GDP per capita growth in high-income countries in 2025 — 1.38%. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 2.79 pp.
1976–2025 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.38 | +0.25 pp |
| 2024 | 1.13 | +0.14 pp |
| 2023 | 0.99 | −1.48 pp |
| 2022 | 2.47 | −3.52 pp |
| 2021 | 5.99 | +10.15 pp |
| 2020 | -4.16 | −5.58 pp |
| 2019 | 1.43 | −0.52 pp |
| 2018 | 1.95 | +0.03 pp |
| 2017 | 1.92 | +0.82 pp |
| 2016 | 1.1 | −0.55 pp |
| 2015 | 1.65 | +0.26 pp |
| 2014 | 1.39 | +0.52 pp |
| 2013 | 0.87 | +0.03 pp |
| 2012 | 0.84 | −0.68 pp |
| 2011 | 1.51 | −0.91 pp |
| 2010 | 2.42 | +6.64 pp |
| 2009 | -4.22 | −4.1 pp |
| 2008 | -0.12 | −2.2 pp |
| 2007 | 2.08 | −0.36 pp |
| 2006 | 2.43 | +0.24 pp |
| 2005 | 2.19 | −0.43 pp |
| 2004 | 2.62 | +1.16 pp |
| 2003 | 1.46 | +0.66 pp |
| 2002 | 0.8 | +0.07 pp |
| 2001 | 0.73 | −2.68 pp |
| 2000 | 3.41 | +0.8 pp |
| 1999 | 2.61 | +0.77 pp |
| 1998 | 1.84 | −0.86 pp |
| 1997 | 2.7 | +0.51 pp |
| 1996 | 2.19 | +0.09 pp |
| 1995 | 2.1 | −0.07 pp |
| 1994 | 2.18 | +2 pp |
| 1993 | 0.18 | −0.71 pp |
| 1992 | 0.89 | +0.42 pp |
| 1991 | 0.47 | −1.62 pp |
| 1990 | 2.09 | −1.05 pp |
| 1989 | 3.15 | −0.96 pp |
| 1988 | 4.11 | +1.21 pp |
| 1987 | 2.89 | +0.37 pp |
| 1986 | 2.52 | −0.43 pp |
| 1985 | 2.95 | −1.4 pp |
| 1984 | 4.35 | +2.07 pp |
| 1983 | 2.28 | +3.2 pp |
| 1982 | -0.92 | −2.01 pp |
| 1981 | 1.09 | +0.66 pp |
| 1980 | 0.43 | −2.76 pp |
| 1979 | 3.19 | −0.26 pp |
| 1978 | 3.46 | +0.46 pp |
| 1977 | 3 | −1.17 pp |
| 1976 | 4.17 | — |
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.
The annual growth rate of GDP in constant prices — with inflation stripped out.
Economy GDP per capita in constant pricesHow much there is per person in 2015 prices — a measure of whether prosperity is growing.
Demography Population growthAnnual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
Economy GDPGross domestic product in current US dollars — the size of a country's economy.
Economy GDP per capitaGDP divided by the population, in current US dollars.
Economy GDP at purchasing power parityThe size of the economy in international dollars — adjusted for price differences between countries.