List of countries by per capita personal income

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This is a list of countries by annual total personal income per capita for various years between 2001 and 2008. Unless otherwise noted, this data was collected by the World Salaries Group based on household budget surveys (including the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey, the Netherlands Family Income and Expenditure Survey, the Swedish Household Budget Survey) and converted in international dollars using the IMF PPP exchange rates adjusted with the U.S. inflation rate to reflect the purchasing power worldwide that would be obtained in 2005 in the U.S. Disposable personal income is total personal income minus personal current taxes.

Rank	Country	Disposable	Gross	Year	Notes
1	United States	33,697	38,611	2007^[1]
2	Germany	16,344	23,303	2003	Including owner-imputed rent income
3	Switzerland	15,983	24,369	2004
4	United Kingdom	15,630	19,207	2005
5	Netherlands	14,393	23,162	2000
6	Austria	14,240	N/A	2003
7	Taiwan	13,982	17,138	2005
8	Sweden	13,746	N/A	2005
9	France	13,477	N/A	2001
10	Australia	13,296	16,801	2004
11	New Zealand	12,283	15,350	2004
12	Japan	12,076	14,360	2005	Limited to workers' households with two or more household members
13	South Korea	11,463	13,076	2005
14	Spain	10,216	11,692	2002
15	Hong Kong	9,853	10,372	2004	Median
16	Singapore	9,603	12,004	2003
17	Israel	9,160	11,479	2004
18	Russia	6,442	7,126	2006
19	Chile	6,426	N/A	2006^[2]
20	Czech Republic	6,168	7,880	2002
21	Latvia	5,339	N/A	2005
22	Slovakia	5,165	6,604	2003
23	Brazil	5,052	5,663	2003
24	Lithuania	4,965	N/A	2005
25	Poland	4,525	N/A	2003
26	Thailand	3,197	3,566	2001
27	Mexico	3,136	3,523	2002
28	China	3,029	N/A	2004
29	Romania	2,916	N/A

[edit] References

^ BEA.
^ Ministry of Planning. PPP data from International Monetary Fund, April 2008. Note: Data refer to average per capita household income, not total household income divided by total residents.