GDP per capita growth (annual %) by country

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided...

Countries reporting
212
Highest
18.9%
Northern Mariana Islands
Lowest
-14.3%
New Caledonia
Median
2.4%
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
14,323

What the numbers show

GDP per capita growth (annual %) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 18.9% in Northern Mariana Islands; the lowest is -14.3% in New Caledonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 2.3%.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 22,253.9%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 8,766.7%).

GDP per capita growth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Northern Mariana Islands 18.9% 2022 up 1,145.7% volatile
2 Guyana 18.6% 2025 up 22,253.9% volatile
3 Libya 12.2% 2025 up 601.8% volatile
4 Saint Martin (French part) 11.3% 2021 up 826.2% volatile
5 Ireland 10.5% 2025 down 55.1% volatile
6 Monaco 9.4% 2024 up 82.4% volatile
7 Kyrgyzstan 9.3% 2025 up 490.7% volatile
8 Vietnam 7.4% 2025 up 30.0% rising
9 Bhutan 7.3% 2025 up 30.8% volatile
10 Rwanda 7.0% 2025 up 11.6% volatile
11 Ethiopia 7.0% 2025 down 6.2% volatile
12 Eritrea 6.7% 2011 up 18.5% volatile
13 India 6.6% 2025 down 1.5% volatile
14 Palau 6.5% 2025 down 21.3% volatile
15 Tajikistan 6.4% 2025 up 92.5% volatile
16 Aruba 6.2% 2024 up 1,660.5% volatile
17 Zimbabwe 6.1% 2025 up 1,332.2% volatile
18 Maldives 5.9% 2025 up 1,637.5% volatile
19 Marshall Islands 5.9% 2025 up 47.6% volatile
20 Cape Verde 5.8% 2025 up 529.0% volatile
21 Sri Lanka 5.7% 2025 up 76.1% volatile
22 Uzbekistan 5.7% 2025 down 6.7% volatile
23 East Timor 5.6% 2025 up 1,014.7% volatile
24 Mongolia 5.5% 2025 up 2,369.8% volatile
25 Benin 5.5% 2025 up 565.1% volatile
26 Paraguay 5.4% 2025 up 266.4% volatile
27 Armenia 5.4% 2025 up 52.2% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 5.2% 2025 up 1,844.1% volatile
29 China 5.1% 2025 down 19.2% volatile
30 Djibouti 5.1% 2025 down 6.3% falling
31 Albania 5.0% 2025 up 31.1% volatile
32 Guinea 5.0% 2025 up 305.7% volatile
33 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.9% 2024 up 11.3% volatile
34 Macao 4.8% 2025 up 119.9% volatile
36 Seychelles 4.6% 2025 down 29.2% volatile
37 Turkmenistan 4.6% 2025 up 12.8% volatile
38 Nepal 4.5% 2025 up 33.3% volatile
39 Antigua and Barbuda 4.5% 2025 up 552.7% volatile
40 Grenada 4.3% 2025 down 27.2% volatile
41 Indonesia 4.3% 2025 up 15.7% volatile
42 Senegal 4.3% 2025 up 35.2% volatile
43 Moldova 4.2% 2025 up 885.5% volatile
44 Guam 4.2% 2022 up 84.5% volatile
45 Curacao 4.1% 2024 up 310.6% volatile
46 Cambodia 4.1% 2025 down 27.2% volatile
47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.1% 2025 up 23.1% volatile
48 Georgia 4.1% 2025 up 28.5% volatile
49 Costa Rica 4.1% 2025 up 60.1% volatile
50 Ghana 4.0% 2025 up 2,034.5% volatile
51 Togo 4.0% 2025 up 15.8% volatile
52 Argentina 4.0% 2025 up 141.7% volatile
53 Cote d'Ivoire 4.0% 2025 down 4.2% volatile
54 Malaysia 3.9% 2025 up 20.0% volatile
55 Poland 3.9% 2025 down 12.8% volatile
56 Hong Kong 3.8% 2025 up 152.3% volatile
57 Papua New Guinea 3.8% 2025 down 2.3% volatile
58 Singapore 3.7% 2025 up 112.7% volatile
59 North Macedonia 3.7% 2025 down 10.9% volatile
60 Morocco 3.6% 2025 up 16.9% volatile
61 Niger 3.6% 2025 up 498.0% volatile
62 American Samoa 3.6% 2022 up 199.2% volatile
63 Samoa 3.6% 2025 up 21.7% volatile
