Top 10 richest countries in the world in 2025
Published on: Dec. 22, 2025, 8 p.m. | Source: Times of India
When we talk about national wealth, it’s usually total GDP numbers that dominate the discussion.GDP provides a general sense of the size of an economy, but it doesn't show how well people live on an individual basis. Even a huge nation with a high GDP can have low living standards. GDP per capita, adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), is important because it provides a more accurate representation of true prosperity by accounting for population, prices, and cost of living. Using IMF estimates for 2025, here are the 10 richest countries in the world by GDP per capita (PPP) and the reasons behind their success. (Data sourced from World Atlas).
