Country profile · Europe & Central Asia · High income
San Marino
Every figure below carries its global rank and its history — and a plain line on what the number means. Figures: World Bank, World Development Indicators (open data), retrieved 2026-07-27.
At a glance
Latest available year per indicator
GDP · 2023
$2.0 bn
192nd largest of 214
The size of the economy — everything produced in a year. The headline number every other figure argues with.
GDP growth · 2023
0.4%
192nd fastest-growing of 214
How fast output is expanding, inflation-adjusted. Growth without jobs or wages is where the story usually hides.
GDP per capita · 2023
$59,871
25th highest of 214
Output per person — the rough proxy for average living standards, and an average that hides a lot.
Inflation (CPI) · 2025
2.3%
121st highest of 193
How fast consumer prices rise. What it understates for poorer households is half the story.
Unemployment
No recent data reported
The share of the labour force seeking work without finding it — and it counts precarious work as 'employed'.
Population · 2025
34,109
213th largest of 217
The denominator of everything per-capita.
Exports · 2023
186.0%
3rd highest of 193
How much of the economy is sold to the world — openness, measured on the way out.
Imports · 2023
155.0%
3rd highest of 193
How much of demand is met from abroad — openness, measured on the way in.
FDI, net inflows · 2023
-0.9%
187th highest of 202
Long-term foreign investment into real assets — a confidence signal that is hard to fake and slow to reverse.
Total reserves · 2025
$861.2 mn
147th largest of 179
The central bank's war chest for defending the currency and paying for imports.
Current account · 2023
22.0%
4th highest of 200
The broadest external balance — trade plus income and remittances. Persistent deficits must be financed.
Government debt · 2023
99.9%
13th highest of 109
What the state owes relative to the economy carrying it. Reported patchily — gaps here are common.
Exchange rate · 2025
0.9
179th highest of 213
How many units of local currency a dollar buys — a running vote of confidence.
Gini index
No recent data reported
Inequality in one number: 0 is perfect equality, 100 is one person holding everything. Surveyed rarely.
Life expectancy · 2024
85.8
2nd highest of 217
The single most honest summary of whether an economy serves its people.
Extreme poverty
No recent data reported
The share of people living below the international extreme-poverty line — the floor beneath every other economic statistic.
What these indicators can — and cannot — tell you: Economics, Explained
The long view
1990 – latest
Put San Marino next to any other economy — open the comparison desk — or see where it sits on the world heat map.