GDP growth in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: GDP growth was 4.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
GDP growth in East Asia & Pacific, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific recorded 4.0% for gdp growth in 2025.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp growth in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 11.5% in 1969 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 2020.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 26th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
GDP growth in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.8% | — |
| 1962 | 5.5% | +42.2% |
| 1963 | 7.8% | +42.3% |
| 1964 | 10.4% | +34.0% |
| 1965 | 7.0% | -33.0% |
| 1966 | 8.6% | +23.7% |
| 1967 | 7.4% | -14.7% |
| 1968 | 9.3% | +26.9% |
| 1969 | 11.5% | +23.0% |
| 1970 | 3.9% | -66.2% |
| 1971 | 5.3% | +36.0% |
| 1972 | 7.2% | +35.8% |
| 1973 | 7.7% | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 1.0% | -86.9% |
| 1975 | 3.5% | +253.2% |
| 1976 | 4.2% | +17.8% |
| 1977 | 5.2% | +24.3% |
| 1978 | 5.8% | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 5.9% | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 3.7% | -36.9% |
| 1981 | 4.6% | +23.0% |
| 1982 | 4.2% | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 4.4% | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 6.2% | +42.2% |
| 1985 | 5.7% | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 4.9% | -14.0% |
| 1987 | 6.3% | +27.9% |
| 1988 | 7.7% | +21.5% |
| 1989 | 5.1% | -33.5% |
| 1990 | 5.1% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 4.8% | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 4.2% | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 4.2% | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 5.2% | +24.5% |
| 1995 | 5.6% | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 5.6% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 4.3% | -24.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -93.7% |
| 1999 | 3.8% | +1307.4% |
| 2000 | 5.5% | +45.9% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | -41.0% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +36.1% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | +19.1% |
| 2005 | 6.0% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | -41.3% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | -42.9% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | +201.6% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | -29.4% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | -16.0% |
| 2020 | -0.1% | -102.2% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | -7247.6% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | -52.9% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | +33.4% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | -8.5% |
| 2025 | 4.0% | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.9% | 3.8% | 11.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.0% | 1.0% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.3% | 3.7% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.3% | 0.3% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 2.5% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 4.0% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | -0.1% | 6.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific
- Imports of goods and services 28.5% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 11.20 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Gross capital formation 11.11 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Gross capital formation 2.0% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 34.8% (2024)
- Imports of goods and services 9.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.84 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation 34.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp growth in East Asia & Pacific?
- Gdp growth in East Asia & Pacific was 4.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp growth recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 1969.
- What is the lowest gdp growth recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 2020.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for gdp growth?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 26th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp growth rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of GDP growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.