Growth rate of real gdp per employed person by country
Countries reporting
187
Highest
13.73
Libya
Lowest
-7.15
Sudan
Median
1.66
Years covered
26
2000β2025
Data points
4,848
What the numbers show
Growth rate of real gdp per employed person is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 13.73 in Libya; the lowest is -7.15 in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.66, and the mean is 1.72.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 11,700.0%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 1,275.0%).
Growth rate of real gdp per employed person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 13.73 | 2025 | up 744.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Guyana | 9.73 | 2025 | up 2,111.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 8.49 | 2025 | up 2,022.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Ireland | 8.07 | 2025 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Georgia | 7.55 | 2025 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Armenia | 6.74 | 2025 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.94 | 2025 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Vietnam | 5.74 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 5.66 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 10 | Bhutan | 5.44 | 2025 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 5.44 | 2021 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 12 | India | 5.12 | 2025 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Tajikistan | 4.97 | 2025 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 14 | China | 4.9 | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 15 | Montenegro | 4.75 | 2025 | up 165.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 4.69 | 2025 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.66 | 2025 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea | 4.53 | 2025 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 4.45 | 2025 | up 319.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Djibouti | 4.2 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 21 | North Macedonia | 4.08 | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Nepal | 4.03 | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 4.02 | 2025 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Rwanda | 4.02 | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Croatia | 3.99 | 2025 | up 291.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 3.99 | 2025 | up 882.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.89 | 2025 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Czechia | 3.86 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Benin | 3.81 | 2025 | up 296.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Lithuania | 3.71 | 2025 | up 123.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Albania | 3.68 | 2025 | up 226.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Philippines | 3.66 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Cape Verde | 3.59 | 2025 | up 519.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Maldives | 3.47 | 2025 | up 259.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Indonesia | 3.43 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritius | 3.4 | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 3.25 | 2025 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.23 | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Tonga | 3.23 | 2025 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 3.2 | 2025 | up 188.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 3.17 | 2025 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Hong Kong | 3.15 | 2025 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 3.1 | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Guam | 3.09 | 2025 | up 1,960.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Belarus | 3.01 | 2025 | up 178.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Barbados | 2.97 | 2025 | up 212.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Serbia | 2.94 | 2025 | up 254.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Gambia | 2.93 | 2025 | up 2,763.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Samoa | 2.91 | 2025 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 2.88 | 2025 | up 206.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Macao | 2.84 | 2025 | up 112.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Malta | 2.72 | 2025 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Tanzania | 2.72 | 2025 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 52 | Uganda | 2.72 | 2025 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Ghana | 2.61 | 2025 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Moldova | 2.59 | 2025 | up 187.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Malaysia | 2.55 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Estonia | 2.52 | 2025 | up 1,108.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 2.46 | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Togo | 2.46 | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Fiji | 2.43 | 2025 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Senegal | 2.43 | 2025 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 2.39 | 2025 | up 365.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Cyprus | 2.39 | 2025 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 2.36 | 2025 | down 55.5% | rising |
| 65 | Thailand | 2.36 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 2.33 | 2025 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Niger | 2.33 | 2025 | up 242.6% | volatile |
| 69 | French Polynesia | 2.31 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Romania | 2.23 | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Spain | 2.19 | 2025 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Panama | 2.15 | 2025 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 2.14 | 2025 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Zambia | 2.08 | 2025 | up 261.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Turkey | 2.04 | 2025 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Egypt | 2.03 | 2025 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Portugal | 2.03 | 2025 | up 576.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 2.02 | 2025 | up 133.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.01 | 2025 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Eswatini | 2.01 | 2025 | up 458.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.99 | 2025 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Jordan | 1.98 | 2025 | up 125.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Slovakia | 1.96 | 2025 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Latvia | 1.93 | 2025 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Paraguay | 1.92 | 2025 | up 291.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 1.89 | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 87 | United States | 1.8 | 2025 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Bahamas | 1.79 | 2025 | up 175.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Chile | 1.78 | 2025 | up 368.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Russia | 1.74 | 2025 | up 251.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Greece | 1.71 | 2025 | up 188.