List of countries by real GDP growth rate

This article includes a lists of countries and dependent territories sorted by their real gross domestic product growth rate; the rate of growth of the value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year. The statistics were compiled from the International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook Database with the vast majority of estimates corresponding to the 2019 calendar year. Values from other sources are referenced as such.

Countries by Real GDP Growth Rate in 2018 (Data from IMF WEO Database, April 2020)

This list is not to be confused with the list of countries by real GDP per capita growth, which is the growth rate of GDP per person recalculated according to the changing number of the population of the country.

List (2020)

Rates in bold italic are IMF staff estimates.

Rank	Country/region	Real GDP growth rate (%)
3	Libya	-66.7
4	Dominica	-8.8
5	Ethiopia	1.9
6	Bangladesh	3.8
7	Armenia	4.5
8	Tajikistan	1
9	Djibouti	-1
10	Nepal	0
11	Cambodia	-2.8
12	Vietnam	2.91
13	Ivory Coast	1.8
14	Myanmar	2
15	Benin	2
16	Turkmenistan	1.8
17	Tanzania	1.9
18	Ghana	0.9
19	China	1.9
20	Tuvalu	-0.5
21	The Gambia	-1.8
22	Philippines	-8.3
23	Mauritania	-3.2
24	Niger	0.5
25	Burkina Faso	-2
26	Maldives	-18.6
27	Guinea	1.4
28	Kenya	1
29	Uzbekistan	0.7
30	Egypt	3.5
31	Ireland	-3
32	Cape Verde	-6.8
33	Togo	0
34	Senegal	-0.7
35	Antigua and Barbuda	-17.3
36	Georgia	-5
37	Sierra Leone	-3.1
38	Mali	-2
39	Mongolia	-2
40	Dominican Republic	-6
41	Papua New Guinea	-3.3
42	Indonesia	-1.5
43	Hungary	-6.1
44	Uganda	-0.3
45	Madagascar	-3.2
46	Laos	0.2
47	Guyana	26.2
48	Guinea-Bissau	-2.9
49	Kazakhstan	-2.7
50	Malawi	0.6
51	Kyrgyzstan	-12
52	Malta	-7.9
53	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-2.2
54	Estonia	-5.2
55	Malaysia	-6
56	India	-10.3
57	Serbia	-2.5
58	Poland	-3.6
59	Romania	-4.8
60	Kosovo	-4.5
61	Iraq	-12.1
62	Lithuania	-1.8
63	Seychelles	-13.8
64	Brunei	0.1
65	Eritrea	-0.6
66	Afghanistan	-5
67	Cameroon	-2.8
68	Montenegro	-12
69	Moldova	-4.5
70	Guatemala	-2
71	Macedonia	-5.4
72	Israel	-5.9
73	Mauritius	-14.2
74	American Samoa	3.5 19
75	Gabon	-2.7
76	Bulgaria	-4
77	Colombia	-8.2
78	Cyprus	-6.4
79	Ukraine	-7.2
80	Grenada	-11.8
81	Timor Leste	-6.8
82	Panama	-9
83	Central African Republic	-1
84	Chad	-0.7
85	Botswana	-9.6
86	Croatia	-9
87	Vanuatu	-8.3
88	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-18.7
89	Somalia	-1.5
90	Bolivia	-7.9
91	Taiwan	0
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-6.5
93	Honduras	-6.6
94	Czech Republic	-6.5
95	Slovenia	-6.7
96	Marshall Islands	-4.5
97	El Salvador	-9
98	Thailand	-7.1
99	Denmark	-4.5
100	United States	-4.3
101	Suriname	2.3
102	Luxembourg	2.3
103	Kiribati	2.3
104	Sri Lanka	2.3
105	Slovakia	2.3
106	Azerbaijan	2.3
107	Mozambique	2.2
108	Albania	2.2
109	Nigeria	2.2
110	Morocco	2.2
111	Latvia	2.2
112	New Zealand	2.2
113	Peru	2.2
114	Portugal	2.2
115	Yemen	2.1
116	Australia	1.8
117	Costa Rica	2.1
118	South Korea	2.0
119	Jordan	2.0
120	Puerto Rico	2.0
121	Spain	2.0
122	Iceland	1.9
123	Pakistan	1.9
124	Greece	1.9
125	Comoros	1.9
126	Bahrain	1.8
127	Netherlands	1.8
128	The Bahamas	1.8
129	Burundi	1.8
130	Saint Lucia	1.7
131	Canada	1.6
132	Austria	1.6
133	Zambia	1.5
134	United Kingdom	1.4
135	Belgium	1.4
136	Russia	1.3
137	France	1.3
138	São Tomé and Príncipe	1.3
139	United Arab Emirates	1.3
140	Solomon Islands	1.2
141	Sweden	1.2
142	Belarus	1.2
143	Lesotho	1.2
144	Micronesia	1.2
145	Norway	1.2
146	Brazil	1.1
147	Chile	1.1
148	San Marino	1.1
149	Tunisia	1.0
150	Eswatini	1.0
151	Finland	1.0
152	Jamaica	1.0
153	Nauru	1.0
154	Turkey	0.9
155	Switzerland	0.9
156	Kuwait	0.7
157	Singapore	0.7
158	Algeria	0.7
159	Japan	0.7
160	Germany	0.6
161	Fiji	0.5
162	Palau	0.5
163	Oman	0.5
164	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.4
165	Saudi Arabia	0.3
166	Italy	0.3
167	Belize	0.3
168	Uruguay	0.2
169	Paraguay	0.2
170	South Africa	0.2
171	Qatar	0.1
172	Ecuador	0.1
173	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0
174	Barbados	-0.1
175	Tonga	-0.1
176	Mexico	-0.1
177	Republic of Congo	-0.9
178	Hong Kong	-1.2
179	Haiti	-1.2
180	Namibia	-1.4
181	Angola	-1.5
182	Argentina	-2.2
183	Liberia	-2.5
184	Sudan	-2.5
185	Nicaragua	-3.9
186	Macau	-4.7
187	Equatorial Guinea	-6.1
188	Lebanon	-6.5
189	Iran	-7.6
190	Zimbabwe	-8.3
191	Venezuela	-35.0
192	Syria	N/A

