GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Lower-middle-income countries

GDP per capita growth in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 4.4%. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 2.81 pp.

2025 4.4% +0.11 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 5.3%2021
Period minimum -4.69%2020

Trend over time

1971–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Lower-middle-income countries, 1971–2025-5-2.502.557.519711977198319891995200120072013201920251971: 1.6%1972: 0.18%1973: 1.82%1974: 1.77%1975: 1.09%1976: 4.98%1977: 1.14%1978: -1.27%1979: -4.31%1980: -1.97%1981: -3.64%1982: 1.71%1983: 1.05%1984: -2.28%1985: 0.85%1986: -2.28%1987: 0.24%1988: 2.44%1989: 2.16%1990: 2.82%1991: 0.45%1992: 0.49%1993: -0.84%1994: 0.64%1995: 1.82%1996: 3.66%1997: 1.45%1998: 2.06%1999: 3.32%2000: 2.41%2001: 2.37%2002: 2.95%2003: 4.67%2004: 5.15%2005: 4.41%2006: 4.98%2007: 5.27%2008: 2.33%2009: 3.05%2010: 5.11%2011: 2.9%2012: 2.31%2013: 3.13%2014: 4%2015: 3.55%2016: 4.67%2017: 3.97%2018: 3.56%2019: 2.44%2020: -4.69%2021: 5.3%2022: 4.42%2023: 4.39%2024: 4.29%2025: 4.4%
Change over the period: +2.81 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Lower-middle-income countries 4.4%
World 1.99%
GDP per capita growth — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.4 +0.11 pp
2024 4.29 −0.09 pp
2023 4.39 −0.03 pp
2022 4.42 −0.88 pp
2021 5.3 +9.98 pp
2020 -4.69 −7.13 pp
2019 2.44 −1.12 pp
2018 3.56 −0.41 pp
2017 3.97 −0.69 pp
2016 4.67 +1.12 pp
2015 3.55 −0.45 pp
2014 4 +0.86 pp
2013 3.13 +0.82 pp
2012 2.31 −0.59 pp
2011 2.9 −2.2 pp
2010 5.11 +2.06 pp
2009 3.05 +0.72 pp
2008 2.33 −2.94 pp
2007 5.27 +0.29 pp
2006 4.98 +0.57 pp
2005 4.41 −0.74 pp
2004 5.15 +0.48 pp
2003 4.67 +1.72 pp
2002 2.95 +0.58 pp
2001 2.37 −0.04 pp
2000 2.41 −0.9 pp
1999 3.32 +1.26 pp
1998 2.06 +0.6 pp
1997 1.45 −2.21 pp
1996 3.66 +1.85 pp
1995 1.82 +1.18 pp
1994 0.64 +1.48 pp
1993 -0.84 −1.32 pp
1992 0.49 +0.04 pp
1991 0.45 −2.37 pp
1990 2.82 +0.66 pp
1989 2.16 −0.28 pp
1988 2.44 +2.21 pp
1987 0.24 +2.51 pp
1986 -2.28 −3.13 pp
1985 0.85 +3.13 pp
1984 -2.28 −3.33 pp
1983 1.05 −0.66 pp
1982 1.71 +5.35 pp
1981 -3.64 −1.67 pp
1980 -1.97 +2.34 pp
1979 -4.31 −3.04 pp
1978 -1.27 −2.41 pp
1977 1.14 −3.84 pp
1976 4.98 +3.89 pp
1975 1.09 −0.68 pp
1974 1.77 −0.05 pp
1973 1.82 +1.63 pp
1972 0.18 −1.41 pp
1971 1.6

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.