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Compare GDP per capita across the G7 countries since 2000.

Unedited Atlas answer from October 5, 202620sgpt-6.1-sol

The United States now leads the G7 in GDP per capita, while Japan has moved from first in 2000 to last in 2025 on a current-US-dollar basis. The chart covers all seven countries annually from 2000–2025, the latest year returned by the World Bank series. (data.worldbank.org)

Key comparisons from the retrieved data:

  • United States: increased from about $36,330 to $90,027, up 148%.
  • Germany: recorded the largest percentage increase, 153%, reaching $60,496—second in the G7.
  • United Kingdom and Canada: reached $57,602 and $55,698, respectively.
  • France and Italy: reached $48,986 and $43,309, respectively.
  • Japan: fell from $39,753 to $35,951, a 10% decline in dollar terms. (data.worldbank.org)

Interpretation matters: these are nominal figures, not inflation-adjusted growth rates. Changes reflect domestic prices and exchange rates as well as economic output. Japan’s dollar-denominated decline therefore does not imply an equivalent decline in real living standards. For comparing purchasing power and long-run material living standards, GDP per capita at constant purchasing-power parity (PPP) is more appropriate. (databank.worldbank.org)

Chart
GDP per capita (current US$) — comparison
Data quality
1 sources0 without source quality1 caveatsreproducibility recorded
Note: caveats (1)
  • ·World Bank availability may differ by country and year; the chart preserves only observations returned by the source and does not impute missing values.
1 source
1 official · 1 open
  1. [1] World Bank — GDP per capita (current US$)source
    The World Bankofficialrecentattributionconfidence high·NY.GDP.PCAP.CD·CC-BY 4.0·retrieved Oct 05, 2026
    scope: geo: country
⚙︎Method, query log & reproducibility
Method: World Bank multi-country comparison
{
  "countries": [
    "USA",
    "CAN",
    "GBR",
    "FRA",
    "DEU",
    "ITA",
    "JPN"
  ],
  "indicator": "NY.GDP.PCAP.CD",
  "start_year": 2000,
  "end_year": 2026,
  "chart_type": "line",
  "top_n": null,
  "sort": null
}
  1. Fetch the requested indicator for all countries in one provider call.
  2. Preserve source years and render one series per country without imputation.

How Atlas got here

  • worldbank_compare
  • web_search

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