List by the World Bank

• Countries by yearly growth rate 2013–2018. The data is from the World Bank except for the 2018 year.

Country	Real GDP growth rate (%) 2013	Real GDP growth rate (%) 2014	Real GDP growth rate (%) 2015	Real GDP growth rate (%) 2016	Real GDP growth rate (%) 2017	Real GDP growth rate (%) 2018	Average GDP growth rate (%) 2013–2018
Afghanistan	3.90	2.69	1.31	2.37	2.60	2.30	2.53
Albania	1.00	1.77	2.22	3.35	3.84	3.90	2.67
Algeria	2.77	3.79	3.76	3.30	1.70	2.50	2.97
Angola	6.81	4.80	3.00	-0.81	0.72	-0.10	2.37
Antigua and Barbuda	-0.10	5.10	4.06	5.34	3.34	3.50	3.52
Argentina	2.41	-2.51	2.73	-1.82	2.86	-2.60	0.15
Armenia	3.30	3.60	3.20	0.20	7.50	5.90	3.92
Australia	2.64	2.58	2.35	2.83	1.96	3.20	2.59
Austria	0.03	0.83	1.09	1.45	3.04	2.80	1.53
Azerbaijan	5.80	2.00	1.10	-3.10	0.10	1.30	1.17
Bahamas	-0.41	-0.15	1.04	-1.69	1.44	2.30	0.41
Bahrain	5.42	4.35	2.86	3.22	3.89	3.20	3.82
Bangladesh	6.01	6.06	6.55	7.11	7.28	7.30	6.72
Barbados	-0.07	0.06	0.90	2.00	1.67	-0.50	0.67
Belarus	1.02	1.72	-3.83	-2.53	2.42	3.90	0.41
Belgium	0.20	1.29	1.43	1.41	1.73	1.50	1.26
Belize	0.71	4.05	3.80	-0.49	0.88	1.80	1.78
Benin	7.19	6.36	2.10	3.97	5.58	6.00	5.19
Bhutan	2.14	5.75	6.60	7.99	6.82
Bolivia	6.80	5.46	4.86	4.26	4.20	4.30	4.98
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.35	1.15	3.08	3.14	3.03	3.20	2.66
Botswana	11.34	4.15	-1.70	4.32	2.36	4.60	4.11
Brazil	3.01	0.51	-3.55	-3.47	0.98	1.40	-0.22
Brunei	-2.13	-2.35	-0.57	-2.47	1.33	2.30	-0.67
Bulgaria	0.86	1.33	3.62	3.94	3.56	3.60	2.81
Burkina Faso	5.79	4.33	3.90	5.93	6.74	5.80	5.41
Burundi	4.59	4.66	-3.92	-0.57	0.52	0.10	0.85
Cambodia	7.36	7.14	7.04	6.95	6.82	6.90	7.03
Cameroon	5.40	5.88	5.65	4.45	3.18	3.70	4.71
Canada	2.48	2.86	1.00	1.41	3.05	2.00	2.13
Cape Verde	0.80	0.61	1.07	3.82	3.89	4.20	2.39
Central African Republic	-36.70	1.04	4.80	4.53	4.30	4.30	-4.42
Chad	5.70	6.90	2.77	-6.26	-2.95	3.50	1.50
Chile	4.05	1.78	2.31	1.27	1.49	3.90	2.46
China	7.76	7.30	6.90	6.70	6.90	6.50	7.01
Colombia	4.87	4.39	3.05	2.04	1.77	2.80	3.15
Comoros	3.50	2.06	1.02	2.20	2.50	2.70	2.33
Costa Rica	2.27	3.52	3.63	4.16	3.19	3.30	3.34
