GDP growth — all countries

GDP growth — Low-income countries

GDP growth in low-income countries in 2025 — 5.54%. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 2.59 pp.

2025 5.54% +1.81 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 8.01%1974
Period minimum -2.43%1984

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % per year

GDP growth — Low-income countries, 1967–2025-50510196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 2.96%1968: 3.62%1969: 6.62%1970: 2.53%1971: 4.99%1972: 4.23%1973: 1.14%1974: 8.01%1975: 4.72%1976: 4.71%1977: 2.37%1978: 0.76%1979: 0.62%1980: 4.51%1981: 3.52%1982: 1.61%1983: 2.38%1984: -2.43%1985: 1.55%1986: 1.93%1987: 5.53%1988: 4.8%1989: 1.28%1990: -1.47%1991: 3.63%1992: 1.31%1993: 2.39%1994: 2.91%1995: 5.84%1996: 6.78%1997: 6.43%1998: 4.35%1999: 3.12%2000: 1.63%2001: 4.67%2002: 5.59%2003: 4.63%2004: 6.27%2005: 6.53%2006: 5.7%2007: 6.26%2008: 5.46%2009: 4.31%2010: 6.59%2011: 1.98%2012: -1.25%2013: 4.99%2014: 4.12%2015: 0.97%2016: 2.95%2017: 3.91%2018: 4.25%2019: 4.28%2020: 1.18%2021: 3.1%2022: 4.16%2023: 2.72%2024: 3.73%2025: 5.54%
Change over the period: +2.59 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 5.54%
World 2.92%
GDP growth — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.54 +1.81 pp
2024 3.73 +1.01 pp
2023 2.72 −1.44 pp
2022 4.16 +1.07 pp
2021 3.1 +1.91 pp
2020 1.18 −3.1 pp
2019 4.28 +0.03 pp
2018 4.25 +0.34 pp
2017 3.91 +0.96 pp
2016 2.95 +1.98 pp
2015 0.97 −3.15 pp
2014 4.12 −0.87 pp
2013 4.99 +6.24 pp
2012 -1.25 −3.24 pp
2011 1.98 −4.61 pp
2010 6.59 +2.28 pp
2009 4.31 −1.15 pp
2008 5.46 −0.8 pp
2007 6.26 +0.56 pp
2006 5.7 −0.83 pp
2005 6.53 +0.26 pp
2004 6.27 +1.64 pp
2003 4.63 −0.96 pp
2002 5.59 +0.92 pp
2001 4.67 +3.04 pp
2000 1.63 −1.5 pp
1999 3.12 −1.23 pp
1998 4.35 −2.07 pp
1997 6.43 −0.35 pp
1996 6.78 +0.94 pp
1995 5.84 +2.94 pp
1994 2.91 +0.51 pp
1993 2.39 +1.08 pp
1992 1.31 −2.32 pp
1991 3.63 +5.1 pp
1990 -1.47 −2.75 pp
1989 1.28 −3.52 pp
1988 4.8 −0.73 pp
1987 5.53 +3.6 pp
1986 1.93 +0.38 pp
1985 1.55 +3.98 pp
1984 -2.43 −4.81 pp
1983 2.38 +0.76 pp
1982 1.61 −1.9 pp
1981 3.52 −0.99 pp
1980 4.51 +3.89 pp
1979 0.62 −0.14 pp
1978 0.76 −1.61 pp
1977 2.37 −2.34 pp
1976 4.71 −0.01 pp
1975 4.72 −3.29 pp
1974 8.01 +6.88 pp
1973 1.14 −3.1 pp
1972 4.23 −0.76 pp
1971 4.99 +2.46 pp
1970 2.53 −4.09 pp
1969 6.62 +2.99 pp
1968 3.62 +0.67 pp
1967 2.96

About the indicator

The annual growth rate of gross domestic product in constant local currency prices. Because the calculation runs in constant prices, the indicator is clear of inflation and of exchange rate swings, so it shows the real movement of the economy. Two consecutive quarters of negative values are conventionally called a technical recession, but the data here are annual.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.