GDP per capita growth in OECD members
OECD members: GDP per capita growth was 1.4% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP per capita growth in OECD members, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 1.4% for gdp per capita growth in 2025.
The figure is up 22.1% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp per capita growth in OECD members peaked at 5.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -4.2%, in 2020.
That places OECD members 38th 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 per capita growth in OECD members, year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.9% | — |
| 1962 | 4.1% | +39.7% |
| 1963 | 3.7% | -10.2% |
| 1964 | 5.1% | +37.8% |
| 1965 | 4.1% | -18.1% |
| 1966 | 4.3% | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 2.6% | -39.0% |
| 1968 | 4.7% | +82.7% |
| 1969 | 4.3% | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 1.6% | -62.6% |
| 1971 | 2.2% | +38.5% |
| 1972 | 4.1% | +83.6% |
| 1973 | 4.9% | +20.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1% | -98.0% |
| 1975 | -0.6% | -743.3% |
| 1976 | 3.8% | -699.1% |
| 1977 | 2.7% | -28.6% |
| 1978 | 3.4% | +25.7% |
| 1979 | 2.9% | -14.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | -91.0% |
| 1981 | 1.2% | +349.7% |
| 1982 | -0.6% | -154.1% |
| 1983 | 2.0% | -414.5% |
| 1984 | 4.0% | +98.9% |
| 1985 | 2.8% | -28.4% |
| 1986 | 2.3% | -19.6% |
| 1987 | 2.7% | +18.7% |
| 1988 | 3.7% | +34.9% |
| 1989 | 2.9% | -21.8% |
| 1990 | 2.0% | -30.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -91.3% |
| 1992 | 1.2% | +574.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | -54.9% |
| 1994 | 2.5% | +370.0% |
| 1995 | 2.0% | -21.2% |
| 1996 | 2.3% | +18.5% |
| 1997 | 2.9% | +24.8% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | -24.5% |
| 1999 | 2.7% | +23.2% |
| 2000 | 3.4% | +26.8% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -80.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | +22.6% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | +61.3% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | +95.5% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -17.1% |
| 2008 | -0.4% | -120.2% |
| 2009 | -4.1% | +956.1% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | -155.6% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -42.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -40.5% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +32.4% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +57.2% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -36.2% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | +65.5% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -29.2% |
| 2020 | -4.2% | -435.5% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | -239.7% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | -55.1% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -58.1% |
| 2024 | 1.1% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | +22.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.0% | 2.6% | 5.1% | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.5% | -0.6% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.1% | -0.6% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.8% | 0.2% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | -4.1% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | -4.2% | 5.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 35 Kosovo 4.7% compare
- 36 Seychelles 4.6% compare
- 37 Turkmenistan 4.6% compare
- 38 Nepal 4.5% compare
- 39 Antigua and Barbuda 4.5% compare
- 40 Grenada 4.3% compare
- 41 Indonesia 4.3% compare
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Industry (including construction), value added 12.98 trillion current US$ (2022)
- External balance on goods and services -0.1% (2025)
- Trade 56.9% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 731.26 billion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2024)
- Trade in services 14.9% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 7.62 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 12.4% (2022)
- Services, value added 69.8% (2021)
- Services, value added 41.66 trillion current US$ (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp per capita growth in OECD members?
- Gdp per capita growth in OECD members was 1.4% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp per capita growth recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest gdp per capita growth recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.2% in 2020.
- How does OECD members rank for gdp per capita growth?
- OECD members ranks 38th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp per capita growth rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. 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 per capita 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. 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.