In 2025, Inner Mongolia autonomous region's economy advanced steadily under pressure, while moving toward higher quality and innovation-driven development. This consolidated the foundations for growth and marked the successful conclusion of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25).

The region's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 2.67 trillion yuan ($383.84 billion) last year, up 4.7 percent year-on-year. The added value of the primary industry rose 5.0 percent to 303.7 billion yuan, the secondary industry grew 5.5 percent to 1.13 trillion yuan, and the tertiary industry increased 4.0 percent to 1.24 trillion yuan.

In 2025, the region's agricultural and animal husbandry production continued to improve in both quality and efficiency. Its total grain output reached 42 billion kilograms, up 2.5 percent year-on-year, marking the 22nd consecutive bumper harvest.

Its grain planting area expanded to 105.67 million mu (7.04 million hectares), while average yield rose 2.0 percent to 397.8 kilograms per mu. Output of pork, beef, mutton, and poultry reached 3.16 million metric tons, up 5.0 percent, with both beef and mutton production exceeding 1 million tons.

Last year, Inner Mongolia's industrial production gained momentum toward higher-end and innovative development. The region's added value by industrial enterprises above designated size grew 6.7 percent. Strategic emerging industries, high-tech manufacturing, modern coal chemical industries, and the rare earth sector recorded growth of 9.4 percent, 17.5 percent, 39.6 percent, and 32.0 percent, respectively. Power generation from new energy sources reached 256.28 billion kilowatt-hours, up 28.8 percent.

Meanwhile, the region's service sector continued to grow steadily. Supported by policies such as tax and fee reductions and measures to boost small and micro-sized businesses, Inner Mongolia promoted the upgrading of producer services and the diversification of consumer services. In 2025, its added value by the service sector grew 4.0 percent, with wholesale and retail up 4.9 percent, transportation, warehousing, and postal services up 5.4 percent, and accommodation and catering up 2.9 percent.

In 2025, Inner Mongolia's fixed-asset investment continued to expand, with the fixed-asset investment excluding rural households increasing 4.0 percent year-on-year.

Over the same period, the region's consumer market remained stable, with total retail sales of consumer goods reaching 537.55 billion yuan, up 4.3 percent.

Additionally, residents' incomes rose steadily in line with economic growth. Per capita disposable income reached 41,921 yuan, up 4.6 percent. Urban residents recorded per capita disposable income of 52,829 yuan, up 3.8 percent, while rural and pastoral residents saw their incomes rise 5.8 percent to 23,855 yuan.