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Countries in Asia by GNI per capita

Gross national income per person in US dollars, converted with the World Bank’s Atlas method, which averages exchange rates over three years so a currency swing does not reorder the table. 45 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: GNI per capita — Asia
Highest
$81,760
Singapore
Median country
$6,210
half above, half below
Lowest
$390
Afghanistan
#CountryUS$ per personYearRegion
1Singapore$81,7602025South-Eastern Asia
2Qatar$74,3302025Western Asia
3Israel$56,1802025Western Asia
4United Arab Emirates$51,5502024Western Asia
5Kuwait$41,1102024Western Asia
6Japan$38,3402025Eastern Asia
7South Korea$37,8802025Eastern Asia
8Cyprus$36,1102025Western Asia
9Saudi Arabia$36,0702025Western Asia
10Brunei$34,7902025South-Eastern Asia
11Bahrain$28,7902025Western Asia
12Oman$19,5202024Western Asia
13Turkey$16,3002025Western Asia
14China$14,2302025Eastern Asia
15Kazakhstan$13,7402025Central Asia
16Maldives$12,9502025Southern Asia
17Malaysia$12,3802025South-Eastern Asia
18Armenia$9,0202025Western Asia
19Georgia$8,9902025Western Asia
20Thailand$7,6902025South-Eastern Asia
21Azerbaijan$7,3602025Western Asia
22Turkmenistan$6,3402025Central Asia
23Mongolia$6,2102025Eastern Asia
24Iraq$5,6902025Western Asia
25Jordan$5,2602025Western Asia
26Indonesia$5,1202025South-Eastern Asia
27Vietnam$4,9702025South-Eastern Asia
28Philippines$4,8502025South-Eastern Asia
29Sri Lanka$4,6702025Southern Asia
30Iran$4,6502025Southern Asia
31Bhutan$4,3102025Southern Asia
32Uzbekistan$3,6702025Central Asia
33Lebanon$3,5602024Western Asia
34Bangladesh$2,8402025Southern Asia
35Kyrgyzstan$2,8002025Central Asia
36India$2,7602025Southern Asia
37Cambodia$2,7502025South-Eastern Asia
38Laos$2,1502025South-Eastern Asia
39Tajikistan$2,0802025Central Asia
40Nepal$1,5702025Southern Asia
41Timor-Leste$1,5102025South-Eastern Asia
42Pakistan$1,5002025Southern Asia
43Myanmar$1,3202025South-Eastern Asia
44Syria$7202022Western Asia
45Afghanistan$3902024Southern 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.

PlaceUS$ per personStatus
Macao$69,920Territory of China
Hong Kong$62,500Territory of China
Palestine$3,250Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the highest GNI per capita?
Singapore has the highest GNI per capita in Asia: $81,760 a person (2025). Next come Qatar ($74,330 a person) and Israel ($56,180 a person).
Which country in Asia has the lowest GNI per capita?
Afghanistan, with $390 a person (2024).
What is the typical GNI per capita of a country in Asia?
The median of the 45 countries in Asia is $6,210 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 national income per person in US dollars, converted with the World Bank’s Atlas method, which averages exchange rates over three years so a currency swing does not reorder the table. 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.