Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person was 3.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in Eastern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Eastern Asia stood at 3.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.3% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Eastern Asia peaked at 7.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2009.
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd of 39 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.7% | — |
| 2001 | 2.8% | -39.1% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +27.5% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 5.1% | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 5.8% | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 7.2% | +24.4% |
| 2008 | 4.3% | -40.1% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | -40.1% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | +192.2% |
| 2011 | 5.1% | -32.4% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 4.7% | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 4.7% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 5.2% | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | -35.6% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | +51.8% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | -16.0% |
| 2024 | 4.6% | +34.4% |
| 2025 | 3.9% | -15.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in 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 | +192.2% | 2.6% | 7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.5% | 2.6% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 4.3% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 2.8% | 4.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More economy & growth data for Eastern Asia
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 49.31 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 25.47 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.12 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 15,598 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 15,192 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 24.81 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 4.81 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 5.06 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 4.25 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 36.27 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Eastern Asia?
- Annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in Eastern Asia was 3.9% 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2009.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person?
- Eastern Asia ranks 3rd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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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