Real GDP
$24.3T
· Apr 2026
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1948-49 Recession · Nov 1948 – Oct 1949
1953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 1954
1957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 1958
1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 1961
1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 1970
1973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 1975
1980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 1980
1981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 1982
1990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 1991
2001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001
Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009
COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
$5T
$10T
$15T
$20T
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
$24.3T
Real GDP — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
Year
Real GDP
1947
$2.2T
1948
$2.3T
1949
$2.3T
1950
$2.6T
1951
$2.7T
1952
$2.8T
1953
$2.9T
1954
$2.9T
1955
$3.1T
1956
$3.2T
1957
$3.2T
1958
$3.3T
1959
$3.4T
1960
$3.5T
1961
$3.7T
1962
$3.9T
1963
$4.1T
1964
$4.3T
1965
$4.6T
1966
$4.8T
1967
$5.0T
1968
$5.2T
1969
$5.3T
1970
$5.3T
1971
$5.5T
1972
$5.9T
1973
$6.2T
1974
$6.0T
1975
$6.2T
1976
$6.5T
1977
$6.8T
1978
$7.2T
1979
$7.3T
1980
$7.3T
1981
$7.4T
1982
$7.3T
1983
$7.9T
1984
$8.3T
1985
$8.7T
1986
$8.9T
1987
$9.3T
1988
$9.7T
1989
$9.9T
1990
$10.0T
1991
$10.1T
1992
$10.6T
1993
$10.8T
1994
$11.3T
1995
$11.5T
1996
$12.0T
1997
$12.6T
1998
$13.2T
1999
$13.8T
2000
$14.2T
2001
$14.3T
2002
$14.5T
2003
$15.2T
2004
$15.7T
2005
$16.1T
2006
$16.6T
2007
$16.9T
2008
$16.5T
2009
$16.5T
2010
$17.0T
2011
$17.2T
2012
$17.5T
2013
$18.0T
2014
$18.5T
2015
$18.9T
2016
$19.3T
2017
$19.9T
2018
$20.3T
2019
$21.0T
2020
$20.8T
2021
$22.0T
2022
$22.3T
2023
$23.0T
2024
$23.6T
2025
$24.1T
2026
$24.3T
Source: FRED · GDPC1 · econscout.com