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High Income Countries

45 COUNTRIES MAKE UP THE HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES

World Economics has combined 45 countries to represent the High Income Countries group. The High Income designation is defined as all countries with a gross national income per capita exceeding $12,055.

Overall these countries account for 39% of Global GDP and 25% of global GDP growth in the past 10 years (2012-2022).

The High Income Countries are home to over 1.1 billion people with an average life expectancy of 79 years and a current median age of 39 against a global average of 30.



Economics



High Income
Countries		 Revised GDP PPP
Int$, Billions		 CAGR
10 Year
Rate
%, 2012-2022		 Share of
Global
GDP
%		 Share of Global GDP Growth
%, 2012-2022		 Revised GDP Per Capita
Int$		 Government Debt to Revised GDP
%







Australia 1,491.4 2.5% 0.9% 0.7% 57,210 51.6%
Austria 550.1 1.1% 0.3% 0.1% 60,668 72.2%
Bahrain 100.8 2.4% 0.1% 0.0% 56,524 88.4%
Belgium 730.2 1.3% 0.4% 0.2% 62,576 87.2%
Canada 2,108.3 1.7% 1.2% 0.7% 54,919 91.9%
Chile 606.3 2.6% 0.4% 0.3% 31,496 30.3%
Croatia 166.0 2.4% 0.1% 0.1% 40,886 56.1%
Cyprus 48.2 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 39,374 73.7%
Denmark 400.8 1.9% 0.2% 0.2% 68,687 27.5%
Estonia 62.9 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 47,548 14.9%
Finland 315.3 1.0% 0.2% 0.1% 56,752 58.2%
France 3,539.0 1.0% 2.1% 0.8% 53,961 98.9%
Germany 4,982.9 1.1% 2.9% 1.2% 59,402 63.9%
Greece 419.0 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 40,611 139.9%
Hong Kong 503.8 1.4% 0.3% 0.1% 66,246 2.9%
Hungary 423.3 3.4% 0.2% 0.3% 44,062 60.7%
Iceland 24.0 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 69,371 59.9%
Ireland 629.0 8.7% 0.4% 0.8% 125,292 41.9%
Israel 499.4 3.8% 0.3% 0.3% 55,963 50.9%
Italy 3,184.0 0.4% 1.9% 0.2% 52,835 119.0%
Japan 5,718.9 0.7% 3.4% 0.9% 45,538 240.7%
Korea, Rep. 2,873.5 2.6% 1.7% 1.4% 55,982 44.1%
Kuwait 291.2 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 66,470 5.2%
Lithuania 134.7 3.1% 0.1% 0.1% 50,605 34.7%
Luxembourg 84.7 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 131,813 23.1%
Malta 30.6 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% 68,881 44.6%
Mauritius 32.7 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 25,655 75.5%
Netherlands 1,140.8 1.7% 0.7% 0.4% 66,284 43.9%
New Zealand 258.7 3.4% 0.2% 0.2% 52,814 51.4%
Norway 425.9 1.9% 0.2% 0.2% 77,278 34.9%
Oman 201.7 3.4% 0.1% 0.1% 37,890 36.1%
Panama 206.0 3.6% 0.1% 0.1% 46,319 36.7%
Poland 1,673.6 3.5% 1.0% 1.1% 44,345 39.8%
Portugal 441.3 1.5% 0.3% 0.1% 43,519 95.3%
Qatar 315.9 2.0% 0.2% 0.1% 106,004 38.3%
Romania 763.7 3.8% 0.4% 0.5% 40,127 40.1%
Saudi Arabia 2,439.1 2.1% 1.4% 1.0% 68,045 17.6%
Singapore 649.8 2.9% 0.4% 0.4% 109,330 127.8%
Sweden 644.6 2.0% 0.4% 0.3% 63,081 29.5%
Switzerland 676.8 2.0% 0.4% 0.3% 77,137 37.5%
Trinidad and Tobago 47.4 -1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 33,702 39.5%
United Arab Emirates 810.1 2.5% 0.5% 0.4% 80,352 25.5%
United Kingdom 3,540.1 1.6% 2.1% 1.2% 51,682 78.8%
United States 22,972.6 2.0% 13.5% 9.4% 68,615 113.8%
Uruguay 112.1 2.4% 0.1% 0.1% 32,061 45.1%

High Income Countries
Totals / Averages:		 67,270.7 N/A 39.4% 24.5% 59,731* 59.8%*


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Notes:
  • GDP data includes estimates for the Informal Economy, and updated Base Years, to improve the often imperfect quality of High Income Countries data.
  • Debt-to-GDP ratio is total gross government debt as a proportion of revised GDP.
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.







Demography



High Income
Countries		 Population
Data Quality
Grade		 Total
Population
Millions		 Life Expectancy
Years		 Median
Age
Years		 Statistical Capacity
0-100 Index		 Age Dependency
Total






