Our World in Data - Economic Growth Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems https://ourworldindata.org/ 2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z Until fifty years ago, Argentina was richer than Spain https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/until-fifty-years-ago-argentina-was-richer-than-spain 2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world at the beginning of the 20th century https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/argentina-was-one-of-the-richest-countries-in-the-world-at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Explore updated data on global development from the World Bank https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-global-development-from-the-world-bank 2026-02-17T17:13:00.000Z Mojmír Vinkler
]]> South Korea has doubled its productivity since 2000, overtaking Japan https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/south-korea-has-doubled-its-productivity-since-2000-overtaking-japan 2025-12-20T00:00:00.000Z Simon van Teutem
]]> GDP per capita has doubled in all three Baltic states since 2000 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/gdp-per-capita-has-doubled-in-all-three-baltic-states-since-2000 2025-12-16T00:50:00.000Z Simon van Teutem
]]> We now show the latest GDP growth projections from the IMF https://ourworldindata.org/we-now-show-the-latest-gdp-growth-projections-from-the-imf 2025-11-25T18:16:00.000Z Pablo Arriagada
]]> Growth of global GDP per capita has been remarkably steady over the past three decades https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/growth-of-global-gdp-per-capita-has-been-remarkably-steady-over-the-past-three-decades 2025-11-17T08:17:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> We’ve updated 20 charts to the 2025 version of the Penn World Table https://ourworldindata.org/weve-updated-to-the-2025-version-of-the-penn-world-table-pwt 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z Pablo Arriagada
]]> Two ways of measuring 160 years of economic growth in the United States https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/two-ways-of-measuring-economic-growth-in-the-us 2025-07-28T04:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Global inequality is the result of two centuries of uneven economic growth https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-inequality-is-the-result-of-two-centuries-of-uneven-economic-growth 2025-07-21T04:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> How does the World Bank classify countries by income? https://ourworldindata.org/world-bank-income-groups-explained 2025-07-14T04:00:00.000Z Bertha RohenkohlPablo Arriagada
]]> Extreme poverty has not declined in these four Southern African countries https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-share-living-in-extreme-poverty-has-not-declined-in-these-four-countries-in-southern-africa 2025-07-09T04:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> What are international dollars? https://ourworldindata.org/international-dollars 2025-05-26T04:00:00.000Z Bertha RohenkohlJoe HasellPablo ArriagadaEsteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Since 1960, Singapore's GDP per capita has risen from one-third of that of Western Europe to twice as much https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/since-1960-singapore-has-risen-from-three-times-poorer-than-western-europe-to-twice-as-rich 2025-01-06T04:00:00.000Z Simon van Teutem
]]> In these nine African countries, average incomes have more than doubled since 1990 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-these-nine-african-countries-average-incomes-doubled-over-the-course-of-the-last-generation 2024-11-28T04:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> The world population grew fast over the last 60 years, but farmers grew fruits and vegetables even faster https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-population-growth-was-fast-but-the-production-of-most-fruits-and-vegetables-increased-even-faster 2024-11-25T04:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Haiti and Dominican Republic: one island, two diverging economies https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/haiti-and-dominican-republic-one-island-two-economic-trajectories 2024-10-23T05:00:00.000Z Pablo Arriagada
]]> Guyana’s oil-driven economy has had the largest GDP per capita growth in the world in recent years https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/guyanas-oil-driven-economy-has-had-the-largest-gdp-per-capita-growth-in-the-world-in-recent-years 2024-10-15T05:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> The service sector now represents about half of employment across the world https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-service-sector-now-represents-about-half-of-employment-across-the-world 2024-03-29T09:15:29.000Z Edouard Mathieu
]]> Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/economic-growth 2023-07-18T14:12:00.000Z Our World in Data team
]]> Economic Growth https://ourworldindata.org/economic-growth 2023-07-14T11:37:00.000Z Max RoserBertha RohenkohlPablo ArriagadaJoe HasellHannah RitchieEsteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> How are incomes adjusted for inflation? https://ourworldindata.org/how-are-incomes-adjusted-for-inflation 2023-07-11T07:04:22.000Z Joe HasellMax Roser
]]> The history of the end of poverty has just begun https://ourworldindata.org/history-of-poverty-has-just-begun 2022-01-11T10:30:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Many countries have decoupled economic growth from CO₂ emissions, even if we take offshored production into account https://ourworldindata.org/co2-gdp-decoupling 2021-12-01T08:30:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> A number of countries have decoupled economic growth from energy use, even if we take offshored production into account https://ourworldindata.org/energy-gdp-decoupling 2021-11-30T10:34:32.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> What is economic growth? And why is it so important? https://ourworldindata.org/what-is-economic-growth 2021-05-13T10:18:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> How much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty substantially? https://ourworldindata.org/poverty-minimum-growth-needed 2021-03-15T12:12:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Global poverty in an unequal world: Who is considered poor in a rich country? And what does this mean for our understanding of global poverty? https://ourworldindata.org/higher-poverty-global-line 2021-03-05T11:02:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> The economies that are home to the poorest billions of people need to grow if we want global poverty to decline substantially https://ourworldindata.org/poverty-growth-needed 2021-02-22T20:31:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Do workers in richer countries work longer hours? https://ourworldindata.org/rich-poor-working-hours 2020-12-21T11:00:00.000Z Charlie GiattinoEsteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were stuck in poverty https://ourworldindata.org/breaking-the-malthusian-trap 2020-11-26T11:45:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> The importance of social networks for innovation and productivity https://ourworldindata.org/social-networks-innovation-and-productivity 2019-11-07T11:40:41.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Which countries achieved economic growth? And why does it matter? https://ourworldindata.org/economic-growth-since-1950 2019-06-25T15:01:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> The missing economic measure: wealth https://ourworldindata.org/the-missing-economic-measure-wealth 2018-03-26T09:08:00.000Z Sandra TzvetkovaCameron Hepburn
]]> How and why should we study ‘economic complexity’? https://ourworldindata.org/how-and-why-econ-complexity 2018-03-19T10:08:57.000Z Esteban Ortiz-OspinaDiana Beltekian
]]> Are emerging economies deindustrializing too quickly? https://ourworldindata.org/growth-and-structural-transformation-are-emerging-economies-industrializing-too-quickly 2017-10-30T17:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-OspinaNicolas Lippolis
]]> Historical poverty reductions: more than a story about “free-market capitalism” https://ourworldindata.org/historical-poverty-reductions-more-than-a-story-about-free-market-capitalism 2017-09-29T17:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Is globalization an engine of economic development? https://ourworldindata.org/is-globalization-an-engine-of-economic-development 2017-08-01T16:30:21.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Structural transformation: how did today’s rich countries become “deindustrialized”? https://ourworldindata.org/structural-transformation-and-deindustrialization-evidence-from-todays-rich-countries 2017-05-26T11:21:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-OspinaNicolas Lippolis
]]> What do poor people think about poverty? https://ourworldindata.org/what-do-poor-people-think-about-poverty 2017-04-08T09:15:00.000Z Max Roser
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