GDP per capita in US dollars in World

GDP per person in the world was US$14,406 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: GDP per capita in US dollars Unit: Current US dollars per person Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025 US$14,406 Current US dollars per person
Change from 2024 +5.0% 2024: US$13,717 per person
European Union, 2025 US$47,089 per person Official aggregate

GDP per capita in US dollars in World 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.

GDP per capita in US dollars (current US dollars per person), 2001 to 2025
Period WorldEuropean Union
2025 US$14,406 per person US$47,089 per person
2024 US$13,717 per person US$43,314 per person
2023 US$13,314 per person US$41,567 per person
2022 US$12,876 per person US$38,067 per person
2021 US$12,473 per person US$39,207 per person
2020 US$10,999 per person US$34,695 per person
2019 US$11,418 per person US$35,374 per person
2018 US$11,345 per person US$36,077 per person
2017 US$10,784 per person US$33,395 per person
2016 US$10,239 per person US$31,457 per person
2015 US$10,192 per person US$30,772 per person
2014 US$10,912 per person US$35,590 per person
2013 US$10,759 per person US$34,805 per person
2012 US$10,598 per person US$33,325 per person
2011 US$10,497 per person US$35,963 per person
2010 US$9,555 per person US$33,120 per person
2009 US$8,827 per person US$33,632 per person
2008 US$9,426 per person US$37,160 per person
2007 US$8,685 per person US$33,683 per person
2006 US$7,803 per person US$29,169 per person
2005 US$7,291 per person US$27,400 per person
2004 US$6,818 per person US$26,336 per person
2003 US$6,130 per person US$22,991 per person
2002 US$5,539 per person US$18,774 per person
2001 US$5,404 per person US$17,209 per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.0% from US$13,717 per person in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was US$10,192 per person, the figure has changed by +41.3%.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was US$47,089 per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for World
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices