GDP per capita growth in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: GDP per capita growth was 3.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP per capita growth in Upper middle 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 Upper middle income is 3.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp per capita growth in Upper middle income peaked at 8.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, -1.1%, in 2020.
That places Upper middle income 9th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.1% | — |
| 1962 | 1.5% | -1257.3% |
| 1963 | 1.9% | +31.7% |
| 1964 | 5.9% | +206.7% |
| 1965 | 5.0% | -15.4% |
| 1966 | 3.4% | -31.3% |
| 1967 | 1.2% | -63.8% |
| 1968 | 4.2% | +237.9% |
| 1969 | 5.5% | +30.4% |
| 1970 | 5.5% | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 3.9% | -28.8% |
| 1972 | 5.1% | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 5.3% | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 4.0% | -24.9% |
| 1975 | 2.5% | -37.8% |
| 1976 | 4.6% | +84.4% |
| 1977 | 2.5% | -45.6% |
| 1978 | 2.0% | -19.5% |
| 1979 | 3.8% | +87.7% |
| 1980 | 2.9% | -23.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | -93.3% |
| 1982 | 1.2% | +540.5% |
| 1983 | -0.4% | -129.8% |
| 1984 | 3.2% | -971.2% |
| 1985 | 2.6% | -19.3% |
| 1986 | 1.8% | -29.3% |
| 1987 | 3.0% | +63.6% |
| 1988 | 1.6% | -45.9% |
| 1989 | 1.2% | -23.6% |
| 1990 | 1.1% | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 1.5% | +39.3% |
| 1992 | 3.0% | +103.6% |
| 1993 | 4.4% | +47.4% |
| 1994 | 4.2% | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 3.2% | -23.6% |
| 1996 | 4.9% | +53.5% |
| 1997 | 4.8% | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | -63.9% |
| 1999 | 2.1% | +22.5% |
| 2000 | 4.9% | +128.3% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | -50.0% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | +59.2% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | +28.3% |
| 2004 | 6.9% | +38.4% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 7.6% | +15.7% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | -36.5% |
| 2009 | 2.6% | -50.8% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | +186.9% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | -21.6% |
| 2012 | 4.8% | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 4.7% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | +20.8% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | -14.9% |
| 2020 | -1.1% | -130.5% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | -761.9% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | -54.5% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | +33.4% |
| 2024 | 3.9% | -10.1% |
| 2025 | 3.9% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.2% | -0.1% | 5.9% | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.9% | 2.0% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.8% | -0.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.1% | 1.1% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.4% | 2.4% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 3.5% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | -1.1% | 7.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More economy & growth data for Upper middle income
- Services, value added 4.7% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 21.0% (2025)
- Trade in services 6.9% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 10.57 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 3.7% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 32.7% (2025)
- Services, value added 19.09 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 17.72 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP growth 4.2% (2025)
- GDP 31.38 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp per capita growth in Upper middle income?
- Gdp per capita growth in Upper middle income was 3.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp per capita growth recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest gdp per capita growth recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.1% in 2020.
- How does Upper middle income rank for gdp per capita growth?
- Upper middle income ranks 9th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp per capita growth rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Upper middle 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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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.