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Poles edge past the Japanese in income per person

GDP per person at purchasing-power parity, international $, 2000–2031. IMF estimates and projections from 2026.

Trade and money rewired
  1. 1. Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods
  2. 2. China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade
  3. 3. Central banks now hold more gold than Treasuries or euros
  4. 4. China now pays the world mostly in yuan
  5. 5. Migrants now send home four times all foreign aid
  6. 6. Tether now holds more US Treasuries than the UAE
  7. 7. Developing countries' interest bill has nearly tripled since 2010
  8. 8. America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years
  9. 9. Poles edge past the Japanese in income per person
  10. 10. In dollars, Nigeria's economy has more than halved since 2014
  11. 11. Argentina's monthly inflation fell from 25.5% to 1.9%
  12. 12. Guyana now produces more per person than America
  13. 13. Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's
  14. 14. Ukraine received four times the aid of any other country
  15. 15. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
  16. 16. Singapore now draws twice as much foreign investment as China
  17. 17. The EU now buys more US gas than Russian gas
  18. 18. Malaysia again sells more to America than to China
  19. 19. 22 governments now owe more than a year's national output
  20. 20. Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium
  21. 21. More Vietnamese now work in industry than on farms
  22. 22. Money sent home to Guatemala nearly quadrupled in ten years
  23. 23. In purchasing power, Russia's economy is now bigger than Japan's
  24. 24. Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports
  25. 25. Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's
0.6%

Poland's lead in 2026 by IMF estimate: $60,051 per person (PPP) vs Japan's $59,712.

44%

Poland stood at 44% of Japan's level in 2000 ($11,914 vs $26,780).

$76,239

The IMF projects Poland at $76,239 in 2031, Japan at $70,427.

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook Database (October 2026), GDP per capita, PPP, 2026 (Oct 2026 WEO)
the numbers & method
Poles edge past the Japanese in income per person. Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook Database (October 2026), GDP per capita, PPP, 2026 (Oct 2026 WEO).
YearPolandJapan
200011,91426,780
200515,44231,554
201021,34034,724
201527,06440,266
202036,65743,703
202247,24550,418
202452,40554,677
202555,94057,043
202660,05159,712
202866,68464,368
203176,23970,427

Claim types Fact · Estimate · Forecast

Verified against the IMF DataMapper (WEO, PPPPC) on 3 Nov 2026: all plotted values for Poland and Japan match. 2026 is an IMF estimate for the current year; 2027–2031 are IMF staff projections. PPP current international dollars; not adjusted for inflation over time. 44% is derived (11,914 / 26,780 = 44.5%). The 2026 gap is small (0.6%) and could flip in later revisions.

Published 3 Nov 2026

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