Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Central America
Central America: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 9,068 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Central America, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Central America is 9,068 USD, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Central America peaked at 9,068 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,938 USD, in 1970.
That places Central America 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Central America, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4,938 USD | — |
| 1971 | 5,004 USD | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 5,255 USD | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 5,520 USD | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 5,690 USD | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 5,822 USD | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 5,917 USD | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 5,986 USD | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 6,286 USD | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 6,614 USD | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 6,939 USD | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 7,307 USD | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 7,077 USD | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 6,654 USD | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 6,735 USD | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 6,760 USD | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 6,408 USD | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 6,402 USD | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 6,337 USD | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 6,461 USD | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 6,638 USD | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 6,774 USD | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 6,901 USD | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 7,004 USD | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 7,165 USD | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 6,697 USD | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 6,952 USD | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 7,300 USD | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 7,609 USD | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 7,693 USD | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 7,935 USD | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 7,799 USD | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 7,692 USD | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 7,689 USD | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,855 USD | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 7,929 USD | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 8,207 USD | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 8,308 USD | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8,304 USD | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,733 USD | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 7,989 USD | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 8,171 USD | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 8,362 USD | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 8,359 USD | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,478 USD | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 8,625 USD | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 8,709 USD | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 8,809 USD | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 8,901 USD | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 8,821 USD | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 8,018 USD | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 8,499 USD | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 8,767 USD | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 8,991 USD | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 9,068 USD | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5,703 USD | 4,938 USD | 6,614 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,708 USD | 6,337 USD | 7,307 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,073 USD | 6,638 USD | 7,693 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,945 USD | 7,689 USD | 8,308 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,522 USD | 7,989 USD | 8,901 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,669 USD | 8,018 USD | 9,068 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Central America
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 3.84 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 2.24 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 23.75 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 12,233 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.66 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.99 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 2.98 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 1.84 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 23.45 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.52 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Central America?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Central America was 9,068 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 9,068 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,938 USD in 1970.
- How does Central America rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).