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China — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for China, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
13,862
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +15351.1% since 1960
GDP per capita for China was 13,862 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 71 in 1962 (about 195.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.06% per year.
China ranks 92 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 43%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so China sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 70%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
13,862
First (1960)
90
Change
+15351.1%
Highest
13,862
in 2025
Lowest
71
in 1962
Average
2,801
Annual growth (CAGR)
8.06%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,861.97 |
| 2024 | 13,293.12 |
| 2023 | 12,951.18 |
| 2022 | 12,970.61 |
| 2021 | 12,887.44 |
| 2020 | 10,627.46 |
| 2019 | 10,342.9 |
| 2018 | 10,085.66 |
| 2017 | 8,979.68 |
| 2016 | 8,254.87 |
| 2015 | 8,175.33 |
| 2014 | 7,781.07 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.