GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Saudi Arabia

GDP per capita growth in Saudi Arabia in 2025 — -0.23%. Ranked 165 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 8.08 pp.

2025 -0.23% +1.77 pp vs 2024
World rank 165of 186
Period maximum 46.37%1970
Period minimum -21.07%1982

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Saudi Arabia, 1961–2025-40-20020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 7.85%1963: 4.76%1965: 8.05%1967: 4.86%1969: 1.87%1971: 10.23%1973: 16.51%1975: -10.31%1977: 0.16%1979: 4.7%1981: -2.99%1983: -16.25%1985: -12.38%1987: -8.45%1989: -4.53%1991: 3.18%1993: -3.97%1995: -3.76%1997: -1.24%1999: -4.16%2001: -4.74%2003: 3.7%2005: 1.36%2007: -1.94%2009: -4.87%2011: 6.8%2013: -2.48%2015: -0.63%2017: 1.11%2019: 2.1%2021: 9.18%2023: -4.01%2025: -0.23%
Change over the period: −8.08 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Saudi Arabia -0.23%
World 1.99%
Western Asia computed 1.26%
High-income countries computed 1.38%
GDP per capita growth — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.23 +1.77 pp
2024 -2 +2.02 pp
2023 -4.01 −11.17 pp
2022 7.16 −2.02 pp
2021 9.18 +17.52 pp
2020 -8.34 −10.44 pp
2019 2.1 −3.8 pp
2018 5.9 +4.79 pp
2017 1.11 +3.14 pp
2016 -2.03 −1.4 pp
2015 -0.63 −2.14 pp
2014 1.51 +3.98 pp
2013 -2.48 −3.89 pp
2012 1.41 −5.39 pp
2011 6.8 +0.71 pp
2010 6.09 +10.95 pp
2009 -4.87 −6.91 pp
2008 2.04 +3.98 pp
2007 -1.94 −0.92 pp
2006 -1.02 −2.37 pp
2005 1.36 −2.4 pp
2004 3.76 +0.06 pp
2003 3.7 +9.21 pp
2002 -5.51 −0.77 pp
2001 -4.74 −4.89 pp
2000 0.15 +4.32 pp
1999 -4.16 −3.2 pp
1998 -0.97 +0.27 pp
1997 -1.24 −0.49 pp
1996 -0.74 +3.02 pp
1995 -3.76 −0.48 pp
1994 -3.28 +0.69 pp
1993 -3.97 −3.84 pp
1992 -0.13 −3.3 pp
1991 3.18 −0.98 pp
1990 4.16 +8.69 pp
1989 -4.53 −5.61 pp
1988 1.08 +9.53 pp
1987 -8.45 −3.88 pp
1986 -4.57 +7.81 pp
1985 -12.38 −2.84 pp
1984 -9.55 +6.7 pp
1983 -16.25 +4.82 pp
1982 -21.07 −18.08 pp
1981 -2.99 −2.77 pp
1980 -0.23 −4.93 pp
1979 4.7 +10.09 pp
1978 -5.39 −5.55 pp
1977 0.16 −9.03 pp
1976 9.19 +19.51 pp
1975 -10.31 −20.58 pp
1974 10.26 −6.25 pp
1973 16.51 +3.25 pp
1972 13.26 +3.03 pp
1971 10.23 −36.14 pp
1970 46.37 +44.5 pp
1969 1.87 −1.68 pp
1968 3.55 −1.32 pp
1967 4.86 +0.63 pp
1966 4.23 −3.82 pp
1965 8.05 +3.23 pp
1964 4.82 +0.06 pp
1963 4.76 −3.12 pp
1962 7.88 +0.03 pp
1961 7.85

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.