Real GDP growth in World
Real GDP in the world changed by 2.9% in 2025.
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
2.9%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
European Union, 2025
1.5%
Real GDP growth in World over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9% | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 2.9% | 0.4% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| 2020 | -2.9% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | 1.6% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| 2009 | -1.3% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | 2.0% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | 2.6% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | 0.9% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | 2.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 2.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.1%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.5%.
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All statistics for World
GDP in US dollars
US$118.35 trillion
2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$14,406 per person
2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita, PPP
Int$21,914 per person
2025 · World Bank
GNI per capita, Atlas method
US$14,244 per person
2025 · World Bank
Services share of GDP
63.3%
2024 · World Bank
Investment share of GDP
26.3%
2024 · World Bank