Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita (%) in China
China: Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita (%) was 5.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita in China, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, annual growth rate of real gdp per capita in China stood at 5.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth rate of real gdp per capita in China peaked at 13.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2020.
China ranks 19th of 228 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita (%) in China, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.7% | — |
| 2001 | 7.6% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 8.4% | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 9.4% | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 9.5% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 10.7% | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 13.5% | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 9.0% | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 8.7% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -61.4% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | +286.4% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | -62.4% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | +75.0% |
| 2024 | 5.2% | -7.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 5.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.9%, 1.8× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- China's 5.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.8%, 1.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita (%) in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +286.4% | 2.2% | 8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.7% | 7.6% | 13.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 5.7% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 2.2% | 8.5% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth rate of real gdp per capita in China?
- Annual growth rate of real gdp per capita in China was 5.2% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest annual growth rate of real gdp per capita recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest annual growth rate of real gdp per capita recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- How does China rank for annual growth rate of real gdp per capita?
- China ranks 19th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual growth rate of real gdp per capita rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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