East Asia & Pacific · High income
Northern Mariana Islands: the economy in numbers
Per person: $23,786. Population: 43,541 (2025).
GDP in 2022, current US dollars.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $2.3 billion in 2002, $1.21 billion in 2022.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $34,443 per person in 2002, $26,188 in 2022.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2013–2022: 0.9% a year. Years of falling GDP since 2003: 10 of 20.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Population
1960: 8,736 · 2025: 43,541.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 61.4 years · 2024: 78.9 years.
Exports of goods and services
2002: 91.0% · 2022: 22.3%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Real growth | Population | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.5K | |||||
| 2024 | 44.3K | 78.9 | ||||
| 2023 | 45.1K | 78.8 | ||||
| 2022 | $1.1B | $23,786 | 16.6% | 46.1K | 78.5 | 22.3% |
| 2021 | $914M | $19,456 | 5.0% | 47K | 78.2 | 6.0% |
| 2020 | $866M | $18,221 | −29.1% | 47.5K | 78.0 | 14.8% |
| 2019 | $1.18B | $24,497 | −11.4% | 48.1K | 77.8 | 42.5% |
| 2018 | $1.3B | $26,509 | −19.5% | 49.1K | 77.5 | 50.7% |
| 2017 | $1.56B | $31,226 | 23.2% | 50K | 77.5 | 69.3% |
| 2016 | $1.23B | $24,225 | 29.2% | 50.8K | 77.4 | 71.7% |
| 2015 | $910M | $17,665 | 3.4% | 51.5K | 77.4 | 53.0% |
| 2014 | $832M | $15,945 | 4.2% | 52.2K | 77.4 | 52.5% |
| 2013 | $772M | $14,633 | 2.7% | 52.8K | 77.5 | 52.1% |
| 2012 | $746M | $14,014 | 0.8% | 53.2K | 77.6 | 50.8% |
| 2011 | $729M | $13,599 | −7.4% | 53.6K | 77.7 | 43.5% |
| 2010 | $799M | $14,771 | 1.4% | 54.1K | 77.8 | 41.9% |
| 2009 | $795M | $14,370 | −17.6% | 55.3K | 77.9 | 39.2% |
| 2008 | $939M | $16,430 | −11.1% | 57.1K | 77.9 | 52.0% |
| 2007 | $938M | $15,914 | −6.7% | 58.9K | 77.9 | 66.8% |
| 2006 | $990M | $16,315 | −6.9% | 60.7K | 77.7 | 83.7% |
| 2005 | $1.06B | $17,016 | −12.7% | 62.4K | 77.3 | 95.9% |
| 2004 | $1.21B | $18,925 | −3.1% | 63.9K | 76.8 | 100.7% |
| 2003 | $1.24B | $18,939 | 0.3% | 65.4K | 76.5 | 90.2% |
| 2002 | $1.28B | $19,228 | 66.8K | 75.9 | 91.0% | |
| 2001 | 68K | 75.4 | ||||
| 2000 | 68.4K | 74.9 | ||||
| 1999 | 65.9K | 74.3 | ||||
| 1998 | 61.3K | 73.6 | ||||
| 1997 | 56.6K | 72.9 | ||||
| 1996 | 51.7K | 72.4 | ||||
| 1995 | 48.2K | 71.9 | ||||
| 1994 | 46.7K | 71.5 | ||||
| 1993 | 46K | 71.2 | ||||
| 1992 | 45.2K | 70.8 | ||||
| 1991 | 44.4K | 70.4 | ||||
| 1990 | 43.3K | 70.0 | ||||
| 1989 | 41.3K | 69.8 | ||||
| 1988 | 38.5K | 69.6 | ||||
| 1987 | 35.7K | 69.5 | ||||
| 1986 | 33K | 69.4 | ||||
| 1985 | 30.3K | 69.2 | ||||
| 1984 | 27.6K | 69.1 | ||||
| 1983 | 24.9K | 68.9 | ||||
| 1982 | 22.4K | 68.7 | ||||
| 1981 | 19.8K | 68.5 | ||||
| 1980 | 17.6K | 68.3 | ||||
| 1979 | 16.5K | 68.1 | ||||
| 1978 | 16.1K | 67.9 | ||||
| 1977 | 15.8K | 67.7 | ||||
| 1976 | 15.4K | 67.3 | ||||
| 1975 | 15.1K | 66.8 | ||||
| 1974 | 14.7K | 66.4 | ||||
| 1973 | 13.9K | 66.0 | ||||
| 1972 | 12.6K | 65.6 | ||||
| 1971 | 11.3K | 65.2 | ||||
| 1970 | 10.2K | 64.8 | ||||
| 1969 | 9.99K | 64.5 | ||||
| 1968 | 10.5K | 64.1 | ||||
| 1967 | 10.7K | 63.7 | ||||
| 1966 | 10.6K | 63.3 | ||||
| 1965 | 10.3K | 63.0 | ||||
| 1964 | 9.93K | 62.6 | ||||
| 1963 | 9.6K | 62.3 | ||||
| 1962 | 9.28K | 62.0 | ||||
| 1961 | 8.99K | 61.7 | ||||
| 1960 | 8.74K | 61.4 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in East Asia & Pacific
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
American Samoa · Australia · Brunei · Cambodia · China · Fiji · French Polynesia · Guam · Hong Kong · Indonesia · Japan · Kiribati · Laos · Macao · Malaysia · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nauru · New Caledonia · New Zealand · North Korea · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Samoa · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Korea · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu · Vietnam
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)