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Top 10 Richest Countries in 2025: The year 2025 is at its final stage and with this, the account of the economic situation of the world has also come out. Whenever we talk about the richest countries in the world, our attention often goes towards superpowers like America or China. The figure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes to our mind, which shows how huge the economy of a country is. But, does having a big economy mean that the common citizen there is also happy and rich? The measure of real richness is not total GDP but per capita income and in this matter the small countries of the world have left the big giants behind.

These 10 countries have the most money (in terms of per capita income)

The country that has won the ranking of the year 2025 may be small in area, but its citizens have the heaviest pockets. With a per capita income of $2,01,112.3, Liechtenstein has emerged as the richest country in the world. After this, Singapore, the major business center of Asia, is at second place, where the per capita income is $ 1,56,969.1.

Luxembourg, a small country in Europe, is at third place and Ireland is at fourth place. Macau SAR, famous for gambling and tourism, is at number five. Apart from this, Qatar with oil and gas reserves is in sixth place, Norway is in seventh place, and Switzerland is in eighth place. Brunei and Guyana have also confirmed their place in the top 10. This list makes it clear that countries with huge GDP are not necessarily ahead in per capita income.

What is the condition of India?

Now the question is, what is the position of India, one of the fastest growing economies of the world, in this list? The picture is a bit mixed here. If we talk about total economy size i.e. total GDP, then India's name is ringing all over the world. India is the fourth largest economy in the world and stands after America, China and Germany.

But, when this wealth is distributed among the vast population of the country, the figures change. India is still struggling a lot in terms of per capita income. According to the data till September 2025, India's per capita income on PPP basis is $ 12,130. With this figure, India comes at number 124 in the list of about 200 countries of the world.

world's poorest country

South Sudan is at the last position in this race for wealth. It is also the newest country in the world, which was formed by separating from Sudan in the year 2011. The economic situation here is very bad due to civil war and instability. South Sudan's per capita GDP (PPP) in 2025 is only $716.25, making it the poorest country in the world on this scale.