Croatia	-0.65	-0.10	2.35	3.17	2.78	2.80	1.71
Cyprus	-5.93	-1.40	1.98	3.40	3.88	3.90	0.91
Czech Republic	-0.48	2.72	5.31	2.59	4.29	3.00	2.89
Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.48	9.47	6.92	2.40	3.70	3.80	5.76
Denmark	0.93	1.68	1.61	1.96	2.24	1.90	1.72
Djibouti	7.95	8.92	9.68	8.72	4.09	6.70	7.66
Dominica	-0.61	4.43	-2.54	2.64	-4.21	-14.10	-2.59
Dominican Republic	2.79	7.61	7.03	6.61	4.55	6.40	5.82
East Timor	-11.00	-26.05	20.88	0.83	-8.00	0.80	-4.81
Ecuador	4.95	3.79	0.10	-1.58	3.00	1.10	1.87
Egypt	2.19	2.92	4.37	4.35	4.18	5.30	3.88
El Salvador	2.38	1.98	2.38	2.58	2.32	2.50	2.36
Equatorial Guinea	-4.13	0.42	-9.10	-8.58	-3.22	-7.70	-5.45
Eritrea						4.10
Estonia	1.94	2.89	1.67	2.06	4.85	3.70	2.85
Eswatini	6.42	1.93	0.39	1.37	2.00	1.30	2.22
Ethiopia	10.58	10.26	10.39	7.56	10.25	7.40	9.40
Fiji	4.37	5.60	3.84	0.38	3.80	3.20	3.52
Finland	-0.76	-0.63	0.14	2.14	2.63	2.60	1.01
France	0.58	0.95	1.07	1.19	1.82	1.50	1.18
Gabon	5.64	4.32	3.88	2.08	1.11	2.00	3.16
Gambia	4.79	0.90	4.30	2.22	3.50	5.40	3.51
Georgia	3.39	4.62	2.88	2.85	4.99	5.50	4.03
Germany	0.49	1.93	1.74	1.94	2.22	1.90	1.70
Ghana	7.31	3.99	3.84	3.72	8.51	6.20	5.58
Greece	-3.24	0.74	-0.29	-0.24	1.35	2.00	0.04
Grenada	2.35	7.34	6.44	3.68	3.73	3.60	4.51
Guatemala	3.70	4.17	4.14	3.09	2.76	2.70	3.42
Guinea	3.94	3.71	3.82	10.45	12.70	5.80	6.68
Guinea-Bissau	3.27	0.97	6.13	6.26	5.92	4.50	4.49
Guyana	5.22	3.85	3.16	3.32	2.93	3.40	3.64
Haiti	4.23	2.81	1.21	1.45	1.17	2.00	2.14
Honduras	2.79	3.06	3.84	3.75	4.79	3.40	3.60
Hong Kong	3.10	2.76	2.39	2.16	3.79	3.70	2.98
Hungary	2.10	4.23	3.37	2.21	3.99	4.00	3.31
Iceland	4.31	2.20	4.31	7.48	3.64	3.70	4.26
India	6.39	7.41	8.15	7.11	6.62	7.30	7.16
Indonesia	5.56	5.01	4.88	5.03	5.07	5.17	5.12
Iran	-1.91	4.34	-1.50	13.40	4.30	-1.40	2.73
Iraq	6.57	0.70	4.80	11.00	-0.78	1.50	3.89
Ireland	1.64	8.33	25.56	5.14	7.80	4.70	8.60
Israel	4.11	3.41	3.04	4.09	3.33	3.50	3.58
Italy	-1.73	0.11	0.93	0.86	1.50	1.10	0.46
Ivory Coast	8.89	8.79	8.84	8.34	7.80	7.40	8.34
Jamaica	0.50	0.68	0.89	1.37	0.48	1.10	0.84
Japan	2.00	0.38	1.35	0.94	1.71	1.10	1.25
Jordan	2.83	3.10	2.39	2.00	1.96	2.30	2.43
