Europe & Central Asia · High income
Channel Islands: the economy in numbers
Per person: $74,586. Population: 168,466 (2025).
GDP in 2023, current US dollars: #149 of 204 economies.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $11.8 billion in 1998, $13.2 billion in 2023.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $80,002 per person in 1998, $78,873 in 2023.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2014–2023: 1.8% a year. Years of falling GDP since 2010: 3 of 14.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2006 listed domestic companies were worth $1.48 billion, or 15.3% of GDP.
Population
1960: 110,808 · 2025: 168,466.
Unemployment rate
1991: 5.7% · 2025: 6.2%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 72.5 years · 2024: 81.2 years.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Real growth | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168K | 6.2% | |||||
| 2024 | 168K | 6.0% | 81.2 | ||||
| 2023 | $12.5B | $74,586 | 3.7% | 168K | 5.9% | 81.1 | |
| 2022 | $11.3B | $67,627 | 5.3% | 167K | 5.9% | 81.0 | |
| 2021 | $11.2B | $66,915 | 9.9% | 167K | 6.6% | 80.3 | |
| 2020 | $9.44B | $56,786 | −8.9% | 166K | 6.6% | 80.9 | |
| 2019 | $10B | $60,565 | 1.6% | 166K | 6.2% | 81.2 | |
| 2018 | $10B | $60,785 | 1.1% | 165K | 6.3% | 81.1 | |
| 2017 | $9.17B | $55,806 | 1.8% | 164K | 6.9% | 81.0 | |
| 2016 | $9.17B | $55,948 | 1.2% | 164K | 7.5% | 81.2 | |
| 2015 | $10.1B | $61,848 | 0.4% | 163K | 7.9% | 81.4 | |
| 2014 | $10.5B | $64,698 | 2.4% | 163K | 8.3% | 81.6 | |
| 2013 | $9.59B | $59,308 | 0.5% | 162K | 8.6% | 81.5 | |
| 2012 | $9.45B | $58,810 | −5.8% | 161K | 8.0% | 81.3 | |
| 2011 | $9.65B | $60,415 | 1.1% | 160K | 7.2% | 81.4 | |
| 2010 | $8.9B | $56,123 | −3.6% | 159K | 7.0% | 81.2 | |
| 2009 | $9.1B | $57,779 | 158K | 6.7% | 81.0 | ||
| 2008 | 156K | 5.3% | 80.8 | ||||
| 2007 | $11.5B | $74,140 | 155K | 5.2% | 80.6 | ||
| 2006 | $9.68B | $62,745 | 154K | 5.6% | 15.3% | 80.4 | |
| 2005 | $8.83B | $57,647 | 153K | 5.8% | 6.1% | 80.1 | |
| 2004 | $8.55B | $56,260 | 152K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 79.8 | |
| 2003 | $7.33B | $48,571 | 151K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 79.4 | |
| 2002 | $6.66B | $44,460 | 150K | 5.3% | 4.0% | 79.1 | |
| 2001 | $6.23B | $41,874 | 149K | 5.0% | 7.3% | 79.0 | |
| 2000 | $6.44B | $43,479 | 148K | 5.4% | 4.0% | 78.8 | |
| 1999 | $6.26B | $42,444 | 148K | 5.9% | 3.9% | 79.1 | |
| 1998 | $5.95B | $40,473 | 147K | 6.3% | 2.7% | 78.5 | |
| 1997 | 146K | 6.7% | 78.2 | ||||
| 1996 | 146K | 6.9% | 77.8 | ||||
| 1995 | 145K | 7.0% | 77.7 | ||||
| 1994 | 145K | 7.2% | 77.0 | ||||
| 1993 | 145K | 7.1% | 76.8 | ||||
| 1992 | 145K | 6.1% | 77.1 | ||||
| 1991 | 144K | 5.7% | 76.5 | ||||
| 1990 | 143K | 76.3 | |||||
| 1989 | 142K | 76.5 | |||||
| 1988 | 140K | 76.0 | |||||
| 1987 | 139K | 75.7 | |||||
| 1986 | 137K | 75.4 | |||||
| 1985 | 136K | 75.3 | |||||
| 1984 | 135K | 75.2 | |||||
| 1983 | 133K | 74.9 | |||||
| 1982 | 132K | 73.1 | |||||
| 1981 | 131K | 73.8 | |||||
| 1980 | 130K | 73.9 | |||||
| 1979 | 130K | 73.2 | |||||
| 1978 | 130K | 73.1 | |||||
| 1977 | 130K | 72.9 | |||||
| 1976 | 129K | 72.7 | |||||
| 1975 | 129K | 72.6 | |||||
| 1974 | 128K | 72.5 | |||||
| 1973 | 127K | 72.7 | |||||
| 1972 | 126K | 72.0 | |||||
| 1971 | 125K | 72.0 | |||||
| 1970 | 123K | 71.8 | |||||
| 1969 | 122K | 71.7 | |||||
| 1968 | 121K | 71.7 | |||||
| 1967 | 120K | 72.2 | |||||
| 1966 | 118K | 72.3 | |||||
| 1965 | 117K | 71.6 | |||||
| 1964 | 116K | 72.0 | |||||
| 1963 | 114K | 72.2 | |||||
| 1962 | 113K | 72.0 | |||||
| 1961 | 112K | 71.6 | |||||
| 1960 | 111K | 72.5 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)