State rank: 8
CURRENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
SOUTH DAKOTA
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 SOUTH DAKOTA
| 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 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 93.2 | B | 2.4 |
| 1991 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 93.9 | B | 0.7 |
| 1992 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 95.5 | A- | 1.6 |
| 1993 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 96.4 | A | 0.9 |
| 1994 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 96.7 | A | 0.3 |
| 1995 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 93.9 | B | -2.8 |
| 1996 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 97.5 | A | 3.7 |
| 1997 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 94.9 | B+ | -2.6 |
| 1998 | 1.7 | 2.8 | -0.9 | 5.9 | 102.3 | A+ | 7.4 |
| 1999 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 100.1 | A+ | -2.2 |
| 2000 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 99.1 | A+ | -0.9 |
| 2001 | 2.7 | 3.1 | -0.1 | 2.5 | 96.8 | A | -2.4 |
| 2002 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 103.8 | A+ | 7.0 |
| 2003 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 94.0 | B | -9.8 |
| 2004 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 94.5 | B+ | 0.5 |
| 2005 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 92.7 | B | -1.8 |
| 2006 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 93.7 | B | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 96.6 | A | 2.9 |
| 2008 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 90.6 | B- | -6.0 |
| 2009 | -0.6 | 4.9 | 12.3 | 1.0 | 83.2 | C | -7.4 |
| 2010 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 1.6 | 83.6 | C | 0.4 |
| 2011 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 91.0 | B- | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 7.4 | -0.9 | 85.4 | C | -5.5 |
| 2013 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 93.1 | B | 7.7 |
| 2014* | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 92.5 | B | -0.6 |
| 2015* | -0.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 95.3 | A- | 2.8 |