Annual GDP Growth Rate for the US (1930-2018) Year GDP % Year GDP % Year GDP % GDP % Year GDP % change change change change Year change 1930 -8.5 1948 4.1 1966 5.6 1984 7.2 2002 1.7 1931 -6.4 1949 -0.6 1967 2.7 1985 4.2 2003 2.9 1932 -12.9 1950 8.7 1968 4.9 1986 3.5 2004 3.8 1933 -1.2 1951 8.0 1969 3. 1 1987 3.5 2005 3.5 1934 10.8 1952 4.1 1970 0.2 1988 4.2 2006 2.9 1935 B.9 953 4.7 1971 3.3 1989 3.7 2007 1.9 1936 12.9 1954 -0.6 1972 5.3 1990 1.9 2008 -0.1 1937 5.1 1955 7.1 1973 5.6 1991 -0.1 2009 -2.5 1938 -3.3 1956 2.1 1974 -0.5 1992 3.5 2010 2.6 1939 8.0 1957 2.1 1975 -0.2 1993 2.8 2011 1.6 1940 8.8 1958 -0.7 1976 5.4 1994 4.0 2012 2.2 1941 17.7 1959 6.9 1977 4.6 1995 2.7 2013 1.8 1942 18.9 1960 2.6 1978 5.5 1996 3.8 2014 2.5 1943 17.0 1961 2.6 1979 3.2 1997 4.4 2015 2.9 1944 8.0 1962 6.1 1980 -0.3 1998 4.5 2016 1.6 1945 -1.0 1963 4.4 1981 2.5 1999 4.8 2017 2.2 1946 -11.6 1964 5.8 1982 -1.8 2000 4.1 2018 2.9 1947 -1.1 1965 6.5 1983 4.6 2001 1.0 2019