Least developed countries: UN classification: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Least developed countries: UN classification's households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) rose 181.95 on 2024 (from 2,934 to 3,116).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +75.57 and a typical year strayed about 56.77 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 225.04 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 35.1 in 1996. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 136.54 a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 3,359 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 258.78, against 340.25 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

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What this measures

This indicator provides values for final consumption expenditure per person expressed in current 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. Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 33 values

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 7,968 (2025)
• Bahrain — 23,600 (2024)
• Djibouti — 5,387 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 18,525 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 9,912 (2025)
• Iraq — 6,555 (2024)
• Israel — 27,661 (2025)
• Kuwait

More economic policy & debt data for Least developed countries: UN classification

• GDP (current US$) — US$1.65 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,362 (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.35 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,112 (2025)
• GDP (annual % growth) — 4.3% (2025)
• GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.94% (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$44.93 billion (2025)
• Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — −US$9.99 million (2025)

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Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.PCAP.PP.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), note: This information is for PPP conversion factors., publisher: International Comparison Program (ICP), date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Programme, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/explore/all/al… 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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