Indicators / theme
Economy & Trade
Output, growth, prices, and openness.
18 measures · World Bank, World Development Indicators · World Bank, World Development Indicators (latest available) · Maddison Project Database 2023 · Penn World Table 11.0
GDP
current US$
Gross domestic product at current market prices.
- World median
- $34.6B
- Highest
United States$29.2T- Coverage
- 214 countries · to 2024
GDP per capita
current US$
Gross domestic product divided by midyear population.
- World median
- $8,536
- Best
Monaco$256,580- Coverage
- 214 countries · to 2024
GDP per capita, PPP
international $
GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity.
- World median
- $18,525
- Best
Singapore$143,790- Coverage
- 203 countries
GDP growth
annual %
Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant prices.
- World median
- 3.2%
- Best
Guyana43.4%- Coverage
- 214 countries · to 2024
GNI per capita
Atlas method, US$
Gross national income per capita, Atlas method.
- World median
- $7,780
- Best
Bermuda$140,280- Coverage
- 207 countries · to 2024
Inflation
GDP deflator, annual %
Annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator.
- World median
- 3.8%
- Best
Liechtenstein-9.9%- Coverage
- 213 countries · to 2024
FDI inflows
current US$
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (balance of payments).
- World median
- $760M
- Highest
- United States$388B
- Coverage
- 201 countries · to 2024
Merchandise trade
% of GDP
Sum of merchandise exports and imports as a share of GDP.
- World median
- 54.4%
- Highest
Hong Kong SAR, China331.5%- Coverage
- 205 countries · to 2024
Agriculture value added
% of GDP
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing value added as a share of GDP.
- World median
- 6%
- Highest
Somalia55.8%- Coverage
- 206 countries · to 2024
Industry value added
% of GDP
Industry (including construction) value added as a share of GDP.
- World median
- 23.3%
- Highest
- Guyana74.3%
- Coverage
- 208 countries · to 2024
Unemployment
% of labor force
Share of the labor force without work but available and seeking employment.
- World median
- 5.3%
- Best
Qatar0.1%- Coverage
- 187 countries
Gini index
0–100
Income inequality: 0 is perfect equality, 100 perfect inequality.
- World median
- 35.4
- Best
Slovak Republic24.1- Coverage
- 168 countries
Extreme poverty
% below $2.15/day
Share of population living on less than $2.15 a day (2017 PPP).
- World median
- 2.7%
- Best
Algeria0%- Coverage
- 168 countries
GDP per capita, long run
2011 int'l $
Maddison Project estimates reaching back to 1 CE — where each economy sits against two millennia of growth. Pre-industrial values are scholarly reconstructions spliced across benchmarks; treat deep history as approximate.
- World median
- $12,802
- Best
- Qatar$149,170
- Coverage
- 165 countries · to 2022
Human capital index
PWT, schooling × returns
Penn World Table human capital index, based on average years of schooling and returns to education.
- World median
- 2.86
- Best
Israel3.99- Coverage
- 144 countries · to 2023
Annual hours worked
hours per worker
Average annual hours actually worked per person employed.
- World median
- 1,974
- Highest
Sudan2,658- Coverage
- 129 countries · to 2023
Labor share of GDP
share, 0–1
Share of national output paid as compensation to labor.
- World median
- 0.519
- Highest
Barbados0.751- Coverage
- 139 countries · to 2023
Total factor productivity
level, US = 1
How much output a country gets from its capital and labor, relative to the United States.
- World median
- 0.626
- Best
Egypt, Arab Republic of1.19- Coverage
- 119 countries · to 2023