Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Central America
Central America: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 12,233 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Central America, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Central America stood at 12,233 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Central America peaked at 12,233 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 795.1 USD, in 1970.
That places Central America 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Central America, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 795.1 USD | — |
| 1971 | 848.15 USD | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 942.68 USD | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 1,118 USD | +18.5% |
| 1974 | 1,401 USD | +25.4% |
| 1975 | 1,651 USD | +17.8% |
| 1976 | 1,651 USD | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,538 USD | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 1,843 USD | +19.8% |
| 1979 | 2,298 USD | +24.7% |
| 1980 | 3,051 USD | +32.8% |
| 1981 | 3,734 USD | +22.4% |
| 1982 | 2,627 USD | -29.6% |
| 1983 | 2,263 USD | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 2,581 USD | +14.1% |
| 1985 | 2,673 USD | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 1,907 USD | -28.6% |
| 1987 | 2,000 USD | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 2,343 USD | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 2,757 USD | +17.6% |
| 1990 | 3,099 USD | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 3,601 USD | +16.2% |
| 1992 | 4,072 USD | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 4,817 USD | +18.3% |
| 1994 | 4,947 USD | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 3,493 USD | -29.4% |
| 1996 | 3,860 USD | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 4,542 USD | +17.7% |
| 1998 | 4,762 USD | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 5,244 USD | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 6,004 USD | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 6,332 USD | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 6,367 USD | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 5,979 USD | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 6,312 USD | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 6,953 USD | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 7,620 USD | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 8,157 USD | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 8,531 USD | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 6,996 USD | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 8,025 USD | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 8,820 USD | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 8,956 USD | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 9,359 USD | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 9,542 USD | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 8,625 USD | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 8,007 USD | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 8,464 USD | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 8,798 USD | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 9,035 USD | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 7,813 USD | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 9,028 USD | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 9,953 USD | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 11,879 USD | +19.4% |
| 2024 | 12,233 USD | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,409 USD | 795.1 USD | 2,298 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,594 USD | 1,907 USD | 3,734 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,244 USD | 3,099 USD | 5,244 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,925 USD | 5,979 USD | 8,531 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,763 USD | 8,007 USD | 9,542 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,181 USD | 7,813 USD | 12,233 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 12 Qatar 71,405 USD compare
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- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 67,341 USD compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 1,343 USD compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 65,559 USD compare
- 17 San Marino 61,004 USD compare
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More economy & growth data for Central America
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 136.65 USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 532,885 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 389,960 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 23.75 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 0.8466 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 1.84 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 2.98 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.99 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.66 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 2.24 million million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Central America?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Central America was 12,233 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 12,233 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 795.1 USD in 1970.
- How does Central America rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Central America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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. 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).