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Regional Destinies
Not all countries share the same economic fate. See how GDP per capita distributions differ across world regions—and how that picture has changed over seven decades.
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Key Insights
2.3×
IQR ratio
Europe's Compressed Distribution
European countries show remarkably similar income levels—the gap between the 25th and 75th percentile is just 2.3× by 2019, down from 4× in 1960.
8.7×
IQR ratio
Africa's Persistent Spread
Sub-Saharan Africa maintains the widest regional inequality. Countries like Botswana and Mauritius are outliers far above the regional median.
$38K
range
Asia's Divergence
Asian economies span from $2,000 to over $40,000 GDP per capita—the widest absolute range of any region.