GDP per capita in US dollars in South Asia
GDP per person in South Asia was US$2,705 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025
US$2,705
Change from 2024
+4.0%
World, 2025
US$14,406 per person
GDP per capita in US dollars in South Asia over time
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Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$2,705 per person | US$14,406 per person |
| 2024 | US$2,602 per person | US$13,717 per person |
| 2023 | US$2,450 per person | US$13,314 per person |
| 2022 | US$2,327 per person | US$12,876 per person |
| 2021 | US$2,274 per person | US$12,473 per person |
| 2020 | US$1,957 per person | US$10,999 per person |
| 2019 | US$2,067 per person | US$11,418 per person |
| 2018 | US$1,988 per person | US$11,345 per person |
| 2017 | US$1,956 per person | US$10,784 per person |
| 2016 | US$1,723 per person | US$10,239 per person |
| 2015 | US$1,571 per person | US$10,192 per person |
| 2014 | US$1,528 per person | US$10,912 per person |
| 2013 | US$1,406 per person | US$10,759 per person |
| 2012 | US$1,387 per person | US$10,598 per person |
| 2011 | US$1,397 per person | US$10,497 per person |
| 2010 | US$1,294 per person | US$9,555 per person |
| 2009 | US$1,054 per person | US$8,827 per person |
| 2008 | US$958 per person | US$9,426 per person |
| 2007 | US$968 per person | US$8,685 per person |
| 2006 | US$769 per person | US$7,803 per person |
| 2005 | US$686 per person | US$7,291 per person |
| 2004 | US$606 per person | US$6,818 per person |
| 2003 | US$533 per person | US$6,130 per person |
| 2002 | US$463 per person | US$5,539 per person |
| 2001 | US$446 per person | US$5,404 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +4.0% from US$2,602 per person in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was US$1,571 per person, the figure has changed by +72.3%.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was US$14,406 per person.
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Services share of GDP
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Investment share of GDP
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