Annual growth of GDP per employed person in United States of America
United States of America: Annual growth of GDP per employed person was 1.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual growth of GDP per employed person in United States of America, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual growth of gdp per employed person in United States of America stood at 1.8%.
That represents a change of down 27.7% on the previous year and up 51.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth of gdp per employed person in United States of America peaked at 4.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, -0.5%, in 2022.
United States of America ranks 87th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual growth of GDP per employed person in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% | — |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -60.5% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | +107.0% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -32.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +28.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -81.9% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +415.8% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | +206.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -83.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +104.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -31.8% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +98.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -98.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +3050.0% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | +112.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -34.3% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | +350.0% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -32.3% |
| 2022 | -0.5% | -118.3% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -408.2% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | +64.9% |
| 2025 | 1.8% | -27.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 0.2% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | -0.5% | 4.0% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for United States of America
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth of gdp per employed person in United States of America?
- Annual growth of gdp per employed person in United States of America was 1.8% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual growth of gdp per employed person recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual growth of gdp per employed person recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.5% in 2022.
- How does United States of America rank for annual growth of gdp per employed person?
- United States of America ranks 87th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth of gdp per employed person rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual growth of GDP per employed person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (%).