GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Middle Africa

GDP per capita growth in Middle Africa in 2025 — 0.65%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 8.95 pp.

2025 0.65% −0.73 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 13.41%1962
Period minimum -12.47%1993

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Middle Africa, 1961–2025-20-100102019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: -8.29%1963: 1.84%1965: -1.07%1967: -4.55%1969: 5.42%1971: 2.51%1973: 3.98%1975: -0.48%1977: -1.53%1979: -1.83%1981: 2.25%1983: 1.12%1985: 0.61%1987: -4.07%1989: -2.54%1991: -4.42%1993: -12.47%1995: 1.88%1997: 2.33%1999: -2.4%2001: 1.96%2003: 1.47%2005: 6.15%2007: 5.36%2009: -1.45%2011: -0.07%2013: 1.4%2015: -1.14%2017: -2.62%2019: -2.22%2021: -0.26%2023: 0.2%2025: 0.65%
Change over the period: +8.95 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Middle Africa 0.65%
World 1.99%
GDP per capita growth — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.65 −0.73 pp
2024 1.38 +1.18 pp
2023 0.2 −1.47 pp
2022 1.67 +1.93 pp
2021 -0.26 +4.66 pp
2020 -4.92 −2.7 pp
2019 -2.22 −0.7 pp
2018 -1.53 +1.1 pp
2017 -2.62 +0.9 pp
2016 -3.52 −2.38 pp
2015 -1.14 −2.29 pp
2014 1.15 −0.25 pp
2013 1.4 −2.78 pp
2012 4.18 +4.24 pp
2011 -0.07 −1.56 pp
2010 1.5 +2.94 pp
2009 -1.45 −5.84 pp
2008 4.39 −0.97 pp
2007 5.36 +1.83 pp
2006 3.54 −2.61 pp
2005 6.15 −0.98 pp
2004 7.13 +5.66 pp
2003 1.47 −2.68 pp
2002 4.15 +2.19 pp
2001 1.96 +5.67 pp
2000 -3.71 −1.31 pp
1999 -2.4 −3.17 pp
1998 0.77 −1.56 pp
1997 2.33 −0.09 pp
1996 2.42 +0.54 pp
1995 1.88 +4.22 pp
1994 -2.33 +10.14 pp
1993 -12.47 −5.33 pp
1992 -7.14 −2.71 pp
1991 -4.42 +1.91 pp
1990 -6.33 −3.79 pp
1989 -2.54 −0.53 pp
1988 -2.01 +2.06 pp
1987 -4.07 −4.46 pp
1986 0.39 −0.23 pp
1985 0.61 −2.64 pp
1984 3.25 +2.14 pp
1983 1.12 +1.22 pp
1982 -0.1 −2.35 pp
1981 2.25 +3.41 pp
1980 -1.16 +0.67 pp
1979 -1.83 +2.16 pp
1978 -3.99 −2.47 pp
1977 -1.53 −1.62 pp
1976 0.09 +0.57 pp
1975 -0.48 −6.04 pp
1974 5.56 +1.58 pp
1973 3.98 +5.09 pp
1972 -1.1 −3.62 pp
1971 2.51 +4.1 pp
1970 -1.58 −7 pp
1969 5.42 +3.91 pp
1968 1.5 +6.05 pp
1967 -4.55 −7.28 pp
1966 2.73 +3.8 pp
1965 -1.07 +2.05 pp
1964 -3.12 −4.96 pp
1963 1.84 −11.57 pp
1962 13.41 +21.7 pp
1961 -8.29

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.