United States GDP growth rate history

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2.2%Q2 2026Latest published observation

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History starts: Q1 1948
History ends: Q2 2026
Frequency: Quarterly observations
Unit: Percent

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4 observations · Q1 1957 to Q4 1957

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Date or period	Value · Percent	Source
Q1 1957	3.1%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
Q2 1957	2.0%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
Q3 1957	3.1%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
Q4 1957	0.4%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau

United States GDP growth rate history by year

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United States GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2026 (to date)	2.4%	2.6%Q1 2026	2.2%Q2 2026	▼ −0.4
2025	2.3%	2.6%Q3 2025	2.0%Q4 2025	▼ −0.3
2024	2.9%	3.3%Q2 2024	2.6%Q4 2024	▼ −0.3
2023	2.9%	3.4%Q4 2023	2.3%Q1 2023	▲ +1.1
2022	2.4%	4.0%Q1 2022	1.2%Q4 2022	▼ −2.8
2021	6.4%	12.6%Q2 2021	1.9%Q1 2021	▲ +3.9
2020	−2.1%	1.4%Q1 2020	−7.4%Q2 2020	▼ −2.3
2019	2.6%	3.4%Q4 2019	1.9%Q1 2019	▲ +1.5
2018	2.9%	3.3%Q1 2018	2.1%Q4 2018	▼ −1.2
2017	2.5%	3.0%Q4 2017	2.1%Q1 2017	▲ +0.9
2016	1.8%	2.2%Q4 2016	1.5%Q2 2016	▲ +0.4
2015	2.9%	4.0%Q1 2015	2.1%Q4 2015	▼ −1.9
2014	2.6%	3.1%Q3 2014	1.7%Q1 2014	▲ +1.0
2013	2.1%	3.0%Q4 2013	1.5%Q2 2013	▲ +1.3
2012	2.3%	2.6%Q1 2012	1.6%Q4 2012	▼ −1.0
2011	1.5%	2.0%Q1 2011	0.9%Q3 2011	▼ −0.5
2010	2.7%	3.3%Q3 2010	1.7%Q1 2010	▲ +1.1
2009	−2.6%	0.1%Q4 2009	−4.0%Q2 2009	▲ +3.3
2008	0.1%	1.4%Q1 2008	−2.5%Q4 2008	▼ −3.9
2007	2.0%	2.4%Q3 2007	1.6%Q1 2007	▲ +0.5

