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GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) — Low-income countries

GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) in low-income countries in 2025 — 2,807 int$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 278%.

2025 2,807 int$ +6.15% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 2,807 int$2025
Period minimum 743 int$1980

Trend over time

1980–2025 · international $ per capita

GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) — Low-income countries, 1980–202501,0002,0003,00019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 743 int$1981: 807 int$1982: 840 int$1983: 858 int$1984: 852 int$1985: 864 int$1986: 884 int$1987: 911 int$1988: 958 int$1989: 966 int$1990: 981 int$1991: 996 int$1992: 988 int$1993: 999 int$1994: 1,004 int$1995: 1,064 int$1996: 1,095 int$1997: 1,105 int$1998: 1,129 int$1999: 1,138 int$2000: 1,168 int$2001: 1,235 int$2002: 1,259 int$2003: 1,288 int$2004: 1,359 int$2005: 1,459 int$2006: 1,551 int$2007: 1,661 int$2008: 1,744 int$2009: 1,777 int$2010: 1,854 int$2011: 1,762 int$2012: 1,724 int$2013: 1,793 int$2014: 1,896 int$2015: 1,918 int$2016: 1,948 int$2017: 2,023 int$2018: 2,092 int$2019: 2,167 int$2020: 2,219 int$2021: 2,309 int$2022: 2,503 int$2023: 2,582 int$2024: 2,644 int$2025: 2,807 int$
Change over the period: +2,064 (+277.99%) Average annual rate: 3 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Low-income countries 2,807 int$
World computed 25,803 int$
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year int$ Change Change, %
2025 2,807 +163 +6.15%
2024 2,644 +62 +2.39%
2023 2,582 +79 +3.18%
2022 2,503 +194 +8.38%
2021 2,309 +90 +4.07%
2020 2,219 +51 +2.36%
2019 2,167 +76 +3.63%
2018 2,092 +69 +3.4%
2017 2,023 +74 +3.82%
2016 1,948 +31 +1.59%
2015 1,918 +21 +1.13%
2014 1,896 +103 +5.77%
2013 1,793 +69 +3.98%
2012 1,724 −38 −2.15%
2011 1,762 −92 −4.95%
2010 1,854 +78 +4.37%
2009 1,777 +33 +1.89%
2008 1,744 +82 +4.94%
2007 1,661 +111 +7.13%
2006 1,551 +92 +6.33%
2005 1,459 +99 +7.29%
2004 1,359 +71 +5.53%
2003 1,288 +29 +2.3%
2002 1,259 +24 +1.97%
2001 1,235 +67 +5.71%
2000 1,168 +30 +2.63%
1999 1,138 +9 +0.81%
1998 1,129 +24 +2.19%
1997 1,105 +10 +0.92%
1996 1,095 +31 +2.89%
1995 1,064 +60 +5.97%
1994 1,004 +5 +0.52%
1993 999 +11 +1.06%
1992 988 −8 −0.81%
1991 996 +16 +1.58%
1990 981 +14 +1.5%
1989 966 +8 +0.87%
1988 958 +47 +5.18%
1987 911 +27 +3.07%
1986 884 +20 +2.31%
1985 864 +12 +1.39%
1984 852 −6 −0.74%
1983 858 +18 +2.15%
1982 840 +34 +4.2%
1981 807 +64 +8.62%
1980 743 — —

About the indicator

GDP per capita at purchasing power parity in current international dollars from the IMF World Economic Outlook database. The IMF uses its own PPP conversion factors and includes a forecast, so the series serves for comparing the expected level of living, not only the level already reached.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its GDP over all of its population. The weight is taken from the World Bank population series: the IMF one is shorter, and the source of the weight barely affects the result.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.

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