Northern Mariana Islands — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Northern Mariana Islands, 2002–2022.
GDP per capita for Northern Mariana Islands was 23,786 in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 21 years, from 2002 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 31,226 in 2017. The lowest was 13,599 in 2011 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.07% per year.
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 69 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Northern Mariana Islands sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 24% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 70%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 11 of 36 economies; French Polynesia (22,440) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 37% in 2016. That is 14% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 65 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 37th of 209 in 2002 → 65th of 212 in 2010 → 62nd of 210 in 2020 → 59th of 209 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 2002 to 2022
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23,785.75 | +22.3% |
| 2021 | 19,455.5 | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 18,220.84 | -25.6% |
| 2019 | 24,496.67 | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 26,509.36 | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 31,225.6 | +28.9% |
| 2016 | 24,225.47 | +37.1% |
| 2015 | 17,665.1 | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 15,945.42 | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 14,632.85 | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 14,013.6 | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 13,598.72 | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 14,771.4 | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 14,369.63 | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 16,430.45 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 15,914.22 | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 16,314.56 | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 17,015.75 | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 18,924.58 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 18,938.87 | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 19,227.89 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Northern Mariana Islands’s GDP per capita in 2003?
18,938.87 (2003). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Northern Mariana Islands’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 Northern Mariana Islands’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 2002 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +23.7% in total — about 1.1% 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: 2022: 23,785.75; 2021: 19,455.5; 2020: 18,220.84; 2019: 24,496.67; 2018: 26,509.36. 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.