GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Afghanistan

GDP per capita growth in Afghanistan in 2024 — -0.98%. Ranked 178 in the world out of 200. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 9.14 pp.

2024 -0.98% −1.08 pp vs 2023
World rank 178of 200
Period maximum 22.02%2002
Period minimum -22.58%2021

Trend over time

2001–2024 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Afghanistan, 2001–2024-40-20020402001200420072010201320162019202220242001: -10.12%2002: 22.02%2003: 2.35%2004: -2.15%2005: 7.38%2006: 1.13%2007: 11.69%2008: 1.68%2009: 17.04%2010: 11.06%2011: -3.21%2012: 8.28%2013: 2.05%2014: -0.94%2015: -1.67%2016: -0.3%2017: -0.2%2018: -1.71%2019: 0.86%2020: -5.38%2021: -22.58%2022: -7.58%2023: 0.11%2024: -0.98%
Change over the period: +9.14 pp Annual average: 0.4 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan -0.98%
World 1.91%
South Asia 5.82%
Southern Asia computed 5.16%
Low-income countries computed 1.05%
GDP per capita growth — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 -0.98 −1.08 pp
2023 0.11 +7.68 pp
2022 -7.58 +15.01 pp
2021 -22.58 −17.2 pp
2020 -5.38 −6.24 pp
2019 0.86 +2.57 pp
2018 -1.71 −1.52 pp
2017 -0.2 +0.1 pp
2016 -0.3 +1.36 pp
2015 -1.67 −0.73 pp
2014 -0.94 −2.99 pp
2013 2.05 −6.23 pp
2012 8.28 +11.49 pp
2011 -3.21 −14.27 pp
2010 11.06 −5.99 pp
2009 17.04 +15.37 pp
2008 1.68 −10.02 pp
2007 11.69 +10.56 pp
2006 1.13 −6.25 pp
2005 7.38 +9.53 pp
2004 -2.15 −4.49 pp
2003 2.35 −19.67 pp
2002 22.02 +32.14 pp
2001 -10.12

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

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