GDP per Capita Growth

Annual growth of GDP per capita. Gapminder, 2012–2019.

Source: Gapminder (open data, ddf) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % YoY Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2019)
2.8
-0.10pp vs 2018
Improving
7
of 184 tracked
Declining
14
period over period
Stable
163
±0.5pp band

GDP/capita growth

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2012–2019.

0.11.12.23.24.2 20122013201420152016201720182019
AsiaAfricaEuropeAmericas

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇷 Mauritania 8.1 +5.1pp
🇲🇳 Mongolia 6.9 +2.1pp
🇵🇦 Panama 5.8 +1.8pp
🇼🇸 Samoa 1.6 +1.5pp
🇷🇸 Serbia 4 +1.0pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇱🇾 Libya 1.9 -6.5pp
🇧🇹 Bhutan 7.8 -3.5pp
🇬🇭 Ghana 1.2 -2.9pp
🇧🇳 Brunei 1.9 -2.1pp
🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. 0.5 -2.0pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Asia 0.00pp
Europe 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
Africa -0.20pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Asia 54 3.2 0.00pp
Africa 53 3 -0.20pp
Europe 43 2.5 0.00pp
Americas 34 2.2 0.00pp