Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person was 3.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia is 3.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 14.1% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia peaked at 7.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2009.
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia ranks 5th of 39 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% | — |
| 2001 | 2.5% | -43.0% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +47.3% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | +12.3% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 5.5% | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 6.4% | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | -41.6% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | -47.2% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | +252.5% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | -36.0% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 4.5% | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 3.9% | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | -48.1% |
| 2021 | 4.7% | +132.0% |
| 2022 | 2.9% | -39.1% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | +35.8% |
| 2025 | 3.6% | -14.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +252.5% | 2.0% | 7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.2% | 2.0% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 3.9% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 2.0% | 4.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
More economy & growth data for Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 513,521 (2024)
- Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 24.1% (2025)
- Manufacturing value added (current United States dollars) as a 23.7% (2024)
- Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita 3.8% (2024)
- Merchandise trade as a proportion of GDP 48.6% (2024)
- Annual GDP growth 3.9% (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP 1.5% (2024)
- Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 1.58 (2022)
- Annual growth of the gross capital formation 2.8% (2024)
- Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- Annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia was 3.6% 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 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person recorded in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2009.
- How does Eastern and South-Eastern Asia rank for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person?
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person rising or falling in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 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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