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GNI per capita

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Overview

Gross national income per capita measures the average income of a country's residents, including earnings from abroad. It is the World Bank's main basis for classifying economies by income level.

Key facts

GNI is used by the World Bank to sort countries into low, middle and high income.
It differs from GDP by counting income of residents rather than output within borders.
Figures shown are PPP international dollars.

Common questions

How is GNI different from GDP?

GDP measures output produced inside a country; GNI measures income earned by its residents, including money earned abroad and minus income sent out. For most countries the two are close.

Why does GNI per capita matter?

It is the World Bank's headline measure for grouping countries into income brackets and for allocating development lending.

Where does the data come from?

The World Bank, compiled via Our World in Data.

Sources & methodology

Data from World Bank (via Our World in Data), compiled via Our World in Data. Global figures are population-weighted across the countries that report this measure; countries without reliable recent data are shown as “no data”.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.