GDP per capita — all countries

GDP per capita — Central America

GDP per capita in Central America in 2025 — 12,158 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3,516.7%.

2025 12,158 US$ +0.37% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 12,158 US$2025
Period minimum 336 US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$ per capita

GDP per capita — Central America, 1960–202505,00010,00015,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 336 US$1962: 364 US$1964: 442 US$1966: 489 US$1968: 550 US$1970: 622 US$1972: 735 US$1974: 1,085 US$1976: 1,279 US$1978: 1,437 US$1980: 2,572 US$1982: 2,239 US$1984: 2,174 US$1986: 1,597 US$1988: 1,971 US$1990: 2,596 US$1992: 3,447 US$1994: 4,963 US$1996: 3,872 US$1998: 4,779 US$2000: 6,024 US$2002: 6,370 US$2004: 6,317 US$2006: 7,629 US$2008: 8,534 US$2010: 8,028 US$2012: 8,959 US$2014: 9,545 US$2016: 8,008 US$2018: 8,799 US$2020: 7,815 US$2022: 9,964 US$2024: 12,113 US$2025: 12,158 US$
Change over the period: +11,822 (+3,516.73%) Average annual rate: 5.68 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America

Central America 12,158 US$
World 14,406 US$
GDP per capita — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 12,158 +45 +0.37%
2024 12,113 +227 +1.91%
2023 11,887 +1,922 +19.29%
2022 9,964 +932 +10.32%
2021 9,032 +1,217 +15.57%
2020 7,815 −1,221 −13.52%
2019 9,037 +238 +2.7%
2018 8,799 +334 +3.95%
2017 8,464 +457 +5.7%
2016 8,008 −619 −7.17%
2015 8,626 −918 −9.62%
2014 9,545 +183 +1.95%
2013 9,362 +403 +4.5%
2012 8,959 +135 +1.53%
2011 8,823 +795 +9.91%
2010 8,028 +1,029 +14.7%
2009 6,999 −1,535 −17.99%
2008 8,534 +374 +4.59%
2007 8,160 +531 +6.96%
2006 7,629 +669 +9.61%
2005 6,960 +643 +10.18%
2004 6,317 +335 +5.59%
2003 5,983 −387 −6.07%
2002 6,370 +35 +0.55%
2001 6,335 +311 +5.16%
2000 6,024 +762 +14.49%
1999 5,262 +482 +10.09%
1998 4,779 +222 +4.87%
1997 4,557 +685 +17.68%
1996 3,872 +362 +10.32%
1995 3,510 −1,453 −29.28%
1994 4,963 +152 +3.15%
1993 4,812 +1,365 +39.6%
1992 3,447 +408 +13.43%
1991 3,039 +443 +17.05%
1990 2,596 +309 +13.52%
1989 2,287 +316 +16.01%
1988 1,971 +270 +15.89%
1987 1,701 +104 +6.52%
1986 1,597 −648 −28.85%
1985 2,244 +70 +3.24%
1984 2,174 +262 +13.68%
1983 1,912 −327 −14.59%
1982 2,239 −901 −28.69%
1981 3,140 +568 +22.06%
1980 2,572 +787 +44.08%
1979 1,785 +348 +24.25%
1978 1,437 +236 +19.61%
1977 1,201 −78 −6.09%
1976 1,279 +4 +0.35%
1975 1,275 +190 +17.51%
1974 1,085 +216 +24.86%
1973 869 +134 +18.19%
1972 735 +72 +10.86%
1971 663 +41 +6.59%
1970 622 +36 +6.12%
1969 586 +36 +6.62%
1968 550 +34 +6.63%
1967 516 +27 +5.43%
1966 489 +32 +7.01%
1965 457 +15 +3.43%
1964 442 +50 +12.68%
1963 392 +28 +7.6%
1962 364 +13 +3.7%
1961 351 +15 +4.55%
1960 336

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.