Living standards · observed

Output per person

Inflation adjusted gross domestic product divided by the midyear population.

Latest available value$13,793

China · 2025

Change from 2024+$674

One period comparison, not annualized

Data statusLatest available

Observed source series

Historical observationsGDP per person in China
$13,7932025
Explain this chart
What changed+$674

The latest plotted observation compared with the one immediately before it.

What could matter

Productivity, Employment, Investment

What this cannot prove

It does not show inequality, unpaid work, environmental costs, or differences in local prices.

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PeriodValueStatus
2025$13,793observed
2024$13,119observed
2023$12,484observed
2022$11,830observed
2021$11,469observed
2020$10,573observed
2019$10,356observed
2018$9,799observed
2017$9,221observed
2016$8,679observed
Understand it

Why it matters

It is a rough way to compare average material output over time, not a measure of a typical person’s income.

People often affected
  • Households
  • Businesses
  • Public services
What can influence it
  • 01Productivity
  • 02Employment
  • 03Investment
  • 04Population

These are common mechanisms, not claims about what caused the latest movement.

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Limits of this data

It does not show inequality, unpaid work, environmental costs, or differences in local prices.

Revision status: The API does not expose a revision flag for these observations. Treat recent values as revisable.

Official source

World Bank: World Development Indicators

Series NY.GDP.PCAP.KD. Snapshot retrieved Aug 5, 2026. Reporting frequency: annual. Seasonal adjustment: not applicable.