List of countries by GDP (real) per capita growth rate
This is a list of countries by GDP per capita growth rate, i.e., the growth rate of GDP per capita or the rate of increase of income per person. These numbers are corrected for inflation but not for purchasing power parity.
This list is not to be confused with the list of countries by real GDP growth, which is the growth rate of the value of all final goods and services produced within a country.
10 years change
GDP per capita growth according to the World Bank.| Region | 1960 | 2018 | 1960–1970 annual growth | 1970–1980 annual growth | 1980–1990 annual growth | 1990–2000 annual growth | 2000–2010 annual growth | 2010-2018 annual growth | 1960-2018 Total Growth | 1960-2018 Annual Growth | doubling time |
| World | 3746 | 10857 | 3.41% | 1.96% | 1.34% | 1.32% | 1.54% | 1.63% | 189.82% | 1.85% | 37.43 years |
| Eurozone | 10733 | 40953 | 4.95% | 2.92% | 2.12% | 1.94% | 0.74% | 1.09% | 281.57% | 2.34% | 30.09 years |
| North America | 17453 | 54261 | 3.21% | 2.17% | 2.27% | 2.14% | 0.73% | 1.45% | 210.89% | 1.97% | 34.8 years |
| East Asia and the Pacific | 1283 | 10262 | 5.57% | 2.9% | 3.63% | 2.49% | 3.67% | 3.70% | 699.97% | 3.65% | 19.33 years |
| South Asia | 332 | 1888 | 2% | 0.67% | 3.07% | 3.19% | 5.26% | 5.21% | 468.63% | 3.04% | 22.94 years |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1115 | 1659 | 2.13% | 0.94% | -1.56% | -0.64% | 2.86% | 0.63% | 48.84% | 0.69% | 93.39 years |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 3708 | 9141 | 2.8% | 3.56% | -0.58% | 1.43% | 1.94% | 0.23% | 146.53% | 1.57% | 41.55 years |
| 5605 | 10043 | 2.33% | 1.33% | -3% | 3.26% | 2.3% | -0.42% | 78% | 1% | 65.33 years | |
| 19306 | 56842 | 3.03% | 1.36% | 1.86% | 2.13% | 1.61% | 1.11% | 193% | 1.87% | 36.77 years | |
| 13031 | 50019 | 4.17% | 3.49% | 2.08% | 2.19% | 1.07% | 0.82% | 284% | 2.35% | 29.77 years | |
| 214 | 210 | 2.16% | 0.52% | 1.66% | -3.6% | 0.13% | -1.3% | -1.2% | -0.02% | 2023.89 years | |
| 13193 | 47166 | 4.28% | 3.17% | 1.9% | 1.95% | 1% | 0.83% | 262% | 2.24% | 31.37 years | |
| 520 | 897 | 1.12% | 0.2% | 0.27% | 1.32% | 0.87% | 2.12% | 72% | 0.94% | 81.61 years | |
| 238 | 712 | 1.38% | 1.31% | 0.93% | 2.44% | 2.85% | 2.7% | 198% | 1.9% | 37.97 years | |
| 370 | 1203 | 0.93% | -1.45% | 1.29% | 2.46% | 4.05% | 5.55% | 223% | 2.04% | 37.99 years | |
| 13895 | 27261 | 3.58% | 0.58% | 1.06% | 0.63% | -1.21% | -0.53% | 53.7% | 0.74% | 106.72 years | |
