Top 10 Highest GDP per Capita Quiz — Rules & What Counts
Name the ten richest countries per person — ranked by nominal GDP per capita, using IMF estimates in current US dollars. Nominal means market exchange rates with no cost-of-living adjustment, and that choice decides the whole leaderboard.
The list is a study in how small, specialized economies win this metric: a financial microstate, a banking haven, an island of under 400,000 people, and a Gulf gas exporter all appear, with exactly one large country breaking in. Europe supplies seven of the ten entries.
How to play
Pins are hidden — several answers are small European countries a pin would instantly identify. A numbered 1–10 rail shows the ranks you still need; each country appears on the map when guessed.
Type anywhere to answer; the bar auto-focuses.
Common alternate names count — "Eire" works for Ireland, for example.
Count-up timer; give up to reveal the rest and record your run.
What counts in this quiz
Exactly 10 sovereign countries, ranked by nominal GDP per capita (IMF estimates, approximate current figures).
Luxembourg leads at roughly $141,000 per person — about a third higher than second place.
Nominal, not PPP: no adjustment for local prices, so expensive economies rank higher than a purchasing-power list would place them.
What's not included — and why
Monaco and Liechtenstein would likely rank at or near the top, but the IMF doesn't publish GDP estimates for them — no data, no entry.
Wealthy territories like Bermuda and the Cayman Islands are excluded because they aren't sovereign states.
A PPP-adjusted list would look noticeably different — energy exporters and low-price economies would climb, while some expensive European economies would slide.
Good to know
Ireland's figure is famously inflated by multinationals booking global profits there for tax reasons — Irish economists prefer a modified measure, GNI*, that comes out dramatically lower.
Nearly half of Luxembourg's workforce commutes in daily from France, Belgium, and Germany — they produce GDP there but aren't counted in its population, flattering the per-capita math.
The United States is the only country with a population over 10 million to crack this top 10.