64 Dominica 3.6% 2025 up 204.4% volatile
65 Gambia 3.6% 2025 up 184.7% volatile
66 Philippines 3.6% 2025 down 25.7% volatile
67 Nicaragua 3.6% 2025 up 5.2% volatile
68 Guinea-Bissau 3.6% 2025 up 3.2% volatile
69 Uganda 3.5% 2025 up 74.5% volatile
70 El Salvador 3.5% 2025 up 68.2% volatile
72 Kuwait 3.4% 2025 up 188.9% volatile
73 Mauritius 3.3% 2025 down 7.3% volatile
74 Tuvalu 3.3% 2025 down 65.7% volatile
75 Tonga 3.2% 2025 up 101.4% volatile
76 Bulgaria 3.2% 2025 down 31.6% volatile
77 Turkey 3.2% 2025 down 28.0% volatile
78 Laos 3.2% 2025 down 44.6% volatile
79 Latvia 3.2% 2025 down 32.0% volatile
80 Croatia 3.1% 2025 down 11.6% volatile
81 Jordan 3.1% 2025 up 155.9% volatile
82 Eswatini 3.1% 2025 up 174.5% volatile
83 Panama 3.1% 2025 down 11.0% volatile
84 Burkina Faso 3.0% 2025 up 237.2% volatile
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.9% 2025 down 48.5% volatile
86 Bahamas 2.9% 2024 up 203.8% volatile
87 Lithuania 2.9% 2025 down 22.7% volatile
88 Tanzania 2.9% 2025 up 4.4% volatile
89 Ecuador 2.9% 2025 up 318.8% volatile
90 Liberia 2.8% 2025 up 238.2% volatile
91 Montenegro 2.8% 2025 up 18.3% volatile
92 Egypt 2.8% 2025 up 26.1% volatile
93 Czechia 2.8% 2025 down 42.1% volatile
94 Bahrain 2.7% 2025 up 263.8% volatile
95 Kiribati 2.7% 2025 down 72.4% volatile
96 Fiji 2.7% 2025 down 38.2% volatile
97 Guatemala 2.7% 2025 up 23.0% volatile
98 Andorra 2.7% 2025 down 26.8% volatile
99 Barbados 2.6% 2025 up 364.1% volatile
100 Kenya 2.6% 2025 down 0.9% volatile
101 Serbia 2.6% 2025 up 43.9% volatile
102 Mali 2.6% 2025 down 13.0% volatile
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.5% 2025 up 260.2% volatile
104 Thailand 2.5% 2025 down 5.6% volatile
105 Sierra Leone 2.5% 2025 up 138.1% volatile
106 Algeria 2.5% 2025 up 123.4% volatile
107 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.4% 2025 down 16.5% volatile
108 Denmark 2.4% 2025 up 71.6% volatile
109 Peru 2.4% 2025 up 12.6% volatile
110 Cyprus 2.3% 2025 down 26.5% volatile
111 Bangladesh 2.2% 2025 down 60.1% volatile
112 Pakistan 2.1% 2025 down 24.3% volatile
113 Honduras 2.1% 2025 up 9.1% volatile
114 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.1% 2025 up 201.1% volatile
115 Chad 2.0% 2025 up 2,937.9% volatile
116 Malta 2.0% 2025 down 71.1% volatile
117 Greece 2.0% 2025 up 360.7% volatile
118 Bermuda 2.0% 2024 up 154.7% volatile
119 Chile 2.0% 2025 up 76.7% volatile
120 Palestine 1.9% 2025 up 41.8% volatile
121 Tunisia 1.9% 2025 up 1,248.7% volatile
122 Brazil 1.9% 2025 up 144.0% volatile
123 Nigeria 1.9% 2025 up 2,205.8% volatile
124 Comoros 1.8% 2025 up 291.5% volatile
125 Uruguay 1.8% 2025 up 8,059.0% volatile
126 Belarus 1.8% 2025 up 146.0% volatile
127 Cayman Islands 1.8% 2024 up 1,957.7% volatile
128 Spain 1.8% 2025 down 57.3% volatile
129 Burundi 1.8% 2025 up 166.7% volatile
130 Israel 1.7% 2025 up 640.1% volatile
131 Japan 1.7% 2025 down 11.3% volatile
132 United States 1.6% 2025 down 23.4% volatile
133 Colombia 1.6% 2025 down 22.4% volatile
134 Nauru 1.5% 2025 up 4.4% volatile
135 Belize 1.3% 2025 up 112.8% volatile
136 Dominican Republic 1.3% 2025 down 77.6% volatile
137 Sweden 1.3% 2025 down 60.9% volatile
138 Netherlands 1.3% 2025 down 24.8% volatile
139 Solomon Islands 1.2% 2025 up 163.8% volatile
140 Mauritania 1.2% 2025 down 47.8% volatile
141 Venezuela 1.2% 2025 up 116.4% volatile
