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GDP Growth (Annual %) for United States, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.16%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -6.0% since 1961
GDP growth for United States was 2.16% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.24% in 1984. The lowest was -2.58% in 2009 (about -1.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.10% per year.
United States ranks 139 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for North America is 1.89%, so United States sits above it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 70% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 27%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.16%
First (1961)
2.30%
Change
-6.0%
Highest
7.24%
in 1984
Lowest
-2.58%
in 2009
Average
3.01%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.10%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.16% |
| 2024 | 2.79% |
| 2023 | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 2.52% |
| 2021 | 6.15% |
| 2020 | -2.08% |
| 2019 | 2.58% |
| 2018 | 2.97% |
| 2017 | 2.46% |
| 2016 | 1.82% |
| 2015 | 2.95% |
| 2014 | 2.52% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. 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.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). 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.