GDP growth in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: GDP growth was 6.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
GDP growth in Lower middle income, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
In 2025, gdp growth in Lower middle income stood at 6.0%.
That represents a change of up 10.8% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp growth in Lower middle income peaked at 7.6% in 1970 and was at its lowest, -4.2%, in 2020.
That places Lower middle income 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
GDP growth in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.1% | — |
| 1962 | 4.1% | +33.2% |
| 1963 | 5.9% | +43.7% |
| 1964 | 7.3% | +23.5% |
| 1965 | 2.0% | -72.9% |
| 1966 | 1.1% | -45.1% |
| 1967 | 1.3% | +23.6% |
| 1968 | 4.1% | +204.3% |
| 1969 | 7.5% | +84.9% |
| 1970 | 7.6% | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 4.5% | -41.1% |
| 1972 | 1.4% | -69.3% |
| 1973 | 4.4% | +215.5% |
| 1974 | 4.8% | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 3.2% | -32.5% |
| 1976 | 5.4% | +65.6% |
| 1977 | 5.7% | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 3.4% | -40.5% |
| 1979 | 0.8% | -76.7% |
| 1980 | 4.4% | +452.5% |
| 1981 | 1.4% | -68.5% |
| 1982 | 2.0% | +45.5% |
| 1983 | 1.4% | -30.9% |
| 1984 | 3.8% | +174.3% |
| 1985 | 4.8% | +26.3% |
| 1986 | 4.0% | -16.2% |
| 1987 | 3.7% | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 6.9% | +87.8% |
| 1989 | 2.4% | -65.7% |
| 1990 | 5.4% | +127.5% |
| 1991 | 2.6% | -51.1% |
| 1992 | 3.7% | +42.2% |
| 1993 | 1.8% | -51.6% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | +88.2% |
| 1995 | 5.0% | +45.0% |
| 1996 | 6.1% | +22.6% |
| 1997 | 3.9% | -35.9% |
| 1998 | 4.7% | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 5.0% | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 4.0% | -20.6% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +39.4% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +38.5% |
| 2005 | 6.9% | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | -34.8% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | +31.7% |
| 2010 | 6.6% | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 4.7% | -28.7% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 5.8% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 5.0% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | -30.6% |
| 2020 | -4.2% | -224.0% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | -261.1% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | -15.7% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 6.0% | +10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.0% | 1.1% | 7.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.1% | 0.8% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.5% | 1.4% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.2% | 1.8% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.7% | 3.9% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 3.4% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | -4.2% | 6.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Industry (including construction), value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.15 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Trade in services 14.1% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 1.40 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 16.9% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.29 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.30 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 5.0% (2025)
- Services, value added 61.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp growth in Lower middle income?
- Gdp growth in Lower middle income was 6.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp growth recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 7.6% in 1970.
- What is the lowest gdp growth recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.2% in 2020.
- How does Lower middle income rank for gdp growth?
- Lower middle income ranks 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp growth rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.