GDP growth — all countries

GDP growth — Upper-middle-income countries

GDP growth in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 4.19%. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 2.12 pp.

2025 4.19% +0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 8.75%2007
Period minimum -0.2%2020

Trend over time

1971–2025 · % per year

GDP growth — Upper-middle-income countries, 1971–2025-2.502.557.51019711977198319891995200120072013201920251971: 6.31%1972: 6.43%1973: 7.65%1974: 6.19%1975: 5.71%1976: 5.61%1977: 5.41%1978: 5.79%1979: 7.06%1980: 6.98%1981: 3.12%1982: 2.65%1983: 1.81%1984: 6.26%1985: 5.21%1986: 4.81%1987: 5.19%1988: 4.17%1989: 3.04%1990: 6.94%1991: 4.21%1992: 4.96%1993: 5.99%1994: 6.19%1995: 4.64%1996: 5.97%1997: 5.99%1998: 3.25%1999: 2.91%2000: 5.72%2001: 2.93%2002: 4.75%2003: 5.72%2004: 7.67%2005: 7.3%2006: 8.17%2007: 8.75%2008: 6.11%2009: 3.45%2010: 8.34%2011: 6.9%2012: 6.1%2013: 5.77%2014: 5%2015: 4.83%2016: 4.56%2017: 5.4%2018: 5.18%2019: 4.42%2020: -0.2%2021: 7.82%2022: 3.58%2023: 4.53%2024: 4.14%2025: 4.19%
Change over the period: −2.12 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Upper-middle-income countries 4.19%
World 2.92%
GDP growth — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.19 +0.05 pp
2024 4.14 −0.4 pp
2023 4.53 +0.95 pp
2022 3.58 −4.24 pp
2021 7.82 +8.03 pp
2020 -0.2 −4.62 pp
2019 4.42 −0.76 pp
2018 5.18 −0.22 pp
2017 5.4 +0.84 pp
2016 4.56 −0.27 pp
2015 4.83 −0.17 pp
2014 5 −0.77 pp
2013 5.77 −0.34 pp
2012 6.1 −0.8 pp
2011 6.9 −1.44 pp
2010 8.34 +4.89 pp
2009 3.45 −2.66 pp
2008 6.11 −2.64 pp
2007 8.75 +0.57 pp
2006 8.17 +0.88 pp
2005 7.3 −0.37 pp
2004 7.67 +1.95 pp
2003 5.72 +0.97 pp
2002 4.75 +1.82 pp
2001 2.93 −2.8 pp
2000 5.72 +2.81 pp
1999 2.91 −0.34 pp
1998 3.25 −2.74 pp
1997 5.99 +0.02 pp
1996 5.97 +1.33 pp
1995 4.64 −1.55 pp
1994 6.19 +0.2 pp
1993 5.99 +1.03 pp
1992 4.96 +0.75 pp
1991 4.21 −2.73 pp
1990 6.94 +3.9 pp
1989 3.04 −1.13 pp
1988 4.17 −1.02 pp
1987 5.19 +0.38 pp
1986 4.81 −0.4 pp
1985 5.21 −1.05 pp
1984 6.26 +4.45 pp
1983 1.81 −0.84 pp
1982 2.65 −0.46 pp
1981 3.12 −3.87 pp
1980 6.98 −0.07 pp
1979 7.06 +1.26 pp
1978 5.79 +0.39 pp
1977 5.41 −0.2 pp
1976 5.61 −0.11 pp
1975 5.71 −0.48 pp
1974 6.19 −1.46 pp
1973 7.65 +1.22 pp
1972 6.43 +0.12 pp
1971 6.31

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.