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Suriname | 1.71 | 2025 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Honduras | 1.66 | 2025 | up 5,633.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Liberia | 1.66 | 2025 | up 197.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Germany | 1.64 | 2025 | up 134.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | 1.62 | 2025 | up 132.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Denmark | 1.61 | 2025 | up 387.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 1.6 | 2025 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 1.58 | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Tunisia | 1.55 | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 1.53 | 2025 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Ecuador | 1.53 | 2025 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Finland | 1.51 | 2025 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 104 | East Timor | 1.5 | 2025 | up 494.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Laos | 1.47 | 2025 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 1.45 | 2025 | up 1,218.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Mali | 1.45 | 2025 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Western Sahara | 1.39 | 2025 | up 231.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Uruguay | 1.31 | 2025 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Austria | 1.3 | 2025 | up 465.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Brunei | 1.29 | 2025 | up 231.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Belgium | 1.25 | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Peru | 1.23 | 2025 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 113 | El Salvador | 1.23 | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Cuba | 1.19 | 2025 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Namibia | 1.19 | 2025 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.18 | 2025 | up 11,700.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Netherlands | 1.17 | 2025 | up 265.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Cameroon | 1.16 | 2025 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 120 | United Kingdom | 1.15 | 2025 | up 210.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Hungary | 1.15 | 2025 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Japan | 1.1 | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Brazil | 1.08 | 2025 | up 132.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Italy | 1.08 | 2025 | up 390.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 1.07 | 2025 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Australia | 1.06 | 2025 | up 430.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Nigeria | 1.05 | 2025 | up 707.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Norway | 1.05 | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovenia | 1.03 | 2025 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 1.02 | 2025 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Canada | 0.97 | 2025 | up 706.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Singapore | 0.96 | 2025 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 0.92 | 2025 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 134 | France | 0.91 | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Mauritania | 0.91 | 2025 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 0.9 | 2025 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Madagascar | 0.82 | 2025 | up 203.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Qatar | 0.81 | 2025 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 0.81 | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Comoros | 0.77 | 2025 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 0.74 | 2025 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Kuwait | 0.7 | 2025 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 143 | South Korea | 0.66 | 2025 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Israel | 0.65 | 2025 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.57 | 2025 | up 144.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Sweden | 0.48 | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 147 | New Zealand | 0.47 | 2025 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahrain | 0.45 | 2025 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 149 | North Korea | 0.42 | 2025 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Luxembourg | 0.4 | 2025 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Pakistan | 0.26 | 2025 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Iceland | 0.22 | 2025 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Lesotho | 0.18 | 2025 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Iran | 0.09 | 2025 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Gabon | -0.05 | 2025 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Chad | -0.05 | 2025 | down 105.0% | volatile |
| 157 | South Africa | -0.08 | 2025 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Colombia | -0.13 | 2025 | down 113.0% | volatile |
| 159 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.23 | 2025 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Somalia | -0.3 | 2025 | down 104.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Mexico | -0.36 | 2025 | down 183.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | -0.36 | 2025 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Venezuela | -0.49 | 2025 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Congo | -0.57 | 2025 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Malawi | -0.58 | 2025 | down 129.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Vanuatu | -0.65 | 2025 | down 121.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Mozambique | -0.9 | 2025 | down 117.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Central African Republic | -0.99 | 2025 | down 118.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | -1.03 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Angola | -1.15 | 2025 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Afghanistan | -1.19 | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Eritrea | -1.19 | 2025 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Oman | -1.7 | 2025 | down 169.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Bolivia | -1.92 | 2025 | down 146.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Lebanon | -2.02 | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Botswana | -2.18 | 2025 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Iraq | -2.22 | 2025 | down 335.3% | volatile |
| 178 | South Sudan | -2.75 | 2023 | down 131.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Myanmar | -3.35 | 2025 | down 156.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Equatorial Guinea | -3.59 | 2025 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 181 | New Caledonia | -3.76 | 2025 | down 1,275.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Yemen | -3.84 | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Belize | -3.96 | 2025 | down 146.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Haiti | -4.31 | 2025 | down 563.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Palestine | -5.02 | 2022 | down 220.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Syria | -5.82 | 2025 | down 855.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Sudan | -7.15 | 2022 | up 59.7% | volatile |