GDP per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): GDP per capita growth was 1.5% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
In 2025, gdp per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 1.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.6% on the previous year and up 266.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 6.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -7.5%, in 2020.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
GDP per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.1% | — |
| 1962 | 1.6% | -47.3% |
| 1963 | -1.0% | -160.9% |
| 1964 | 4.9% | -588.4% |
| 1965 | 2.9% | -41.2% |
| 1966 | 1.6% | -42.8% |
| 1967 | 1.6% | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 4.6% | +191.7% |
| 1969 | 3.9% | -16.3% |
| 1970 | 4.2% | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 4.1% | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 4.8% | +17.7% |
| 1973 | 6.0% | +24.8% |
| 1974 | 3.9% | -34.4% |
| 1975 | 1.7% | -55.7% |
| 1976 | 3.1% | +79.1% |
| 1977 | 2.3% | -24.8% |
| 1978 | 1.8% | -23.2% |
| 1979 | 4.7% | +159.3% |
| 1980 | 3.9% | -16.9% |
| 1981 | -1.2% | -131.5% |
| 1982 | -1.8% | +45.6% |
| 1983 | -4.5% | +152.3% |
| 1984 | 1.7% | -137.9% |
| 1985 | 0.9% | -45.9% |
| 1986 | 1.3% | +44.4% |
| 1987 | 1.1% | -14.4% |
| 1988 | -1.4% | -226.4% |
| 1989 | -1.1% | -22.0% |
| 1990 | -2.2% | +93.2% |
| 1991 | 1.2% | -154.0% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | -68.6% |
| 1993 | 2.4% | +541.1% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | +38.5% |
| 1995 | -1.2% | -135.8% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | -279.9% |
| 1997 | 3.7% | +74.3% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | -70.8% |
| 1999 | -1.2% | -213.4% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | -272.4% |
| 2001 | -1.2% | -156.0% |
| 2002 | -1.3% | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -159.9% |
| 2004 | 4.3% | +450.9% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -32.6% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | +42.5% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -38.3% |
| 2009 | -3.6% | -238.1% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | -248.0% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | -37.5% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -59.2% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +22.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -95.0% |
| 2015 | -0.9% | -1201.6% |
| 2016 | -1.9% | +108.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -135.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -54.7% |
| 2019 | -0.6% | -297.1% |
| 2020 | -7.5% | +1133.9% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | -183.5% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | -46.3% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -57.8% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | -9.8% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | +19.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where GDP per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -1201.6% | 0.1% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | -1133.9% | -0.6% | -7.5% |
| 1964 | +588.4% | -1.0% | 4.9% |
| 1993 | +541.1% | 0.4% | 2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.6% | -1.0% | 4.9% | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.7% | 1.7% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.1% | -4.5% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9% | -2.2% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | -3.6% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | -1.9% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | -7.5% | 6.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 32 Guinea 5.0% compare
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.9% compare
- 34 Macau, China 4.8% compare
- 35 Kosovo 4.7% compare
- 35 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 4.7% compare
- 37 Seychelles 4.6% compare
- 38 Turkmenistan 4.6% compare
More economy & growth data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7,260 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.138 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 1,436 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6975 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.5838 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 6,076 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,706 current US$ per person (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Gdp per capita growth in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 1.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp per capita growth recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest gdp per capita growth recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.5% in 2020.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for gdp per capita growth?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp per capita growth rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 266.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (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.