Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Central America

Household consumption (% of GDP) in Central America in 2025 — 71.4%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 5.4 pp.

2025 71.4% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 76.8%1960
Period minimum 59.2%1982

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Central America, 1960–202555606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 76.8%1962: 76.5%1964: 75%1966: 73.5%1968: 74%1970: 71.9%1972: 71.4%1974: 69.9%1976: 68.1%1978: 66.4%1980: 62.4%1982: 59.2%1984: 61.9%1986: 66.5%1988: 68.7%1990: 70.3%1992: 72.3%1994: 70.7%1996: 69.8%1998: 68.8%2000: 69.5%2002: 70.2%2004: 70.6%2006: 70.1%2008: 71%2010: 71%2012: 69.6%2014: 70.9%2016: 69%2018: 67.9%2020: 67.2%2022: 70.9%2024: 71%2025: 71.4%
Change over the period: −5.4 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp
Household consumption (% of GDP) — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71.4 +0.4 pp
2024 71 +0.8 pp
2023 70.2 −0.7 pp
2022 70.9 +1.9 pp
2021 69 +1.8 pp
2020 67.2 −0.5 pp
2019 67.7 −0.2 pp
2018 67.9 −0.6 pp
2017 68.5 −0.6 pp
2016 69 −0.2 pp
2015 69.3 −1.7 pp
2014 70.9 +0 pp
2013 70.9 +1.3 pp
2012 69.6 −0.7 pp
2011 70.3 −0.6 pp
2010 71 +1.2 pp
2009 69.8 −1.2 pp
2008 71 +1 pp
2007 70.1 +0 pp
2006 70.1 −1.8 pp
2005 71.9 +1.3 pp
2004 70.6 −0.6 pp
2003 71.2 +1 pp
2002 70.2 +0.5 pp
2001 69.7 +0.2 pp
2000 69.5 +1 pp
1999 68.5 −0.4 pp
1998 68.8 −0.8 pp
1997 69.7 −0.1 pp
1996 69.8 +0.1 pp
1995 69.6 −1.1 pp
1994 70.7 −0.7 pp
1993 71.4 −0.9 pp
1992 72.3 +1 pp
1991 71.3 +1 pp
1990 70.3 +0.3 pp
1989 69.9 +1.2 pp
1988 68.7 +4.8 pp
1987 63.9 −2.6 pp
1986 66.5 +4 pp
1985 62.6 +0.7 pp
1984 61.9 +1.9 pp
1983 60 +0.7 pp
1982 59.2 −2.6 pp
1981 61.8 −0.5 pp
1980 62.4 −2.7 pp
1979 65 −1.4 pp
1978 66.4 +0 pp
1977 66.4 −1.7 pp
1976 68.1 −0.8 pp
1975 68.9 −1 pp
1974 69.9 −0.3 pp
1973 70.2 −1.2 pp
1972 71.4 −1.4 pp
1971 72.9 +1 pp
1970 71.9 −1.1 pp
1969 73 −1 pp
1968 74 +0.6 pp
1967 73.4 −0.1 pp
1966 73.5 −0.1 pp
1965 73.6 −1.4 pp
1964 75 −0 pp
1963 75 −1.4 pp
1962 76.5 +0.1 pp
1961 76.3 −0.4 pp
1960 76.8

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

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