State rank: 41
CURRENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ARKANSAS
2015 EPI score
2015 EPI score
90%
B-
| F (Very Poor) |
D (Poor) |
C (Fair) |
B (Good) |
A (Excellent) |
A+ (Superior) |
| <60 | 60-80 | 80-90 | 90-95 | 95-100 | >100 |
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE HISTORY
EPI COMPONENTS PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Inflation
Unemployment
Budget deficit
GDP Growth
EPI DATA FOR ARKANSAS
| Year | Inflation Rate (%) | Unemployment Rate (%) | Budget Deficit as a Percent of GDP (%) | Change in Real GDP (%) | Raw EPI Score (%) | Raw EPI performance | Change From Previous Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 85.1 | C | -2.9 |
| 1991 | 3.9 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 89.1 | C+ | 4.0 |
| 1992 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 92.2 | B | 3.2 |
| 1993 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 90.2 | B- | -2.0 |
| 1994 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 95.4 | A- | 5.2 |
| 1995 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 94.6 | B+ | -0.8 |
| 1996 | 3.1 | 5.2 | -0.1 | 4.5 | 96.3 | A | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 2.1 | 5.2 | -0.2 | 3.2 | 96.1 | A | -0.2 |
| 1998 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 95.4 | A- | -0.7 |
| 1999 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 98.1 | A | 2.7 |
| 2000 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 91.1 | B | -7.0 |
| 2001 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 92.6 | B | 1.6 |
| 2002 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 93.3 | B | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 92.0 | B | -1.2 |
| 2004 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 92.6 | B | 0.6 |
| 2005 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 92.1 | B | -0.5 |
| 2006 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 93.7 | B | 1.6 |
| 2007 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 89.7 | C+ | -4.0 |
| 2008 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 85.2 | C | -4.6 |
| 2009 | -0.4 | 7.9 | 10.6 | -2.7 | 78.5 | D+ | -6.7 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 83.6 | C | 5.1 |
| 2011 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 82.6 | C- | -1.0 |
| 2012 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 82.6 | C- | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 88.1 | C+ | 5.5 |
| 2014* | 1.7 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 89.2 | C+ | 1.1 |
| 2015* | -0.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 90.4 | B- | 1.2 |