Gross national income per capita (Atlas method)

Summarized below are statistics on Gross National Income (GNI) per capita for leading global sourcing and outsourcing countries. GNI data is sourced from the World Bank and is for the 2009 calendar year.

Gross National Income (GNI) per capita is the Gross National Income of a country divided by the population. GNI is the sum of all value add of a country's residents plus income from abroad. The Atlas method uses a three year average of exchange rates when converting domestic GNI to US dollars.

Higher GNI per capita is generally considered a positive since it implies higher value generated by a countries residents and higher wages. However, if the higher relative wages are not fully offset by higher relative productivity, higher GNI per capita can negatively impact a country's global cost competitiveness.