economic2025

Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person — 15 years old and over

Name: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person — 15 years old and over
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, labor-jobs-occupational-safety, annual, growth, rate, real, employed, person, years

Compare annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person — 15 years old and over across 176 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2025.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

1.9%

Median: 1.7%

Countries Covered

176

with available data

Highest

Libya

13.7%

Lowest

Syrian Arab Republic

-5.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Libya13.7%

2Guyana9.7%

3Kazakhstan8.5%

4Ireland8.1%

5Georgia7.6%

By Region

Europe2.1%(31 countries)

Asia2.0%(25 countries)

Other1.9%(98 countries)

Africa1.8%(9 countries)

South America1.4%(7 countries)

Key Findings

•176 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Libya has the highest published value (13.73 %).
•Syrian Arab Republic has the lowest published value (-5.82 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-5.8%)High (13.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.9%)

Europe (31)

Asia (25)

Other (98)

Africa (9)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (%).

Values use UN SDG series SL_EMP_PCAP, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Age: 15 years old and over; Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SL_EMP_PCAP; year 2025; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Age": "15+", "Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "M", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 8.2.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Libya	13.7%
2	Guyana	9.7%
3	Kazakhstan	8.5%
4	Ireland	8.1%
5	Georgia	7.6%
6	Armenia	6.7%
7	Kyrgyzstan	5.9%
8	Vietnam	5.7%
9	Uzbekistan	5.7%
10	Bhutan	5.4%
11	India	5.1%
12	Tajikistan	5.0%
13	People's Republic of China	4.9%
14	Montenegro	4.8%
15	Poland	4.7%
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.7%
17	Guinea	4.5%
18	Mongolia	4.5%
19	Djibouti	4.2%
20	The Republic of North Macedonia	4.1%
21	Nepal	4.0%
22	Ethiopia	4.0%
23	Rwanda	4.0%
24	Sri Lanka	4.0%
25	Croatia	4.0%
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.9%
27	Czech Republic	3.9%
28	Benin	3.8%
29	Lithuania	3.7%
30	Albania	3.7%
31	Philippines	3.7%
32	Cape Verde	3.6%
33	Maldives	3.5%
34	Indonesia	3.4%
35	Mauritius	3.4%
36	Argentina	3.3%
37	Cote d'Ivoire	3.2%
38	Tonga	3.2%
39	Bulgaria	3.2%
40	Morocco	3.2%
41	Hong Kong	3.2%
42	Cambodia	3.1%
43	Belarus	3.0%
44	Barbados	3.0%
45	Serbia	2.9%
46	Republic of The Gambia	2.9%
47	Samoa	2.9%
48	Zimbabwe	2.9%
49	Macao	2.8%
50	Malta	2.7%
51	Uganda	2.7%
52	United Republic of Tanzania	2.7%
53	Ghana	2.6%
54	Moldova, Republic of	2.6%
55	Malaysia	2.6%
56	Estonia	2.5%
57	Costa Rica	2.5%
58	Togo	2.5%
59	Fiji	2.4%
60	Senegal	2.4%
61	Cyprus	2.4%
62	Azerbaijan	2.4%
63	Thailand	2.4%
64	Bangladesh	2.4%
65	Niger	2.3%
66	Algeria	2.3%
67	Romania	2.2%
68	Spain	2.2%
69	Panama	2.2%
70	Papua New Guinea	2.1%
71	Zambia	2.1%
72	Türkiye	2.0%
73	Portugal	2.0%
74	Egypt	2.0%
75	Sierra Leone	2.0%
76	Guinea-Bissau	2.0%
77	Eswatini	2.0%
78	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.0%
79	Jordan	2.0%
80	Slovakia	2.0%
81	Latvia	1.9%
82	Paraguay	1.9%
83	Kenya	1.9%
84	United States of America	1.8%
85	Bahamas	1.8%
86	Chile	1.8%
87	Russian Federation	1.7%
88	Greece	1.7%
89	Suriname	1.7%
90	Honduras	1.7%
91	Liberia	1.7%
92	Germany	1.6%
93	Jamaica	1.6%
94	Denmark	1.6%
95	Saudi Arabia	1.6%
96	Guatemala	1.6%
97	Tunisia	1.6%
98	Ecuador	1.5%
99	United Arab Emirates	1.5%
100	Finland	1.5%
101	Timor-Leste	1.5%
102	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.5%
103	Mali	1.5%
104	Switzerland	1.5%
105	Uruguay	1.3%
106	Austria	1.3%
107	Brunei Darussalam	1.3%
108	Belgium	1.3%
109	El Salvador	1.2%
110	Peru	1.2%
111	Cuba	1.2%
112	Namibia	1.2%
113	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2%
114	Netherlands	1.2%
115	Cameroon	1.2%
116	Hungary	1.2%
117	United Kingdom	1.2%
118	Japan	1.1%
119	Italy	1.1%
120	Brazil	1.1%
121	Dominican Republic	1.1%
122	Australia	1.1%
123	Nigeria	1.1%
124	Norway	1.1%
125	Slovenia	1.0%
126	Nicaragua	1.0%
127	Canada	1.0%
128	Singapore	1.0%
129	Burundi	0.9%
130	France	0.9%
131	Mauritania	0.9%
132	Saint Lucia	0.9%
133	Madagascar	0.8%
134	Qatar	0.8%
135	Turkmenistan	0.8%
136	Comoros	0.8%
137	Burkina Faso	0.7%
138	Kuwait	0.7%
139	South Korea	0.7%
140	Israel	0.7%
141	Sao Tome and Principe	0.6%
142	Sweden	0.5%
143	New Zealand	0.5%
144	Bahrain	0.5%
145	North Korea	0.4%
146	Luxembourg	0.4%
147	Pakistan	0.3%
148	Iceland	0.2%
149	Lesotho	0.2%
150	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.1%
151	Chad	-0.1%
152	Gabon	-0.1%
153	South Africa	-0.1%
154	Colombia	-0.1%
155	Somalia	-0.3%
156	Mexico	-0.4%
157	Solomon Islands	-0.4%
158	Venezuela	-0.5%
159	Republic of the Congo	-0.6%
160	Malawi	-0.6%
161	Vanuatu	-0.7%
162	Mozambique	-0.9%
163	Central African Republic	-1.0%
164	Angola	-1.2%
165	Eritrea	-1.2%
166	Afghanistan	-1.2%
167	Oman	-1.7%
168	Bolivia	-1.9%
169	Botswana	-2.2%
170	Iraq	-2.2%
171	Myanmar	-3.4%
172	Equatorial Guinea	-3.6%
173	Yemen	-3.8%
174	Belize	-4.0%
175	Haiti	-4.3%
176	Syrian Arab Republic	-5.8%

Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #labor-jobs-occupational-safety #annual #growth #rate #real #employed #person #years

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).

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