State rank: 15
CURRENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
IOWA
2015 EPI score
2015 EPI score
94%
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 IOWA
| 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 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 90.2 | B- | -2.4 |
| 1991 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 88.0 | C+ | -2.2 |
| 1992 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 93.2 | B | 5.2 |
| 1993 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 89.5 | C+ | -3.7 |
| 1994 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 8.4 | 99.9 | A+ | 10.4 |
| 1995 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 94.5 | B+ | -5.4 |
| 1996 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 97.3 | A | 2.8 |
| 1997 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 97.8 | A | 0.6 |
| 1998 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 93.8 | B | -4.0 |
| 1999 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 95.4 | A- | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 94.5 | B+ | -0.9 |
| 2001 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | -1.9 | 90.8 | B- | -3.7 |
| 2002 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 94.4 | B+ | 3.6 |
| 2003 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 93.6 | B | -0.8 |
| 2004 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 96.8 | A | 3.2 |
| 2005 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 92.1 | B | -4.8 |
| 2006 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 92.6 | B | 0.5 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 94.0 | B | 1.4 |
| 2008 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.8 | -2.2 | 84.1 | C | -9.9 |
| 2009 | -0.6 | 6.4 | 10.9 | -1.8 | 80.3 | D+ | -3.8 |
| 2010 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 84.0 | C | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 85.2 | C | 1.2 |
| 2012 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 89.6 | C+ | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 90.1 | B- | 0.5 |
| 2014* | 1.5 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 92.0 | B | 1.9 |
| 2015* | -0.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 94.7 | B+ | 2.7 |