GDP growth in Lower middle income

Lower middle income: GDP growth was 6.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
6.0%
Change on year
up 10.8%
Rank
4th
of 45 groups
All-time high
7.6%
in 1970
All-time low
-4.2%
in 2020
Years of data
65
1961–2025

GDP growth in Lower middle income, 1961–2025

-5-2.502.557.5196119932025

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

Annual values for GDP growth (annual %) in Lower middle income, 1961 to 2025.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 1 Guyana 19.3% compare
  2. 2 Northern Mariana Islands 16.6% compare
  3. 3 Libya 13.4% compare
  4. 4 Ireland 12.3% compare
  5. 5 Kyrgyzstan 11.1% compare
  6. 6 Ethiopia 9.8% compare
  7. 7 Rwanda 9.4% compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

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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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Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,323 data points, 1961–2025
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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.