142 South Korea 1.1% 2025 down 52.2% volatile
143 Russia 1.1% 2025 up 149.0% volatile
144 United Kingdom 1.1% 2025 down 22.6% volatile
145 Central African Republic 1.0% 2025 down 75.3% volatile
146 Estonia 1.0% 2025 down 42.6% volatile
147 Hungary 1.0% 2025 down 74.8% volatile
148 Azerbaijan 1.0% 2025 up 788.7% volatile
149 Slovakia 1.0% 2025 down 81.1% volatile
150 Suriname 0.9% 2025 up 120.9% volatile
151 Zambia 0.9% 2025 up 482.1% volatile
152 Slovenia 0.9% 2025 down 61.6% volatile
153 French Polynesia 0.9% 2024 up 8,674.0% volatile
154 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2025 up 152.8% volatile
155 Lesotho 0.9% 2025 down 55.0% volatile
156 Romania 0.8% 2025 down 76.8% volatile
157 Portugal 0.8% 2025 down 59.0% volatile
158 Canada 0.8% 2025 up 804.5% volatile
159 Vanuatu 0.8% 2025 down 36.1% volatile
160 Congo 0.7% 2025 up 134.1% volatile
161 Sudan 0.6% 2025 up 156.1% volatile
162 Italy 0.6% 2025 down 41.9% volatile
163 Micronesia (country) 0.6% 2025 down 85.3% volatile
164 France 0.6% 2025 down 16.2% volatile
165 Cameroon 0.6% 2025 down 75.4% volatile
166 Madagascar 0.6% 2025 up 26.1% volatile
167 Greenland 0.5% 2023 up 169.4% volatile
168 Faroe Islands 0.4% 2024 down 92.1% volatile
169 Norway 0.4% 2025 down 62.3% volatile
170 Switzerland 0.3% 2025 up 8.6% volatile
171 Gabon 0.3% 2025 down 52.1% volatile
172 Austria 0.3% 2025 up 64.1% volatile
173 Belgium 0.3% 2025 down 68.5% volatile
174 Germany 0.3% 2025 down 65.7% volatile
175 Jamaica 0.2% 2025 down 74.3% volatile
176 San Marino 0.1% 2023 down 81.9% volatile
177 Angola 0.1% 2025 up 103.0% volatile
178 South Africa -0.0% 2025 up 94.1% volatile
179 Brunei -0.1% 2025 up 93.5% volatile
180 Australia -0.2% 2025 down 127.2% volatile
181 New Zealand -0.2% 2025 down 111.7% volatile
182 Saudi Arabia -0.2% 2025 up 64.3% volatile
183 Iceland -0.2% 2025 down 109.0% volatile
184 Mexico -0.3% 2025 down 116.5% volatile
185 Finland -0.3% 2025 down 318.3% volatile
186 Namibia -0.3% 2025 down 121.6% volatile
187 Somalia -0.4% 2025 down 105.8% volatile
188 Malawi -0.7% 2025 down 8,766.7% volatile
189 Cuba -0.7% 2024 down 160.4% volatile
190 Trinidad and Tobago -0.7% 2025 down 2.9% volatile
191 United Arab Emirates -0.8% 2024 down 517.5% volatile
192 Saint Lucia -0.8% 2025 down 136.6% volatile
193 Luxembourg -0.8% 2025 down 602.5% volatile
194 United States Virgin Islands -0.9% 2022 up 94.0% volatile
195 Sao Tome and Principe -1.0% 2025 down 287.1% volatile
196 Afghanistan -1.0% 2024 down 3.8% volatile
197 Qatar -1.1% 2025 up 72.6% volatile
198 Ukraine -1.3% 2025 up 85.8% volatile
199 Oman -1.6% 2025 down 459.1% volatile
200 Liechtenstein -1.9% 2009 down 122.3% volatile
201 Isle of Man -2.1% 2023 down 147.3% volatile
202 Yemen -2.2% 2018 down 689.4% volatile
203 Botswana -2.3% 2025 up 62.6% volatile
204 Myanmar -2.6% 2025 down 143.0% volatile
205 Bolivia -2.9% 2025 down 188.5% volatile
206 Mozambique -3.3% 2025 down 176.7% volatile
207 Iran -3.7% 2025 down 34.9% volatile
208 Haiti -3.8% 2025 down 8,271.7% volatile
209 Syria -3.9% 2022 up 85.0% volatile
210 Iraq -4.2% 2025 down 2,629.0% volatile
211 Lebanon -7.6% 2024 down 4.7% volatile
212 Equatorial Guinea -8.1% 2025 up 35.3% volatile
213 South Sudan -9.8% 2015 down 4,943.2% volatile
214 New Caledonia -14.3% 2024 down 3,663.8% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,323 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.