Life expectancy
78.9 · 2024
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United States
$84,534GDP per capita · 2024
Long-run GDP per capita
Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1650–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1971Nixon shock (end of gold convertibility)
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2007–2009Great Recession
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
340.1M · 2024
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Population growth
1.0% · 2024
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Urban population
80.1% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
13.6 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
-4.1% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
-3.6% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
118.0% · 2024
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Government gross debt
123.9% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
4.2% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
4.3% · 2025
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Output & growth
GDP
$28.8T · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$30.8T · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 30.8T · 2025
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GDP growth
2.8% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$84,534 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$89,991 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$83,490 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
2.1% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
2.9% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
2.7% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
41.8 · 2024
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Internet users
94.7% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
11.1% · 2024
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Imports
14.3% · 2024
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Trade
25.4% · 2024
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