Kazakhstan	6.00	4.20	1.20	1.10	4.00	3.60	3.34
Kenya	5.88	5.35	5.71	5.87	4.89	5.90	5.60
Kiribati	5.78	2.41	6.45	1.14	3.10	2.30	3.51
Kosovo	3.43	1.20	4.09	4.07	4.47	4.00	3.54
Kuwait	1.15	0.50	0.59	3.55	-2.87	2.30	0.85
Kyrgyzstan	10.92	4.02	3.88	4.34	4.58	2.80	5.06
Laos	8.03	7.61	7.27	7.02	6.89	6.70	7.25
Latvia	2.43	1.86	2.97	2.21	4.55	3.70	2.95
Lebanon	2.64	2.00	0.82	2.00	2.02	1.00	1.74
Lesotho	1.84	3.12	2.52	2.40	5.59	0.70	2.68
Liberia	8.70	0.70	0.00	-1.60	2.46	2.90	2.14
Libya	-13.60	-24.00	-8.86	-2.80	26.68	10.90	-3.31
Lithuania	3.49	3.54	2.04	2.35	3.83	3.50	3.12
Luxembourg	3.65	5.77	2.86	3.08	2.30	4.00	3.60
Macao	11.20	-1.20	-21.54	-0.86	9.10	6.20	-0.16
Madagascar	2.26	3.32	3.12	4.18	4.17	4.90	3.65
Malawi	5.20	5.70	2.80	2.48	4.00	3.30	3.91
Malaysia	4.69	6.01	5.03	4.22	5.90	4.70	5.09
Maldives	7.28	7.33	2.25	6.16	8.83	4.60	6.05
Mali	2.30	7.04	5.96	5.80	5.30	5.10	5.24
Malta	4.61	8.11	9.62	5.23	6.42	5.60	6.58
Marshall Islands	2.86	-0.76	-0.37	1.91	2.50	2.30	1.40
Mauritania	6.09	5.58	1.40	2.00	3.50	2.40	3.48
Mauritius	3.36	3.75	3.47	3.80	3.80	3.90	3.68
Mexico	1.35	2.85	3.27	2.91	2.04	2.10	2.42
Micronesia	-3.86	-2.16	4.93	-0.06	2.00	1.30	0.32
Moldova	9.40	4.80	-0.40	4.50	4.50	3.70	4.38
Mongolia	11.65	7.89	2.38	1.24	5.89	6.20	5.82
Montenegro	3.55	1.78	3.39	2.95	4.30	3.70	3.28
Morocco	4.54	2.67	4.55	1.22	4.10	3.20	3.37
Mozambique	7.14	7.44	6.59	3.76	3.71	3.50	5.34
Myanmar	8.43	7.99	6.99	5.72	6.37	6.40	6.98
Namibia	5.62	6.35	6.11	0.70	-0.77	1.00	3.13
Nauru						-2.30
Nepal	4.13	5.99	3.32	0.41	7.50	6.20	4.57
Netherlands	-0.19	1.42	2.26	2.21	3.16	2.80	1.94
New Zealand	2.02	3.55	4.43	3.47	3.03	3.00	3.25
Nicaragua	4.93	4.79	4.77	4.66	4.86	-4.00	3.28
Niger	5.27	7.53	4.34	4.93	4.90	5.30	5.37
Nigeria	5.39	6.31	2.65	-1.62	0.82	1.90	2.54
North Macedonia	2.93	3.63	3.84	2.92	0.02	1.60	2.48
Norway	1.04	1.98	1.97	1.10	1.92	2.10	1.68
Oman	4.37	2.65	4.74	5.38	-0.27	1.80	3.09
Pakistan	4.40	4.68	4.73	5.53	5.70	5.70	5.12
Palau	-1.52	2.70	10.14	0.06	-3.72	0.70	1.30
Palestine	2.22	-0.18	3.43	4.71	3.14	-2.80	1.72
Panama	6.90	5.07	5.58	4.99	5.36	4.60	5.41
Papua New Guinea	3.83	15.42	5.30	1.90	2.20	-1.00	4.48
