State rank: 6
CURRENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
DELAWARE
2015 EPI score
2015 EPI score
95%
A-
| 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 DELAWARE
| 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 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 88.1 | C+ | -8.8 |
| 1991 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 89.3 | C+ | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 88.6 | C+ | -0.6 |
| 1993 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | -0.9 | 87.0 | C | -1.7 |
| 1994 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 97.3 | A | 10.3 |
| 1995 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 95.1 | A- | -2.2 |
| 1996 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 91.5 | B | -3.5 |
| 1997 | 2.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 94.4 | B+ | 2.8 |
| 1998 | 1.3 | 3.7 | -0.1 | 4.7 | 99.7 | A+ | 5.4 |
| 1999 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 7.7 | 100.8 | A+ | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 94.8 | B+ | -6.1 |
| 2001 | 2.4 | 3.5 | -0.7 | 1.8 | 96.6 | A | 1.9 |
| 2002 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 1.9 | -2.4 | 90.4 | B- | -6.2 |
| 2003 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 93.7 | B | 3.2 |
| 2004 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 94.8 | B+ | 1.1 |
| 2005 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 89.7 | C+ | -5.1 |
| 2006 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 92.1 | B | 2.4 |
| 2007 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.7 | -0.8 | 88.1 | C+ | -4.0 |
| 2008 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | -5.8 | 78.7 | D+ | -9.5 |
| 2009 | -0.4 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 85.0 | C | 6.4 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 0.6 | 79.3 | D+ | -5.7 |
| 2011 | 3.4 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 81.4 | C- | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 2.1 | 7.2 | 8.3 | -1.0 | 81.4 | C- | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 5.3 | -1.2 | 85.3 | C | 3.9 |
| 2014* | 1.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 93.0 | B | 7.7 |
| 2015* | -0.2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 95.7 | A- | 2.7 |