{
  "meta": {
    "key": "gdp_per_capita",
    "title": "GDP per Capita",
    "unit": "USD",
    "category": "Economy",
    "source": "Maddison Project / Our World in Data",
    "sourceUrl": "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-average-gdp-per-capita-over-the-long-run",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/gdp_per_capita",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/gdp_per_capita.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/gdp_per_capita.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to Maddison Project / Our World in Data. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"GDP per Capita\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/gdp_per_capita, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: Maddison Project / Our World in Data."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1,
      "value": 1100,
      "label": "Subsistence baseline"
    },
    {
      "year": 1000,
      "value": 1100,
      "label": "A millennium later: unchanged"
    },
    {
      "year": 1500,
      "value": 1300
    },
    {
      "year": 1600,
      "value": 1400
    },
    {
      "year": 1700,
      "value": 1400
    },
    {
      "year": 1820,
      "value": 1500,
      "label": "Malthusian trap breaks"
    },
    {
      "year": 1850,
      "value": 1800
    },
    {
      "year": 1870,
      "value": 2100
    },
    {
      "year": 1900,
      "value": 3100
    },
    {
      "year": 1920,
      "value": 3400
    },
    {
      "year": 1940,
      "value": 4700
    },
    {
      "year": 1950,
      "value": 4600
    },
    {
      "year": 1960,
      "value": 6000
    },
    {
      "year": 1970,
      "value": 8200
    },
    {
      "year": 1980,
      "value": 9900
    },
    {
      "year": 1990,
      "value": 11275
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 12781
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 16051
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 17871
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 19551
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 18812,
      "label": "COVID dip"
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 19876
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 21393
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 21914
    }
  ]
}