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Asian Countries by GDP per Capita

Average incomes in Asia range from about $98,800 per person in Singapore to about $400 in Afghanistan, a gap of roughly 250 to one. The median Asian country has a GDP per capita of about $5,400. Weighted by population, the average across all 49 countries is roughly $8,800, held down by the size of India and other lower-income countries.

GDP per capita measures economic output per person. It is a reasonable guide to average income, but it says nothing about how that income is shared, and it moves with exchange rates and commodity prices.

Rank	Country	GDP per capita (US$)	Sub-region
1	Singapore	$98,800	Southeast Asia
2	Qatar	$72,500	West Asia
3	Israel	$60,300	West Asia
4	United Arab Emirates	$50,300	West Asia
5	Cyprus	$41,800	West Asia
6	Taiwan	$39,500	East Asia
7	South Korea	$36,200	East Asia
8	Japan	$36,000	East Asia
9	Saudi Arabia	$34,500	West Asia
10	Kuwait	$32,300	West Asia
11	Brunei	$32,200	Southeast Asia
12	Bahrain	$30,600	West Asia
13	Oman	$19,900	West Asia
14	Turkey	$18,600	West Asia
15	Kazakhstan	$14,700	Central Asia
16	Maldives	$14,600	South Asia
17	China	$13,900	East Asia
18	Malaysia	$13,100	Southeast Asia
19	Georgia	$9,700	West Asia
20	Armenia	$9,500	West Asia
21	Thailand	$8,100	Southeast Asia
22	Azerbaijan	$7,400	West Asia
23	Mongolia	$7,100	East Asia
24	Turkmenistan	$6,500	Central Asia
25	Iraq	$5,400	West Asia
26	Jordan	$5,300	West Asia
27	Indonesia	$5,100	Southeast Asia
28	Vietnam	$5,100	Southeast Asia
29	Sri Lanka	$5,000	South Asia
30	Bhutan	$4,500	South Asia
31	Lebanon	$4,500	West Asia
32	Philippines	$4,200	Southeast Asia
33	Uzbekistan	$4,000	Central Asia
34	Iran	$3,900	South Asia
35	Palestine	$3,200	West Asia
36	Kyrgyzstan	$3,100	Central Asia
37	Cambodia	$2,900	Southeast Asia
38	India	$2,700	South Asia
39	Bangladesh	$2,600	South Asia
40	Laos	$2,300	Southeast Asia
41	Pakistan	$1,600	South Asia
42	Tajikistan	$1,600	Central Asia
43	Myanmar	$1,500	Southeast Asia
44	Nepal	$1,500	South Asia
45	Timor-Leste	$1,300	Southeast Asia
46	North Korea	$1,200	East Asia
47	Syria	$1,100	West Asia
48	Yemen	$600	West Asia
49	Afghanistan	$400	South Asia

Patterns in the ranking

• Twelve countries are above $30,000: 7 in West Asia, 3 in East Asia and 2 in Southeast Asia. They are either small Gulf energy exporters or advanced, diversified economies such as Singapore, Israel, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
• The two giants sit in the middle. China ($13,900) is an upper-middle-income country, while India ($2,700) is lower-middle-income. Both have economies that are huge in total but modest per person.
• Nine countries are below $2,000: Pakistan, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste, North Korea, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. Several are affected by conflict, sanctions or isolation, which also makes their figures the least reliable in the table.
• Purchasing power narrows the gaps. Prices are lower in poorer countries, so measured at purchasing power parity (PPP) the gap between top and bottom shrinks, although the ranking at the top changes little.

Sources: GDP per capita: nominal US dollars at market exchange rates, World Bank estimates for the latest available year (mostly 2024–2025). Figures for Yemen and Syria are older, and North Korea's is an outside estimate because it publishes no national accounts. Rounded to the nearest $100.

Country count: the 49 countries covered on AsiaMap.net (47 UN member states in Asia plus Palestine and Taiwan; Russia is classed as European). Last reviewed October 2026.