GDP per capita growth in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): GDP per capita growth was 0.3% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP per capita growth in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) is 0.3%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 34.3% on the previous year and up 157.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp per capita growth in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 11.8% in 1976 and was at its lowest, -6.2%, in 1980.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 46th out of 47 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 per capita growth in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.1% | — |
| 1962 | 0.0% | -98.5% |
| 1963 | 8.4% | +48071.4% |
| 1964 | 7.3% | -12.6% |
| 1965 | 9.3% | +27.1% |
| 1966 | 4.3% | -53.7% |
| 1967 | 4.6% | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 9.4% | +101.3% |
| 1969 | 8.0% | -14.6% |
| 1970 | 5.7% | -28.3% |
| 1971 | 2.7% | -52.4% |
| 1972 | 8.9% | +226.1% |
| 1973 | 2.6% | -70.9% |
| 1974 | 4.4% | +71.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | -96.1% |
| 1976 | 11.8% | +6750.6% |
| 1977 | -1.3% | -110.7% |
| 1978 | -4.7% | +271.2% |
| 1979 | -3.4% | -26.9% |
| 1980 | -6.2% | +80.4% |
| 1981 | -4.4% | -28.8% |
| 1982 | 7.6% | -271.3% |
| 1983 | 1.5% | -79.6% |
| 1984 | -2.9% | -291.0% |
| 1985 | 1.1% | -138.6% |
| 1986 | -4.8% | -519.2% |
| 1987 | -2.0% | -58.1% |
| 1988 | -1.2% | -42.2% |
| 1989 | -0.2% | -86.6% |
| 1990 | 6.2% | -4090.0% |
| 1991 | -1.6% | -125.8% |
| 1992 | 2.1% | -233.7% |
| 1993 | -1.1% | -153.7% |
| 1994 | -0.3% | -77.7% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | -287.3% |
| 1996 | 3.5% | +628.1% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | -69.0% |
| 1998 | 3.0% | +178.8% |
| 1999 | 1.8% | -38.7% |
| 2000 | 3.4% | +86.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -80.5% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +60.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -58.6% |
| 2004 | 5.3% | +1096.6% |
| 2005 | 2.6% | -50.9% |
| 2006 | 3.0% | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | -64.6% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -53.1% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | +340.2% |
| 2011 | -2.4% | -194.1% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -161.6% |
| 2013 | -0.8% | -152.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -166.8% |
| 2015 | -0.6% | -214.4% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | -739.9% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -56.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -81.3% |
| 2019 | -0.4% | -227.0% |
| 2020 | -4.3% | +980.8% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | -159.5% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -56.3% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -53.5% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | -34.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where GDP per capita growth in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +48071.4% | 0.0% | 8.4% |
| 1976 | +6750.6% | 0.2% | 11.8% |
| 1990 | +4090.0% | -0.2% | 6.2% |
| 2004 | +1096.6% | 0.4% | 5.3% |
| 2020 | -980.8% | -0.4% | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.8% | 0.0% | 9.4% | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.7% | -4.7% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.1% | -6.2% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.5% | -1.6% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 0.4% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | -2.4% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | -4.3% | 2.6% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,931 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6825 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.79 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 452.38 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1599 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 20.95 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp per capita growth in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Gdp per capita growth in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 0.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp per capita growth recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 1976.
- What is the lowest gdp per capita growth recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -6.2% in 1980.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for gdp per capita growth?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp per capita growth rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (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.