Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person was 1.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Australia and New Zealand, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Australia and New Zealand is 1.0%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 53.0% on the previous year and up 260.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 2.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, -0.6%, in 2020.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 140th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.3% | — |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -43.7% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +164.8% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -45.7% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | +104.9% |
| 2005 | -0.1% | -105.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -358.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +164.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -20.7% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +113.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -79.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | +377.6% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -45.1% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -81.2% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +121.4% |
| 2017 | -0.2% | -132.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -200.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -80.0% |
| 2020 | -0.6% | -1475.0% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -363.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -62.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | +53.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Australia and New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -1475.0% | 0.0% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | -0.1% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | -0.2% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | -0.6% | 1.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More economy & growth data for Australia and New Zealand
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.44 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 1.23 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 2.24 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.22 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.74 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 54,411 USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 26.13 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 2.09 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 65,559 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 0.268 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Australia and New Zealand?
- Annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Australia and New Zealand was 1.0% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.6% in 2020.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 140th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 260.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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 employed person (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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