Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person was 3.1% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in 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 South-Eastern Asia is 3.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 17.2% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 5.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, -2.5%, in 2020.
That places South-Eastern Asia 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.3% | — |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -73.4% |
| 2002 | 3.8% | +340.2% |
| 2003 | 4.0% | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | -14.5% |
| 2007 | 3.3% | -19.1% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -42.1% |
| 2009 | -0.2% | -108.9% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | -3105.9% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | -57.9% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | +80.9% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -30.4% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | +30.7% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -29.5% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | -2.5% | -183.6% |
| 2021 | 4.1% | -268.2% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | -61.4% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | +33.3% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | +75.9% |
| 2025 | 3.1% | -17.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person in 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 | +3105.9% | -0.2% | 5.1% |
| 2002 | +340.2% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.1% | -0.2% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.1% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | -2.5% | 4.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
More economy & growth data for South-Eastern Asia
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 12.32 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 3.92 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 966,374 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 5,643 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 5,103 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 3.55 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.47 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 2.72 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 2.46 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 27.24 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in South-Eastern Asia?
- Annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person in South-Eastern Asia was 3.1% 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 South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.5% in 2020.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this 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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