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United States GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2006	2.8%	3.2%Q1 2006	2.3%Q3 2006	▼ −0.6
2005	3.5%	3.9%Q1 2005	3.0%Q4 2005	▼ −0.9
2004	3.9%	4.3%Q1 2004	3.4%Q4 2004	▼ −0.9
2003	2.8%	4.3%Q4 2003	1.7%Q1 2003	▲ +2.6
2002	1.7%	2.1%Q3 2002	1.3%Q1 2002	▲ +0.7
2001	1.0%	2.2%Q1 2001	0.2%Q4 2001	▼ −2.0
2000	4.1%	5.2%Q2 2000	2.9%Q4 2000	▼ −1.3
1999	4.8%	4.8%Q1 1999	4.7%Q2 1999	0.0
1998	4.5%	4.9%Q1 1998	4.1%Q2 1998	0.0
1997	4.5%	4.7%Q3 1997	4.3%Q1 1997	▲ +0.2
1996	3.8%	4.4%Q4 1996	2.6%Q1 1996	▲ +1.8
1995	2.7%	3.5%Q1 1995	2.2%Q4 1995	▼ −1.3
1994	4.0%	4.3%Q3 1994	3.4%Q1 1994	▲ +0.7
1993	2.7%	3.3%Q1 1993	2.3%Q3 1993	▼ −0.7
1992	3.6%	4.4%Q4 1992	2.9%Q1 1992	▲ +1.5
1991	−0.1%	1.2%Q4 1991	−1.0%Q1 1991	▲ +2.2
1990	1.9%	2.8%Q1 1990	0.6%Q4 1990	▼ −2.2
1989	3.7%	4.3%Q1 1989	2.7%Q4 1989	▼ −1.6
1988	4.2%	4.5%Q2 1988	3.8%Q4 1988	▼ −0.4
1987	3.5%	4.5%Q4 1987	2.7%Q1 1987	▲ +1.8
1986	3.5%	4.1%Q1 1986	2.9%Q4 1986	▼ −1.2
1985	4.2%	4.6%Q1 1985	3.7%Q2 1985	▼ −0.4
1984	7.3%	8.6%Q1 1984	5.6%Q4 1984	▼ −3.0
1983	4.6%	7.9%Q4 1983	1.4%Q1 1983	▲ +6.5
1982	−1.8%	−1.0%Q2 1982	−2.6%Q3 1982	▲ +0.8
1981	2.6%	4.3%Q3 1981	1.3%Q4 1981	▼ −0.3
1980	−0.3%	1.4%Q1 1980	−1.6%Q3 1980	▼ −1.4
1979	3.2%	6.5%Q1 1979	1.3%Q4 1979	▼ −5.2
1978	5.5%	6.7%Q4 1978	4.1%Q1 1978	▲ +2.6
1977	4.6%	5.8%Q3 1977	3.2%Q1 1977	▲ +1.8
1976	5.4%	6.2%Q1 1976	4.3%Q4 1976	▼ −1.9
1975	−0.2%	2.6%Q4 1975	−2.3%Q1 1975	▲ +4.9
1974	−0.5%	0.6%Q1 1974	−1.9%Q4 1974	▼ −2.5
1973	5.7%	7.6%Q1 1973	4.0%Q4 1973	▼ −3.6
1972	5.3%	6.9%Q4 1972	3.5%Q1 1972	▲ +3.4
1971	3.3%	4.4%Q4 1971	2.7%Q1 1971	▲ +1.7
1970	0.2%	0.4%Q3 1970	−0.2%Q4 1970	▼ −0.5
1969	3.1%	4.5%Q1 1969	2.0%Q4 1969	▼ −2.5
1968	4.9%	5.5%Q2 1968	3.8%Q1 1968	▲ +1.2
1967	2.7%	2.9%Q1 1967	2.6%Q2 1967	▼ −0.2
1966	6.6%	8.5%Q1 1966	4.5%Q4 1966	▼ −4.0
1965	6.5%	8.5%Q4 1965	5.5%Q1 1965	▲ +3.0
1964	5.8%	6.2%Q1 1964	5.2%Q4 1964	▼ −1.0
1963	4.4%	5.2%Q4 1963	3.6%Q1 1963	▲ +1.6
1962	6.2%	7.6%Q1 1962	4.3%Q4 1962	▼ −3.3
1961	2.6%	6.4%Q4 1961	−0.7%Q1 1961	▲ +7.1
1960	2.6%	4.9%Q1 1960	0.9%Q4 1960	▼ −4.0
1959	6.9%	9.1%Q2 1959	4.6%Q4 1959	▼ −2.8
1958	−0.7%	2.7%Q4 1958	−2.9%Q1 1958	▲ +5.6
1957	2.2%	3.1%Q1 1957	0.4%Q4 1957	▼ −2.7
1956	2.1%	3.2%Q1 1956	0.9%Q3 1956	▼ −1.2
1955	7.2%	8.0%Q3 1955	6.2%Q1 1955	▲ +0.4
1954	−0.6%	2.7%Q4 1954	−2.4%Q2 1954	▲ +4.5
1953	4.7%	6.8%Q2 1953	0.5%Q4 1953	▼ −5.7
1952	4.1%	5.4%Q4 1952	2.2%Q3 1952	▲ +0.2
1951	8.1%	10.6%Q1 1951	5.5%Q4 1951	▼ −5.1
1950	8.7%	13.4%Q4 1950	3.8%Q1 1950	▲ +9.6
1949	−0.6%	0.9%Q1 1949	−1.5%Q4 1949	▼ −2.4
1948	4.1%	5.4%Q3 1948	2.6%Q1 1948	▲ +1.3

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