Australia — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Australia, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Australia was 65,130 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 68,477 in 2013. The lowest was 1,813 in 1960 (about 35.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.66% per year.
Australia ranks 19 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 9%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Australia sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 14%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 3 of 36 economies; Hong Kong SAR, China (56,983) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 36% in 1974. That is 11% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 1990. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 7th of 111 in 1960 → 12th of 146 in 1970 → 26th of 163 in 1980 → 26th of 192 in 1990 → 29th of 204 in 2000 → 15th of 212 in 2010 → 19th of 210 in 2020 → 12th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65,129.72 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 64,609.99 | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 65,058.38 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 65,169.52 | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 60,758.9 | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 51,983.45 | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 55,194.76 | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 57,410.17 | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 54,117.55 | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 50,084.44 | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 56,970.36 | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 62,817.21 | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 68,476.68 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 68,301.44 | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 62,799.39 | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 52,313.89 | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 42,954.85 | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 49,811.21 | +21.1% |
| 2007 | 41,128.25 | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 36,658.82 | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 34,535.21 | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 30,886.05 | +30.0% |
| 2003 | 23,757.59 | +16.8% |
| 2002 | 20,335.1 | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 19,733.65 | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 21,909 | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 20,749.64 | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 21,516.04 | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 23,683.49 | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 22,055.84 | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 20,479.17 | +12.8% |
| 1994 | 18,155.63 | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 17,724.54 | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 18,650.37 | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 18,885.43 | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 18,273.56 | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 17,857.55 | +24.9% |
| 1988 | 14,303.09 | +22.6% |
| 1987 | 11,665.53 | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 11,406.11 | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 11,455.38 | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 12,436.3 | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 11,532.4 | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 12,797.68 | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 11,870.86 | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 10,223.29 | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 9,307.82 | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 8,264.44 | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 7,786.41 | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 7,497.28 | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 7,013.67 | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 6,491.75 | +35.9% |
| 1973 | 4,777.51 | +20.8% |
| 1972 | 3,955.22 | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 3,500.34 | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 3,309.76 | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 2,995.86 | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 2,728.23 | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 2,583.91 | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 2,347.38 | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 2,284.36 | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 2,134.49 | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 1,970.18 | +6.1% |
| 1962 | 1,857.56 | -1.2% |
| 1961 | 1,880.48 | +3.7% |
| 1960 | 1,813.43 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Australia’s GDP per capita in 1961?
1,880.48 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Australia’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Australia’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +3491.5% in total — about 5.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 65,129.72; 2024: 64,609.99; 2023: 65,058.38; 2022: 65,169.52; 2021: 60,758.9. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.