GDP per capita — all countries

GDP per capita — Low-income countries

GDP per capita in low-income countries in 2025 — 938 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 737.8%.

2025 938 US$ +8.18% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 938 US$2025
Period minimum 110 US$1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$ per capita

GDP per capita — Low-income countries, 1960–202502505007501,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 112 US$1962: 120 US$1964: 116 US$1966: 135 US$1968: 130 US$1970: 145 US$1972: 170 US$1974: 236 US$1976: 273 US$1978: 345 US$1980: 385 US$1982: 375 US$1984: 337 US$1986: 327 US$1988: 347 US$1990: 449 US$1992: 336 US$1994: 314 US$1996: 272 US$1998: 277 US$2000: 322 US$2002: 311 US$2004: 376 US$2006: 493 US$2008: 698 US$2010: 725 US$2012: 730 US$2014: 766 US$2016: 653 US$2018: 683 US$2020: 666 US$2022: 809 US$2024: 867 US$2025: 938 US$
Change over the period: +826 (+737.83%) Average annual rate: 3.32 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Low-income countries 938 US$
World 14,406 US$
GDP per capita — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 938 +71 +8.18%
2024 867 +60 +7.46%
2023 807 −2 −0.3%
2022 809 +80 +10.97%
2021 729 +63 +9.5%
2020 666 −25 −3.62%
2019 691 +8 +1.17%
2018 683 +18 +2.73%
2017 665 +11 +1.73%
2016 653 −74 −10.19%
2015 727 −38 −4.99%
2014 766 +30 +4.09%
2013 736 +5 +0.71%
2012 730 −46 −5.87%
2011 776 +51 +6.99%
2010 725 +49 +7.17%
2009 677 −21 −3.08%
2008 698 +119 +20.51%
2007 579 +86 +17.49%
2006 493 +54 +12.19%
2005 440 +64 +16.94%
2004 376 +44 +13.3%
2003 332 +20 +6.56%
2002 311 +18 +6.15%
2001 293 −29 −8.86%
2000 322 +49 +18.09%
1999 273 −5 −1.78%
1998 277 −3 −1.11%
1997 281 +9 +3.24%
1996 272 −14 −4.81%
1995 285 −29 −9.22%
1994 314 −33 −9.5%
1993 347 +12 +3.51%
1992 336 −138 −29.07%
1991 473 +25 +5.5%
1990 449 +90 +25.01%
1989 359 +12 +3.37%
1988 347 +16 +4.79%
1987 331 +4 +1.34%
1986 327 +6 +2.01%
1985 320 −17 −4.92%
1984 337 −18 −5.16%
1983 355 −20 −5.24%
1982 375 −7 −1.77%
1981 382 −3 −0.9%
1980 385 +29 +8.1%
1979 356 +11 +3.33%
1978 345 +38 +12.26%
1977 307 +34 +12.35%
1976 273 +7 +2.64%
1975 266 +30 +12.75%
1974 236 +39 +19.87%
1973 197 +27 +15.95%
1972 170 +14 +8.63%
1971 157 +11 +7.73%
1970 145 +1 +0.56%
1969 144 +15 +11.45%
1968 130 +7 +5.28%
1967 123 −12 −8.98%
1966 135 +4 +2.92%
1965 131 +16 +13.44%
1964 116 −30 −20.49%
1963 146 +26 +21.33%
1962 120 +10 +8.82%
1961 110 −2 −1.36%
1960 112

About the indicator

Gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population, in current US dollars. This is the most widely used indicator of the level of economic development. It does not account for price differences between countries — measured by nominal GDP per capita, expensive countries look richer than they do at purchasing power parity — and it says nothing about how income is distributed within a country.

Important: The aggregate for a group of countries is its total GDP divided by its total population, not an average of country values: a country counts in it in proportion to its population and its output.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.