GDP per capita growth in South America in 2025 — 2.3%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.06 pp.
1961–2025 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 | +0.28 pp |
| 2024 | 2.02 | +0.66 pp |
| 2023 | 1.36 | −2.41 pp |
| 2022 | 3.76 | −3.26 pp |
| 2021 | 7.02 | +13.73 pp |
| 2020 | -6.71 | −6.17 pp |
| 2019 | -0.54 | −0.52 pp |
| 2018 | -0.02 | −0.44 pp |
| 2017 | 0.42 | +3.31 pp |
| 2016 | -2.89 | −1.06 pp |
| 2015 | -1.83 | −1.58 pp |
| 2014 | -0.25 | −2.68 pp |
| 2013 | 2.43 | +0.79 pp |
| 2012 | 1.64 | −2.18 pp |
| 2011 | 3.82 | −1.71 pp |
| 2010 | 5.53 | +7.41 pp |
| 2009 | -1.88 | −5.79 pp |
| 2008 | 3.9 | −1.62 pp |
| 2007 | 5.52 | +1.17 pp |
| 2006 | 4.35 | +0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 3.86 | −2.11 pp |
| 2004 | 5.97 | +5.09 pp |
| 2003 | 0.88 | +1.67 pp |
| 2002 | -0.78 | +0.16 pp |
| 2001 | -0.95 | −2.41 pp |
| 2000 | 1.46 | +4.22 pp |
| 1999 | -2.77 | −2.64 pp |
| 1998 | -0.13 | −3.45 pp |
| 1997 | 3.32 | +1.86 pp |
| 1996 | 1.46 | −0.18 pp |
| 1995 | 1.64 | −2.31 pp |
| 1994 | 3.95 | +0.11 pp |
| 1993 | 3.83 | +1.92 pp |
| 1992 | 1.92 | −0.62 pp |
| 1991 | 2.54 | +6.24 pp |
| 1990 | -3.71 | −2.44 pp |
| 1989 | -1.26 | −0.3 pp |
| 1988 | -0.96 | −3.05 pp |
| 1987 | 2.09 | −2.54 pp |
| 1986 | 4.63 | +3.45 pp |
| 1985 | 1.18 | −0.52 pp |
| 1984 | 1.7 | +6.05 pp |
| 1983 | -4.35 | −2.21 pp |
| 1982 | -2.13 | +1.75 pp |
| 1981 | -3.88 | −7.04 pp |
| 1980 | 3.16 | −0.89 pp |
| 1979 | 4.05 | +3.54 pp |
| 1978 | 0.51 | −2.47 pp |
| 1977 | 2.99 | −1.25 pp |
| 1976 | 4.23 | +3.14 pp |
| 1975 | 1.1 | −2.92 pp |
| 1974 | 4.02 | −1.35 pp |
| 1973 | 5.37 | +1.57 pp |
| 1972 | 3.81 | −1.4 pp |
| 1971 | 5.2 | +1.13 pp |
| 1970 | 4.07 | −1 pp |
| 1969 | 5.07 | +1.03 pp |
| 1968 | 4.04 | +2.79 pp |
| 1967 | 1.25 | −0.35 pp |
| 1966 | 1.6 | −1.6 pp |
| 1965 | 3.21 | −1.18 pp |
| 1964 | 4.39 | +6.56 pp |
| 1963 | -2.17 | −3.83 pp |
| 1962 | 1.66 | −1.7 pp |
| 1961 | 3.36 | — |
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.