2.1%
2025 (latest)
REAL GDP GROWTH
percent per year · 1930–2025 · higher is better · FRED A191RL1A225NBEA
-8.5%
1930
18.9%
high · 1942
-12.9%
low · 1932
+11 pts
since 1930
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. BEA real GDP, annual percent change.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A191RL1A225NBEA
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Real GDP Growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1% | −0.7 pts |
| 2024 | 2.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 2023 | 2.9% | +0.4 pts |
| 2022 | 2.5% | −3.7 pts |
| 2021 | 6.2% | +8.3 pts |
| 2020 | -2.1% | −4.7 pts |
| 2019 | 2.6% | −0.4 pts |
| 2018 | 3.0% | +0.5 pts |
| 2017 | 2.5% | +0.7 pts |
| 2016 | 1.8% | −1.1 pts |
| 2015 | 2.9% | +0.4 pts |
| 2014 | 2.5% | +0.4 pts |
| 2013 | 2.1% | −0.2 pts |
| 2012 | 2.3% | +0.7 pts |
| 2011 | 1.6% | −1.1 pts |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +5.3 pts |
| 2009 | -2.6% | −2.7 pts |
| 2008 | 0.1% | −1.9 pts |
| 2007 | 2.0% | −0.8 pts |
| 2006 | 2.8% | −0.7 pts |
| 2005 | 3.5% | −0.3 pts |
| 2004 | 3.8% | +1.0 pts |
| 2003 | 2.8% | +1.1 pts |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +0.7 pts |
| 2001 | 1.0% | −3.1 pts |
| 2000 | 4.1% | −0.7 pts |
| 1999 | 4.8% | +0.3 pts |
| 1998 | 4.5% | +0.1 pts |
| 1997 | 4.4% | +0.6 pts |
| 1996 | 3.8% | +1.1 pts |
| 1995 | 2.7% | −1.3 pts |
| 1994 | 4.0% | +1.3 pts |
| 1993 | 2.7% | −0.8 pts |
| 1992 | 3.5% | +3.6 pts |
| 1991 | -0.1% | −2.0 pts |
| 1990 | 1.9% | −1.8 pts |
| 1989 | 3.7% | −0.5 pts |
| 1988 | 4.2% | +0.7 pts |
| 1987 | 3.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 1986 | 3.5% | −0.7 pts |
| 1985 | 4.2% | −3.0 pts |
| 1984 | 7.2% | +2.6 pts |
| 1983 | 4.6% | +6.4 pts |
| 1982 | -1.8% | −4.3 pts |
| 1981 | 2.5% | +2.8 pts |
| 1980 | -0.3% | −3.5 pts |
| 1979 | 3.2% | −2.3 pts |
| 1978 | 5.5% | +0.9 pts |
| 1977 | 4.6% | −0.8 pts |
| 1976 | 5.4% | +5.6 pts |
| 1975 | -0.2% | +0.3 pts |
| 1974 | -0.5% | −6.1 pts |
| 1973 | 5.6% | +0.3 pts |
| 1972 | 5.3% | +2.0 pts |
| 1971 | 3.3% | +3.1 pts |
| 1970 | 0.2% | −2.9 pts |
| 1969 | 3.1% | −1.8 pts |
| 1968 | 4.9% | +2.2 pts |
| 1967 | 2.7% | −3.9 pts |
| 1966 | 6.6% | +0.1 pts |
| 1965 | 6.5% | +0.7 pts |
| 1964 | 5.8% | +1.4 pts |
| 1963 | 4.4% | −1.7 pts |
| 1962 | 6.1% | +3.5 pts |
| 1961 | 2.6% | +0.0 pts |
| 1960 | 2.6% | −4.3 pts |
| 1959 | 6.9% | +7.6 pts |
| 1958 | -0.7% | −2.8 pts |
| 1957 | 2.1% | +0.0 pts |
| 1956 | 2.1% | −5.0 pts |
| 1955 | 7.1% | +7.7 pts |
| 1954 | -0.6% | −5.3 pts |
| 1953 | 4.7% | +0.6 pts |
| 1952 | 4.1% | −3.9 pts |
| 1951 | 8.0% | −0.7 pts |
| 1950 | 8.7% | +9.3 pts |
| 1949 | -0.6% | −4.7 pts |
| 1948 | 4.1% | +5.2 pts |
| 1947 | -1.1% | +11 pts |
| 1946 | -11.6% | −11 pts |
| 1945 | -1.0% | −8.9 pts |
| 1944 | 7.9% | −9.1 pts |
| 1943 | 17.0% | −1.9 pts |
| 1942 | 18.9% | +1.2 pts |
| 1941 | 17.7% | +8.9 pts |
| 1940 | 8.8% | +0.8 pts |
| 1939 | 8.0% | +11 pts |
| 1938 | -3.3% | −8.4 pts |
| 1937 | 5.1% | −7.8 pts |
| 1936 | 12.9% | +4.0 pts |
| 1935 | 8.9% | −1.9 pts |
| 1934 | 10.8% | +12 pts |
| 1933 | -1.2% | +12 pts |
| 1932 | -12.9% | −6.5 pts |
| 1931 | -6.4% | +2.1 pts |
| 1930 | -8.5% | — |
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