GDP growth
%2.2%down-0.63
World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
North America / USA
UnitedStates
How United States' economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.
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United States Overview dashboard
Inflation (CPI)
%3.0%down-1.17
World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Unemployment
% labour force4.2%up+0.18
World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
GDP per capita
US$90,027up+3857
World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Central govt debt
% GDP116%up+1.05
World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Current account
% GDP-3.8%up+0.27
World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"United States's exports are booming."
The data
Exports (% GDP)
- 2014
- 13.5%
- 2024
- 11.0%
decrease-2.5 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
- 2014
- 16.4%
- 2024
- 14.0%
decrease-2.4 change
Exports moved -2.5 pts of GDP; imports moved -2.4 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.
Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 16.0%
- 2023
- 16.7%
increase+0.7 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 5.8
- 2024
- 5.5
decrease-0.3 change
Spending share changed +0.7 pts; infant mortality changed -0.3 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."
The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
- 2011
- 11.9%
- 2021
- 10.5%
decrease-1.4 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
- 2011
- 19.4%
- 2021
- 17.6%
decrease-1.8 change
Manufacturing share of GDP changed -1.4 pts vs industry overall -1.8 pts.
Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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