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Countries in Asia by gdp per capita (ppp)

Gross domestic product per person in international dollars: converted at purchasing power parity, so a dollar buys as much everywhere and cheap countries are not made to look poorer than they live. 45 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: GDP per capita (PPP) — Asia
Highest
$163,354
Singapore
Median country
$20,798
half above, half below
Lowest
$2,236
Afghanistan
#CountryInt. $ per personYearRegion
1Singapore$163,3542025South-Eastern Asia
2Qatar$128,8832025Western Asia
3Brunei$92,4302025South-Eastern Asia
4United Arab Emirates$79,3442024Western Asia
5Saudi Arabia$73,7842025Western Asia
6Bahrain$70,9972025Western Asia
7Cyprus$64,5752025Western Asia
8South Korea$63,1252025Eastern Asia
9Israel$59,7172025Western Asia
10Kuwait$56,4682025Western Asia
11Japan$55,4222025Eastern Asia
12Turkey$45,2882025Western Asia
13Kazakhstan$44,2932025Central Asia
14Oman$42,2952025Western Asia
15Malaysia$41,4982025South-Eastern Asia
16Georgia$29,4142025Western Asia
17China$29,3332025Eastern Asia
18Maldives$28,5552025Southern Asia
19Thailand$26,2502025South-Eastern Asia
20Azerbaijan$26,1132025Western Asia
21Armenia$24,7542025Western Asia
22Turkmenistan$22,6022025Central Asia
23Mongolia$20,7982025Eastern Asia
24Iran$19,6992025Southern Asia
25Bhutan$19,5942025Southern Asia
26Vietnam$18,0882025South-Eastern Asia
27Indonesia$17,6602025South-Eastern Asia
28Sri Lanka$17,0652025Southern Asia
29Iraq$14,2672025Western Asia
30Uzbekistan$13,6012025Central Asia
31Jordan$12,6322025Western Asia
32Philippines$12,5772025South-Eastern Asia
33Lebanon$11,9172024Western Asia
34India$11,7482025Southern Asia
35Laos$10,3832025South-Eastern Asia
36Bangladesh$10,1542025Southern Asia
37Kyrgyzstan$9,2202025Central Asia
38Cambodia$8,5432025South-Eastern Asia
39Pakistan$6,5732025Southern Asia
40Nepal$6,1752025Southern Asia
41Myanmar$6,0122025South-Eastern Asia
42Tajikistan$5,9232025Central Asia
43Syria$4,9052022Western Asia
44Timor-Leste$4,8092025South-Eastern Asia
45Afghanistan$2,2362024Southern Asia

No World Bank figure for 3 countries: North Korea, Taiwan, Yemen.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

PlaceInt. $ per personStatus
Macao$137,031Territory of China
Hong Kong$80,423Territory of China
Palestine$5,000Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the highest GDP per capita (PPP)?
Singapore has the highest GDP per capita (PPP) in Asia: $163,354 a person (2025). Next come Qatar ($128,883 a person) and Brunei ($92,430 a person).
Which country in Asia has the lowest GDP per capita (PPP)?
Afghanistan, with $2,236 a person (2024).
What is the typical gdp per capita (ppp) of a country in Asia?
The median of the 45 countries in Asia is $20,798 a person: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
Gross domestic product per person in international dollars: converted at purchasing power parity, so a dollar buys as much everywhere and cheap countries are not made to look poorer than they live. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.