GDP per capita growth in Small states
Small states: GDP per capita growth was 3.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP per capita growth in Small states, 1975–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
In 2025, gdp per capita growth in Small states stood at 3.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.9% on the previous year and up 201.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp per capita growth in Small states peaked at 9.6% in 1979 and was at its lowest, -7.8%, in 2020.
Small states ranks 12th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
GDP per capita growth in Small states, year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | -1.5% | — |
| 1976 | 8.9% | -677.5% |
| 1977 | 6.6% | -26.0% |
| 1978 | 5.4% | -17.3% |
| 1979 | 9.6% | +77.2% |
| 1980 | -1.1% | -111.9% |
| 1981 | -5.1% | +341.0% |
| 1982 | -0.1% | -98.6% |
| 1983 | -2.6% | +3528.1% |
| 1984 | 1.0% | -140.6% |
| 1985 | -0.2% | -121.5% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | -252.0% |
| 1987 | 1.5% | +329.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8% | -43.2% |
| 1989 | 1.5% | +76.9% |
| 1990 | 1.3% | -13.9% |
| 1991 | -1.9% | -253.3% |
| 1992 | -1.9% | -4.5% |
| 1993 | -0.2% | -89.3% |
| 1994 | 2.2% | -1208.0% |
| 1995 | 3.1% | +40.6% |
| 1996 | 2.7% | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 4.0% | +47.4% |
| 1998 | 2.5% | -36.3% |
| 1999 | 3.0% | +18.5% |
| 2000 | 5.4% | +79.4% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | -77.1% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | +70.0% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | +68.7% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 5.5% | +44.6% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | -34.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -95.8% |
| 2009 | -5.3% | -3647.5% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -120.2% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +43.0% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -26.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -86.3% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +736.7% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -38.4% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +191.5% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -9.0% |
| 2020 | -7.8% | -492.3% |
| 2021 | 6.3% | -181.0% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | -35.2% |
| 2024 | 5.2% | +27.5% |
| 2025 | 3.6% | -30.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.8% | -1.5% | 9.6% | 5 |
| 1980s | -0.4% | -5.1% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.5% | -1.9% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | -5.3% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.2% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | -7.8% | 6.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More economy & growth data for Small states
- Services, value added 214.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 24.33 billion current US$ (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 19.20 billion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 7.8% (2024)
- Trade in services 69.2% (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 72.77 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 9.8% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 24.2% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 307.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 2.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp per capita growth in Small states?
- Gdp per capita growth in Small states was 3.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp per capita growth recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 9.6% in 1979.
- What is the lowest gdp per capita growth recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.8% in 2020.
- How does Small states rank for gdp per capita growth?
- Small states ranks 12th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp per capita growth rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 201.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Small states 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.