Philippines — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Philippines, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Philippines was 4,171 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 167 in 1962 (about 25.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.30% per year.
Philippines ranks 147 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 69%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Philippines sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 43%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 28 of 36 economies; Vanuatu (4,039) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 41% in 1962. That is 22% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1978; grown tenfold by 2013. Doubling roughly every 16 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 52nd of 111 in 1960 → 112th of 146 in 1970 → 113th of 163 in 1980 → 135th of 192 in 1990 → 132nd of 204 in 2000 → 155th of 212 in 2010 → 150th of 210 in 2020 → 125th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,170.72 | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 3,985.29 | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 3,804.08 | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 3,548.07 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 3,484.39 | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 3,227.58 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 3,400.79 | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 3,168.51 | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 3,038.12 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 2,985.2 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 2,909.86 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 2,866.84 | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 2,781.28 | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 2,614.62 | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 2,383.92 | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 2,162.91 | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 1,864.45 | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 1,959.29 | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 1,712.66 | +20.1% |
| 2006 | 1,426.15 | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 1,220.46 | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 1,099.63 | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 1,027.23 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1,014.91 | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 969.53 | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 1,050.79 | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 1,101.44 | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 982.87 | -22.8% |
| 1997 | 1,273.28 | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,311.09 | +9.3% |
| 1995 | 1,199.84 | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 1,059.98 | +15.4% |
| 1993 | 918.64 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 916.52 | +13.9% |
| 1991 | 804.32 | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 803.57 | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 791.86 | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 722.34 | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 649.81 | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 600 | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 633.21 | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 665.04 | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 723.43 | -13.1% |
| 1982 | 832.54 | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 821.29 | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 766.97 | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 666.96 | +18.0% |
| 1978 | 565.27 | +12.6% |
| 1977 | 502.23 | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 448.62 | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 400.64 | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 379.07 | +33.8% |
| 1973 | 283.23 | +23.1% |
| 1972 | 230.1 | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 217.43 | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 200.92 | -23.0% |
| 1969 | 261.09 | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 242.23 | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 223.12 | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 213.85 | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 199.76 | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 188.15 | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 179.46 | +7.7% |
| 1962 | 166.69 | -41.3% |
| 1961 | 283.79 | +5.3% |
| 1960 | 269.47 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Philippines’s GDP per capita in 1961?
283.79 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Philippines’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 Philippines’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1447.8% in total — about 4.3% 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: 4,170.72; 2024: 3,985.29; 2023: 3,804.08; 2022: 3,548.07; 2021: 3,484.39. 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.