List of continents by GDP per capita

North America has the highest continental gdp per capita by both GDP Nominal and PPP in the world. With $46,160 in nominal terms, the per capita gdp of North America is 376% of the world GDP per capita. North America is closely followed by Oceania ($44,741). There is a large gap between 3rd ranked Europe ($31,589), and 4th ranked Asia ($8,034). Europe is at 2nd place, Oceania is at 3rd, and South America is at 4th position in ppp methods. Africa is the poorest continent in the world. GDP per capita of Asia, South America, and Africa are less than the global average.

Four subregions have figures above $50,000 as Northern America is the richest subregion, followed by Australia and New Zealand, Northern Europe, and Western Europe. In ppp terms too, these four occupy the top four positions, but the ranking is different as Western Europe is at 2nd spot, followed by Northern Europe and Australia and New Zealand. GDP per capita of these four subregions are more than four times greater than the global per capita in nominal and almost three times greater in the ppp list. In the nominal list, the bottom three positions are occupied by African subregions.

Australia and New Zealand would add $9,284 in 2021, followed by Northern Europe ($6,746), Northern America ($6,371), Western Europe ($4,847), and Southern Europe ($3,131). Polynesia and Micronesia will see a decline in GDP per capita in both methods.

Grouping of continents and subregions are as per United Nations Statistics Division.