GDP per capita growth in World

GDP per capita growth in the World was 1.99% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.07 pts from 2024.

20251.99%

Change on 2024+0.07 pts

Series high5.62021

Series low-3.832020

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GDP per capita growth in World, 1961 to 2025

%. Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.

All 65 values

Period	%
2025	1.99
2024	1.91
2023	1.91
2022	2.55
2021	5.6
2020	-3.83
2019	1.61
2018	2.18
2017	2.28
2016	1.6
2015	1.91
2014	1.93
2013	1.63
2012	1.46
2011	2.06
2010	3.26
2009	-2.56
2008	0.81
2007	3.12
2006	3.17
2005	2.74
2004	3.16
2003	1.75
2002	0.99
2001	0.67
2000	3.15
1999	2.14
1998	1.31
1997	2.49
1996	2.05
1995	1.64
1994	1.84
1993	0.25
1992	0.41
1991	-0.45
1990	0.93
1989	1.84
1988	2.69
1987	1.91
1986	1.49
1985	1.85
1984	2.9
1983	0.75
1982	-1.39
1981	0.1
1980	0.04
1979	2.31
1978	2.33
1977	2.13
1976	3.35
1975	-1.04
1974	0.04
1973	4.37
1972	3.45
1971	1.95
1970	1.63
1969	3.78
1968	3.8
1967	1.64
1966	3.24
1965	3.48
1964	4.43
1963	2.82
1962	3.48
1961	2.51

Rankings

Countries by GDP per capita growth 212 places
EU countries by GDP per capita growth 27 places

Definition

Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG) (GDP per capita growth, World, 1961 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG

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GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG), GDP per capita growth, World, 1961 to 2025. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/world. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). GDP per capita growth, World, 1961 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/world.

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World Bank (2026) GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG), GDP per capita growth, World, 1961 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/world (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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@misc{world_gdp_per_capita_growth_2025,
  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{GDP per capita growth (annual \%) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG): GDP per capita growth, World, 1961 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/world. Publisher attribution: World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual \%) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}

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What is the GDP per capita growth in World?

GDP per capita growth in the World was 1.99% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.07 pts from 2024.

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World Bank. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest GDP per capita growth in World?

5.6% in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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