GDP growth in OECD members
OECD members: GDP growth was 1.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP growth in OECD members, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
In 2025, gdp growth in OECD members stood at 1.8%.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp growth in OECD members peaked at 6.5% in 1964 and was at its lowest, -3.9%, in 2020.
That places OECD members 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
GDP growth in OECD members, year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.4% | — |
| 1962 | 5.5% | +27.3% |
| 1963 | 5.1% | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 6.5% | +27.4% |
| 1965 | 5.5% | -15.2% |
| 1966 | 5.5% | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 3.8% | -31.0% |
| 1968 | 6.0% | +55.8% |
| 1969 | 5.5% | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 2.8% | -50.0% |
| 1971 | 3.6% | +29.8% |
| 1972 | 5.3% | +48.5% |
| 1973 | 6.1% | +15.1% |
| 1974 | 1.2% | -80.7% |
| 1975 | 0.4% | -66.1% |
| 1976 | 4.8% | +1093.8% |
| 1977 | 3.7% | -23.1% |
| 1978 | 4.4% | +19.0% |
| 1979 | 3.9% | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 1.2% | -69.1% |
| 1981 | 2.1% | +74.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -89.7% |
| 1983 | 2.8% | +1214.5% |
| 1984 | 4.8% | +68.3% |
| 1985 | 3.7% | -23.8% |
| 1986 | 3.1% | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 3.5% | +14.0% |
| 1988 | 4.5% | +27.3% |
| 1989 | 3.7% | -17.0% |
| 1990 | 2.9% | -22.1% |
| 1991 | 1.1% | -60.8% |
| 1992 | 2.1% | +86.4% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | -32.7% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | +133.1% |
| 1995 | 2.8% | -16.8% |
| 1996 | 3.1% | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 3.7% | +18.2% |
| 1998 | 2.9% | -20.2% |
| 1999 | 3.4% | +17.2% |
| 2000 | 4.1% | +20.4% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -66.3% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | +10.9% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | +31.0% |
| 2004 | 3.3% | +60.7% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -85.0% |
| 2009 | -3.4% | -952.5% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -187.5% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -37.8% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | -24.1% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +15.6% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +37.9% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | -26.7% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +40.8% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | -22.4% |
| 2020 | -3.9% | -308.5% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | -257.7% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | -48.2% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | -43.3% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 1.8% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.3% | 3.8% | 6.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.6% | 0.4% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.0% | 0.2% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 1.1% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | -3.4% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | -3.9% | 6.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 40 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.8% compare
- 41 Papua New Guinea 5.6% compare
- 42 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6% compare
- 43 Mali 5.6% compare
- 44 Chad 5.6% compare
- 45 Cambodia 5.3% compare
- 46 Burkina Faso 5.3% compare
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Trade in services 14.9% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 22.5% (2024)
- Imports of goods and services 20.55 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 17.02 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 3.8% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 28.3% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -0.1% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 12.4% (2022)
- Manufacturing, value added 7.62 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 7.62 trillion current US$ (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp growth in OECD members?
- Gdp growth in OECD members was 1.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp growth recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 6.5% in 1964.
- What is the lowest gdp growth recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.9% in 2020.
- How does OECD members rank for gdp growth?
- OECD members ranks 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp growth rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this OECD members 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.