Australia A 26.1 85 37.0 100.0 46.3
Austria B 9.1 82 42.8 100.0 48.9
Bahrain C 1.8 79 32.7 100.0 68.7
Belgium B 11.7 82 40.9 100.0 43.5
Canada A 38.4 83 40.2 100.0 47.9
Chile B 19.3 79 34.9 86.7 54.8
Croatia C 4.1 78 43.7 86.7 43.5
Cyprus B 1.2 81 37.6 100.0 56.2
Denmark B 5.8 81 41.3 100.0 42.7
Estonia D 1.3 77 41.5 40.0 41.7
Finland C 5.6 82 42.4 100.0 37.9
France A 65.6 83 41.6 100.0 36.9
Germany B 83.9 81 44.9 100.0 43.6
Greece B 10.3 80 44.7 100.0 42.3
Hong Kong A 7.6 86 44.9 100.0 53.4
Hungary D 9.6 75 42.7 40.0 46.2
Iceland B 0.3 83 35.9 100.0 49.5
Ireland A 5.0 82 37.6 100.0 46.8
Israel C 8.9 82 29.0 100.0 33.1
Italy B 60.3 83 46.8 100.0 42.9
Japan A 125.6 85 48.4 100.0 28.9
Korea, Rep. A 51.3 84 43.4 100.0 60.1
Kuwait A 4.4 79 38.3 100.0 65.6
Lithuania C 2.7 74 43.7 43.3 44.3
Luxembourg B 0.6 83 38.7 100.0 55.8
Malta B 0.4 84 39.0 100.0 52.9
Mauritius A 1.3 74 36.8 85.6 59.3
Netherlands B 17.2 82 41.7 100.0 45.1
New Zealand A 4.9 83 36.5 100.0 46.6
Norway B 5.5 83 39.3 100.0 46.0
Oman A 5.3 73 28.8 100.0 58.0
Panama C 4.4 74 28.8 61.1 46.2
Poland A 37.7 69 40.9 78.9 48.0
Portugal B 10.1 77 45.0 100.0 44.0
Qatar A 3.0 81 33.0 100.0 79.3
Romania C 19.0 79 41.9 84.4 46.3
Saudi Arabia A 35.8 66 29.8 100.0 59.6
Singapore A 5.9 60 41.8 100.0 64.6
Sweden B 10.2 70 39.5 100.0 39.2
Switzerland C 8.8 83 41.8 100.0 48.4
Trinidad and Tobago D 1.4 73 35.5 47.8 56.3
United Arab Emirates C 10.1 79 32.8 100.0 79.7
United Kingdom A 68.5 81 39.6 100.0 42.3
United States A 334.8 77 37.7 100.0 46.3
Uruguay C 3.5 75 35.2 80.0 46.4

High Income Countries
Totals / Averages:		 N/A 1,148.4 79* 39.1* 91.9* 49.7*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Statistical Capacity Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    0 = Low level of resources, 100 = High level of resources.


Key:
Data Quality Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets;
         B: Use with caution;
         C: Unreliable for many purposes
         D: Extremely poor quality.








Environmental, Social and Governance



High Income
Countries: 		Carbon Emissions
Total MTCo2e		 Methane Emissions
Total MTCo2e		 Population in Poverty
% of Pop		 Years of Schooling
Years		 Rule
of Law
0-100 Index		 Corruption Levels
0-100 Index






Australia 391.2 138.0 0% 13 90.2 75
Austria 64.6 7.1 0% 12 93.1 71
Bahrain 39.0 18.5 0% 11 59.6 44
Belgium 95.7 8.1 0% 12 81.4 73
Canada 545.6 103.9 0% 14 89.0 74
Chile 85.4 11.9 0% 11 70.9 67
Croatia 17.7 3.7 0% 12 55.3 50
Cyprus 7.6 0.8 0% 12 63.8 52
Denmark 29.6 7.8 0% 13 96.9 90
Estonia 10.4 1.1 0% 14 84.0 74
Finland 37.6 4.7 0% 13 100.0 87
France 306.0 58.2 0% 12 80.4 72
Germany 674.8 49.5 0% 14 88.6 79
Greece 56.3 9.0 0% 11 56.5 52
Hong Kong 31.7 - 0% 12 84.4 76
Hungary 48.4 6.9 0% 12 61.1 42
Iceland 3.4 0.5 0% 14 92.3 74
Ireland 37.6 15.6 0% 12 86.6 77
Israel 54.5 9.5 0% 13 71.6 63
Italy 328.7 44.7 0% 11 54.5 56
Japan 1,067.4 27.7 0% 13 87.8 73
Korea, Rep. 616.1 22.6 0% 13 76.3 63
Kuwait 106.1 25.4 0% 7 54.3 42
Lithuania 13.9 2.9 0% 14 75.9 62
Luxembourg 8.4 0.6 0% 13 93.1 77
Malta 1.7 0.2 0% 12 69.6 51
Mauritius 4.5 2.0 0% 10 69.9 50
Netherlands 141.0 15.5 0% 13 91.9 80
New Zealand 33.8 31.7 0% 13 93.9 87
Norway 40.9 4.6 0% 13 97.3 84
Oman 81.0 21.3 0% 12 58.0 44
Panama 13.0 5.1 0% 10 41.3 36
Poland 328.6 28.7 0% 9 58.9 55
Portugal 40.8 11.2 0% 13 76.5 62
Qatar 95.7 22.2 0% 10 71.2 58
Romania 79.3 16.6 0% 10 58.0 46
Saudi Arabia 672.4 113.8 0% 4 53.5 51
Singapore 32.5 4.4 0% 5 94.9 83
Sweden 35.8 4.7 0% 10 91.8 83
Switzerland 34.9 5.1 0% 13 93.6 82
Trinidad and Tobago 36.1 7.0 0% 12 44.2 42
United Arab Emirates 204.1 51.0 0% 13 68.8 67
United Kingdom 346.8 51.2 0% 13 83.9 73
United States 5,007.3 755.7 0% 14 83.7 69
Uruguay 6.7 20.9 0% 9 66.3 74

High Income Countries
Totals/Averages:		 11,914.7 1,751.7 N/A 12* 75.9* 65*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    Rule of Law: 0 = low rule of law, 100 = High rule of law.
    Corruption Perceptions Index: 0 = High levels of corruption, 100 = Low levels of corruption.
  • Total Carbon and Methane data expressed in MTCo2e (Million Metric Tons of CO2 equivalent)
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.



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