| 1072 | 4248 | 2.23% | 5.53% | 2.22% | 3.02% | 1.25% | -0.06% | 302% | 2.43% | 27.82 years | |
| 1005 | 2559 | 0.66% | 1.69% | -1.9% | 1.75% | 2.06% | 3.42% | 154% | 1.62% | 61.3 years | |
| 3424 | 11026 | 3.23% | 5.89% | -0.43% | 0.95% | 2.49% | -.29% | 222% | 2.04% | 33.73 years | |
| 407 | 8031 | 5.59% | 10.9% | 7.4% | 2.53% | 2.51% | 2.8% | 1869% | 5.27% | 13.15 years | |
| 601 | 379 | -0.03% | -0.94% | -1.51% | -1.29% | 0.82% | -5.14% | -3.1% | -0.78% | years | |
| 17664 | 51391 | 3.38% | 2.58% | 1.39% | 1.81% | 0.84% | 1% | 212% | 1.98% | 37.12 years | |
| 3806 | 15019 | 2.04% | 1.19% | 1.27% | 4.76% | 3.11% | 2.1% | 319% | 2.5% | 28.28 years | |
| 192 | 7752 | 1.79% | 4.29% | 7.72% | 9.27% | 9.92% | 6.89% | 3931.8% | 6.58% | 10.84 years | |
| 1205 | 1552 | 4.58% | 0.56% | -3.15% | -0.8% | -0.91% | 4.11% | 28.83% | 0.45% | 153.22 years | |
| 956 | 1495 | -0.3% | 3.6% | 0.2% | -1.47% | 1.19% | 2.24% | 56.35% | 0.8% | 86.85 years | |
| 988 | 388 | 0.27% | -2.32% | -1.82% | -8.46% | 1.43% | 3.37% | -60.74% | -1.66% | years | |
| 1429 | 2798 | 1.32% | 3.27% | 1.9% | -1.37% | 1.48% | 0.37% | 95.67% | 1.21% | 57.83 years | |
| 2213 | 7525 | 2.23% | 3.12% | 1.41% | 0.99% | 2.75% | 3.14% | 240.04% | 2.21% | 31.72 years | |
| 2856 | 9714 | 2.64% | 2.97% | -0.11% | 2.41% | 2.78% | 2.87% | 240.07% | 2.21% | 31.71 years | |
| 21075 | 63873 | 3.78% | 1.76% | 2.05% | 2.28% | 0.39% | 0.74% | 211% | 1.97% | 36.71 years | |
| 1276 | 7697 | 2.52% | 4.44% | 0.22% | 4.22% | 3.4% | 4.16% | 481% | 3.08% | 22.98 years | |
| 2466 | 4827 | 0.88% | 3.01% | -0.2% | -0.03% | 2.34% | 1.32% | 95.77% | 1.21% | 57.78 years | |
| 2244 | 5191 | 1.03% | 4.02% | 0.09% | -0.11% | 2.39% | 1.83% | 131.29% | 1.51% | 46.29 years | |
| 631 | 2907 | 2.3% | 4.17% | 2.73% | 2.26% | 2.93% | 0.77% | 403% | 2.82% | 26.54 years | |
| 7359 | 32949 | 6.29% | 2.56% | 2.56% | 2.35% | 0.82% | 0.41% | 347% | 2.61% | 26.69 years | |
| 12195 | 48749 | 4.18% | 3.4% | 2.71% | 1.9% | 1.34% | -0.14% | 300% | 2.42% | 29.32 years | |
| 1774 | 4195 | 2.21% | 2.87% | -0.01% | 1.26% | 0.97% | 2.34% | 136.5% | 1.55% | 45.09 years | |
| 12991 | 43633 | 4.46% | 2.99% | 1.92% | 1.68% | 0.55% | 0.53% | 242% | 2.15% | 33.07 years | |
| 4377 | 9569 | 5.09% | 5.38% | -0.88% | -0.92% | -1.46% | 1.49% | 118.61% | 1.41% | 49.63 years | |
| 13827 | 43324 | 2.63% | 2% | 2.75% | 2.17% | 0.9% | 1.28% | 211% | 1.97% | 34.95 years | |
