Europe & Central Asia · High income
Greenland: the economy in numbers
Per person: $58,499, or $78,906 at purchasing power parity. Population: 56,831 (2025).
GDP in 2023, current US dollars: #175 of 204 economies.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $577 million in 1970, $3.52 billion in 2023.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $12,434 per person in 1970, $61,861 in 2023.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2014–2023: 1.5% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1971: 10 of 53.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Population
1960: 32,500 · 2025: 56,831.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 58.6 years · 2024: 70.3 years.
Exports of goods and services
2003: 37.8% · 2023: 40.8%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Population | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.8K | ||||||
| 2024 | 56.8K | 70.3 | |||||
| 2023 | $3.33B | $58,499 | $78,906 | 0.9% | 56.9K | 71.0 | 40.8% |
| 2022 | $3.15B | $55,635 | $75,708 | 2.0% | 56.7K | 71.2 | 40.8% |
| 2021 | $3.29B | $58,136 | $69,302 | 1.6% | 56.7K | 71.3 | 34.1% |
| 2020 | $3.09B | $54,813 | $64,999 | 0.3% | 56.4K | 71.3 | 36.0% |
| 2019 | $3.0B | $53,309 | $64,264 | 2.8% | 56.2K | 71.4 | 41.0% |
| 2018 | $3.06B | $54,545 | $61,807 | 0.6% | 56K | 71.4 | 44.5% |
| 2017 | $2.85B | $50,766 | $60,010 | 0.1% | 56.2K | 71.3 | 40.7% |
| 2016 | $2.71B | $48,182 | $58,909 | 4.7% | 56.2K | 71.2 | 40.8% |
| 2015 | $2.5B | $44,536 | $55,816 | −2.5% | 56.1K | 70.9 | 37.6% |
| 2014 | $2.84B | $50,485 | $56,555 | 4.7% | 56.3K | 70.5 | 38.5% |
| 2013 | $2.68B | $47,535 | $52,894 | −1.3% | 56.5K | 70.3 | 37.7% |
| 2012 | $2.61B | $45,937 | $52,389 | 1.4% | 56.8K | 70.0 | 37.5% |
| 2011 | $2.68B | $47,187 | $50,653 | −0.5% | 56.9K | 69.6 | 38.0% |
| 2010 | $2.5B | $44,277 | $50,191 | 1.7% | 56.5K | 69.3 | 34.1% |
| 2009 | $2.53B | $44,919 | $48,925 | 0.9% | 56.3K | 69.0 | 30.7% |
| 2008 | $2.5B | $44,367 | $48,203 | 6.2% | 56.3K | 68.6 | 37.0% |
| 2007 | $2.25B | $39,781 | $44,366 | 2.4% | 56.6K | 68.3 | 36.2% |
| 2006 | $2.01B | $35,458 | $42,040 | 5.6% | 56.8K | 67.8 | 37.8% |
| 2005 | $1.85B | $32,490 | $38,527 | 5.0% | 56.9K | 67.3 | 41.1% |
| 2004 | $1.82B | $32,031 | $35,604 | 6.9% | 56.9K | 66.8 | 39.3% |
| 2003 | $1.56B | $27,467 | $32,516 | 4.4% | 56.8K | 66.1 | 37.8% |
| 2002 | $1.17B | $20,658 | $30,618 | −1.0% | 56.6K | 65.4 | |
| 2001 | $1.09B | $19,266 | $30,562 | 1.3% | 56.4K | 65.0 | |
| 2000 | $1.07B | $19,009 | $29,616 | 7.1% | 56.2K | 64.8 | |
| 1999 | $1.13B | $20,170 | $27,081 | 1.4% | 56.1K | 65.8 | |
| 1998 | $1.15B | $20,497 | $26,340 | 7.8% | 56.1K | 66.2 | |
| 1997 | $1.07B | $19,146 | $24,215 | 1.5% | 56K | 65.8 | |
| 1996 | $1.2B | $21,422 | $23,502 | 1.5% | 55.9K | 65.8 | |
| 1995 | $1.21B | $21,666 | $22,773 | 3.7% | 55.8K | 65.6 | |
| 1994 | $1.01B | $18,124 | $21,619 | 5.9% | 55.5K | 65.9 | |
| 1993 | $927M | $16,797 | $20,092 | −5.0% | 55.2K | 65.6 | |
| 1992 | $1.04B | $18,769 | $20,629 | −5.1% | 55.3K | 65.2 | |
| 1991 | $1.02B | $18,315 | $21,179 | −0.1% | 55.5K | 65.0 | |
| 1990 | $1.02B | $18,327 | $20,472 | −11.7% | 55.6K | 65.1 | |
| 1989 | $930M | $16,814 | 6.7% | 55.3K | 64.7 | ||
| 1988 | $899M | $16,398 | 5.6% | 54.8K | 64.6 | ||
| 1987 | $787M | $14,554 | 5.5% | 54.1K | 64.7 | ||
| 1986 | $603M | $11,271 | 7.1% | 53.5K | 64.2 | ||
| 1985 | $413M | $7,761 | 3.7% | 53.2K | 63.8 | ||
| 1984 | $379M | $7,199 | −5.2% | 52.7K | 63.5 | ||
| 1983 | $416M | $7,988 | 3.5% | 52.1K | 63.3 | ||
| 1982 | $402M | $7,814 | −4.4% | 51.5K | 63.2 | ||
| 1981 | $436M | $8,544 | 0.7% | 51K | 63.1 | ||
| 1980 | $476M | $9,483 | 8.7% | 50.2K | 63.4 | ||
| 1979 | $421M | $8,481 | 4.9% | 49.6K | 64.0 | ||
| 1978 | $356M | $7,236 | 6.0% | 49.2K | 63.4 | ||
| 1977 | $282M | $5,714 | 8.8% | 49.4K | 61.8 | ||
| 1976 | $241M | $4,845 | 6.0% | 49.7K | 61.8 | ||
| 1975 | $211M | $4,258 | 0.6% | 49.6K | 61.8 | ||
| 1974 | $170M | $3,433 | 5.7% | 49.5K | 62.0 | ||
| 1973 | $140M | $2,860 | 6.8% | 49K | 62.4 | ||
| 1972 | $106M | $2,197 | 6.2% | 48.3K | 62.8 | ||
| 1971 | $88.5M | $1,874 | 13.1% | 47.2K | 63.1 | ||
| 1970 | $69.5M | $1,498 | 46.4K | 63.1 | |||
| 1969 | 44.9K | 63.1 | |||||
| 1968 | 43.4K | 62.8 | |||||
| 1967 | 41.9K | 62.3 | |||||
| 1966 | 40.5K | 61.8 | |||||
| 1965 | 39.2K | 61.4 | |||||
| 1964 | 37.6K | 60.9 | |||||
| 1963 | 36.4K | 60.5 | |||||
| 1962 | 35K | 60.0 | |||||
| 1961 | 33.7K | 59.4 | |||||
| 1960 | 32.5K | 58.6 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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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)