GDP per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): GDP per capita growth was 4.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gdp per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 4.8%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 11.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, -13.4%, in 1961.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
GDP per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -13.4% | — |
| 1962 | -2.0% | -85.2% |
| 1963 | 3.8% | -291.7% |
| 1964 | 8.2% | +115.2% |
| 1965 | 8.1% | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 5.1% | -37.1% |
| 1967 | -4.0% | -177.2% |
| 1968 | -0.9% | -77.6% |
| 1969 | 8.5% | -1053.9% |
| 1970 | 10.5% | +23.8% |
| 1971 | 4.0% | -62.2% |
| 1972 | 2.3% | -40.7% |
| 1973 | 5.8% | +146.2% |
| 1974 | 1.7% | -70.2% |
| 1975 | 4.7% | +173.8% |
| 1976 | 1.0% | -78.8% |
| 1977 | 5.8% | +476.8% |
| 1978 | 7.5% | +29.6% |
| 1979 | 5.3% | -28.6% |
| 1980 | 5.8% | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 3.9% | -32.4% |
| 1982 | 4.6% | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 5.9% | +27.3% |
| 1984 | 8.3% | +40.0% |
| 1985 | 6.2% | -24.9% |
| 1986 | 5.4% | -13.4% |
| 1987 | 7.3% | +36.0% |
| 1988 | 7.9% | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 3.9% | -50.1% |
| 1990 | 3.5% | -12.2% |
| 1991 | 6.5% | +86.7% |
| 1992 | 9.7% | +49.8% |
| 1993 | 9.8% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 9.5% | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 8.5% | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 7.7% | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 6.1% | -21.4% |
| 1998 | 1.8% | -70.5% |
| 1999 | 5.3% | +196.7% |
| 2000 | 6.6% | +25.3% |
| 2001 | 6.0% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | +20.2% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 8.3% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 11.6% | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 7.8% | -32.5% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 9.1% | +26.0% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 6.4% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 5.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -83.3% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | +733.1% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | -55.2% |
| 2023 | 5.1% | +53.2% |
| 2024 | 4.8% | -5.7% |
| 2025 | 4.8% | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where GDP per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +1053.9% | -0.9% | 8.5% |
| 2021 | +733.1% | 0.9% | 7.4% |
| 1977 | +476.8% | 1.0% | 5.8% |
| 1963 | +291.7% | -2.0% | 3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.5% | -13.4% | 8.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.9% | 1.0% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.9% | 3.9% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.8% | 1.8% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 6.0% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 5.3% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 0.9% | 7.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 176.21 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 4.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5647 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 6,123 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5372 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,825 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 10,615 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9789 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Gdp per capita growth in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 4.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp per capita growth recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest gdp per capita growth recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -13.4% in 1961.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for gdp per capita growth?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp per capita growth rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of GDP per capita growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.