| 1053 | 1707 | 0.37% | -1.91% | -0.9% | 1.65% | 3.08% | 4.48% | 62.13% | 0.87% | 80.33 years | |
| 6779 | 23558 | 7.05% | 3.64% | 0.12% | 1.85% | 1.46% | -2.8% | 276% | 2.31% | 32.12 years | |
| 1461 | 3100 | 2.5% | 2.95% | -1.52% | 1.76% | 1.01% | 1.56% | 112.09% | 1.35% | 51.63 years | |
| 1679 | 3783 | 1.38% | 0.32% | -2.91% | 4.75% | 2.6% | 3.69% | 125.27% | 1.46% | 47.79 years | |
| 1095 | 2137 | 1.8% | 2.25% | -0.58% | 0.49% | 1.78% | 1.69% | 95.06% | 1.2% | 58.1 years | |
| 690 | 4284 | 1.12% | 4.78% | 3.33% | 2.3% | 3.8% | 4.15% | 521% | 3.20% | 22.17 years | |
| 330 | 2100 | 1.85% | 0.64% | 3.26% | 3.58% | 5.85% | 5.56% | 536.21% | 3.24% | 21.43 years | |
| 2754 | 6733 | 8.51% | -2.81% | -1.54% | 1.55% | 3.4% | 0.51% | 144.45% | 1.61% | 43.43 years | |
| 11700 | 52103 | 3.23% | 5.18% | 1.61% | 1.59% | 1.3% | 2.54% | 245% | 2.61% | 27.32 years | |
| 8749 | 34745 | 5.16% | 1.95% | 1.88% | 2.72% | 1.04% | 1.59% | 295% | 2.40% | 28.8 years | |
| 10867 | 35431 | 4.97% | 3.31% | 2.35% | 1.61% | -0.09% | -0.7% | 226% | 2.05% | 33.72 years | |
| 8607 | 48919 | 7.91% | 3.29% | 4.05% | 1.07% | 0.54% | 1.13% | 468% | 3.04% | 22.69 years | |
| 538 | 1143 | 1.11% | 4.1% | 0.35% | -1.1% | 1.5% | 2.83% | 112.29% | 1.35% | 51.56 years | |
| 944 | 26762 | 6.76% | 7.38% | 8.63% | 5.96% | 3.87% | 2.4% | 2734.07% | 5.93% | 11.78 years | |
| 1273 | 352 | 2.47% | -1.05% | -11.95% | -0.42% | -1.8% | 1.24% | -72.31% | -2.27% | years | |
| 257 | 1411 | 3.05% | 4.88% | 1.99% | 2.6% | 2.88% | 2.05% | 439% | 2.95% | 23.39 years | |
| 27085 | 110742 | 2.73% | 1.86% | 4.45% | 3.55% | 1.17% | 0.57% | 309% | 2.45% | 27.95 years | |
| 716 | 416 | 0.41% | -1.82% | -2.3% | -1.34% | -0.43% | 0.16% | -41.91% | -0.97% | years | |
| 3686 | 9707 | 3.52% | 3.66% | -0.28% | 1.78% | 0.34% | 1.35% | 163.34% | 1.74% | 40.09 years | |
| 153 | 1571 | 0.68% | 2.24% | -0.68% | 5.79% | 11.05% | 6.1% | 925% | 4.09% | 17.79 years | |
| 791 | 1296 | 5.06% | -1.25% | -1.15% | -0.2% | 1.89% | 1.25% | 63.83% | 0.89% | 78.63 years | |
| 241 | 481 | 2.18% | 3.13% | -2.08% | 1.53% | 1.78% | 0.82% | 99.62% | 1.24% | 56.15 years | |
| 1353 | 12120 | 3.54% | 5.23% | 3.17% | 4.45% | 2.61% | 3.31% | 795% | 3.85% | 18.86 years | |
| 1299 | 2396 | 2.21% | 1.93% | -3.48% | -0.65% | 6.1% | 0.9% | 75% | 0.97% | 61.01 years | |
| 1527 | 1946 | 3.61% | -2.66% | -3.72% | 1.41% | 1.55% | 4.14% | 27.41% | 0.43% | 160.25 years | |
| 16354 | 52267 | 4.07% | 2.13% | 1.67% | 2.66% | 0.88% | 0.63% | 219.59% | 2.1% | 33.41 years | |
