Arab World: GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Arab World's GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) rose 248.42 on 2024 (from 16,802 to 17,051).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +179.83 and a typical year strayed about 338.87 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 835.42 in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 1,041 in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

This indicator provides values for gross domestic product (GDP) per person expressed in constant international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2021. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of GDP and its expenditure components.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 36 values

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 1,964 (2024)
• Algeria — 15,883 (2025)
• Bahrain — 60,670 (2025)
• Djibouti — 7,223 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 17,265 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 16,834 (2025)
• Iraq — 12,192 (2025)
• Israel — 48,197 (2025)
• Jordan — 10,794 (2025)
• Kuwait

More economic policy & debt data for Arab World

• GDP (current US$) — US$3.8 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$7,544 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$3.83 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.22 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$6,404 (2025)
• GDP (annual % growth) — 3.68% (2025)
• GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.46% (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$658.27 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 17.33% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Arab World's GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)?

17,051 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 50.16% from 11,355 in 1990 (1.17% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 17,051 in 2025 and the lowest 10,925 in 1991.

Is the latest change in GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) unusual for Arab World?

In 2025, Arab World's GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) rose 248.42 on 2024 (from 16,802 to 17,051). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +179.83 and a typical year strayed about 338.87 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, note: This information is for ICP’s PPPs utilized in WDI, publisher: International Comparison Program (ICP), date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Progr… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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