US dollars
United States 86,170
Germany 56,104
United Kingdom 53,341
Japan 33,797
China 13,293
Brazil 10,311
India 2,592
Nigeria 1,084

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