| 23183 | 90288 | 3.36% | 4.17% | 2.19% | 3.09% | 0.72% | 0.61% | 297% | 2.41% | 28.55 years | |
| 267 | 685 | 0.69% | -0.11% | 2.35% | 2.54% | 2.58% | 4.10% | 207% | 1.95% | 41.2 years | |
| 304 | 1197 | 4.52% | 1.63% | 2.91% | 1.36% | 2.06% | 2.1% | 294% | 2.39% | 28.69 years | |
| 2119 | 11724 | 4.85% | 2.57% | -0.86% | 3.07% | 3.85% | 4.76% | 448% | 2.98% | 23.59 years | |
| 2684 | 6089 | 2.34% | 0.98% | -3.25% | 2.14% | 4.26% | 3.26% | 126.86% | 1.47% | 47.39 years | |
| 1059 | 2753 | 1.72% | 2.99% | -1% | 0.53% | 2.85% | 4.38% | 159.91% | 1.72% | 40.64 years | |
| 1135 | 2436 | 4.44% | -0.21% | -1.41% | 1.47% | 1.52% | 3.31% | 114.47% | 1.37% | 50.87 years | |
| 5831 | 27270 | 6.17% | 3.59% | 1.38% | 3.38% | 0.9% | 0.42% | 369% | 2.7% | 25.16 years | |
| 4506 | 22426 | 6.89% | 3.51% | 3.03% | 2.57% | 0.47% | 0.81% | 433% | 2.92% | 24.19 years | |
| 1025 | 3925 | 2.38% | 6.21% | 1.21% | 0.08% | 1.82% | 2.71% | 295.5% | 2.4% | 28.92 years | |
| 331 | 738 | 0.12% | 2.14% | -1.39% | -0.96% | 5.58% | 4.61% | 122.72% | 1.44% | 48.48 years | |
| 887 | 1923 | -1.2% | 0.26% | -0.55% | 2.76% | 3.94% | 4.51% | 116.72% | 1.39% | 50.19 years | |
| 1080 | 1092 | -0.94% | -1.03% | -0.46% | 0.36% | 1.34% | 1.44% | 1.1% | 0.02% | 3535.03 years | |
| 3503 | 58247 | 6.74% | 7.42% | 5.24% | 4.18% | 3.38% | 2.65% | 1562% | 4.97% | 14.16 years | |
| 376 | 455 | 2.6% | 0.04% | -1.58% | -3.12% | 2.94% | 1.96% | 21.08% | 0.34% | 202.93 years | |
| 18142 | 56473 | 3.85% | 1.63% | 1.89% | 1.77% | 1.54% | 1.36% | 211.27% | 2.05% | 34.18 years | |
| 2829 | 14385 | 2.18% | 5.71% | 2.11% | 2.64% | 0.99% | 3.64% | 408% | 2.84% | 24.32 years | |
| 696 | 859 | -0.93% | -4.27% | 2.35% | -1.12% | 6.85% | -0.7% | 23.46% | 0.38% | 184.16 years | |
| 349 | 558 | 5.19% | 1.67% | -2.23% | -0.56% | -0.56% | 2.29% | 59.9% | 0.84% | 82.7 years | |
| 570 | 6361 | 5.01% | 4.21% | 5.96% | 3.29% | 3.91% | 2.86% | 1014% | 4.24% | 16.62 years | |
| 5039 | 16259 | 3.63% | 2.71% | -3.57% | 4.11% | 5.49% | -0.43% | 222.66% | 2.11% | 33.14 years | |
| 3174 | 14116 | 2.89% | 1.68% | 3.11% | 1.97% | 2.62% | 4.41% | 374% | 2.72% | 26.01 years | |
| 5474 | 14009 | 0.35% | 2.63% | -0.67% | 2.72% | 2.87% | 2.7% | 155.91% | 1.69% | 41.31 years | |
| 17036 | 54579 | 3.18% | 2.11% | 2.37% | 2.18% | 0.71% | 1.33% | 211% | 1.97% | 34.57 years | |
| 1752 | 6852 | 0.43% | 2.41% | 4.21% | 3.08% | 2.76% | 1.07% | 291% | 2..38% | 29.02 years |