Paraguay	14.04	4.72	2.96	4.02	0.77	4.40	5.07
Peru	5.85	2.35	3.25	3.95	2.53	4.10	3.67
Philippines	7.06	6.15	6.07	6.88	6.69	6.50	6.56
Poland	1.39	3.28	3.85	2.86	4.55	4.30	3.37
Portugal	-1.13	0.89	1.82	1.62	2.68	2.30	1.36
Puerto Rico	-0.10	-1.80	-0.70	-1.10	-7.67	-2.30	-2.31
Qatar	4.41	3.98	3.55	2.22	1.60	2.60	3.06
Republic of the Congo	3.44	6.78	2.65	-2.80	-4.59	1.90	1.16
Romania	3.53	3.08	3.94	4.82	6.95	3.90	4.36
Russia	1.79	0.74	-2.83	-0.23	1.55	1.70	0.44
Rwanda	4.70	7.62	8.87	5.98	6.10	7.20	6.74
Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.22	5.96	3.98	2.21	1.74	2.70	3.79
Saint Lucia	3.40	-0.22	1.96	1.65	2.69	3.40	2.14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.83	0.98	1.82	1.27	1.60	1.90	1.57
Samoa	-1.93	1.20	1.64	7.15	2.50
San Marino	-3.03	-0.88	0.49	0.97	1.24	1.30	0.00
São Tomé and Príncipe	4.82	6.55	3.82	4.18	3.88	4.00	4.54
Saudi Arabia	2.70	3.65	4.11	1.67	-0.74	2.20	2.25
Senegal	3.46	4.08	6.46	6.74	6.79	6.90	5.73
Serbia	2.57	-1.83	0.76	2.80	1.87	3.90	1.66
Seychelles	6.05	3.32	3.50	4.50	4.20	3.50	4.17
Sierra Leone	20.72	4.56	-20.60	6.06	4.16	3.60	2.31
Singapore	5.11	3.88	2.24	2.40	3.62	2.90	3.35
Slovakia	1.49	2.75	3.85	3.33	3.40	3.90	3.12
Slovenia	-1.13	2.98	2.26	3.15	5.00	4.40	2.76
Solomon Islands	3.02	2.25	2.54	3.46	3.24	3.30	2.97
Somalia						3.10
South Africa	2.49	1.85	1.28	0.57	1.32	0.70	1.37
South Korea	2.90	3.34	2.79	2.93	3.06	2.70	2.95
South Sudan						-3.20
Spain	-1.71	1.38	3.43	3.27	3.05	2.60	1.99
Sri Lanka	3.40	4.96	5.01	4.47	3.11	3.70	4.11
Sudan	4.40	2.68	4.91	4.70	4.28	-2.30	3.08
Suriname	2.93	0.26	-2.60	-5.14	0.10	2.00	-0.45
Sweden	1.24	2.60	4.52	3.24	2.29	2.40	2.71
Switzerland	1.85	2.45	1.23	1.38	1.09	3.00	1.83
Taiwan						2.70
Tajikistan	7.40	6.70	6.00	6.90	7.10	5.00	6.51
Tanzania	7.26	6.97	6.96	6.97	7.10	5.80	6.84
Thailand	2.69	0.98	3.02	3.28	3.90	4.50	3.06
Togo	3.97	5.87	5.39	5.40	5.57	4.70	5.15
Tonga	-3.13	2.07	3.71	3.38	2.70	2.80	1.89
Trinidad and Tobago	0.98	-0.25	1.52	-5.96	-2.34	1.00	-0.88
Tunisia	2.88	2.82	1.15	1.11	1.96	2.30	2.03
Turkey	8.49	5.17	6.09	3.18	7.42	3.40	5.61
Turkmenistan	10.20	10.30	6.50	6.20	6.50	6.10	7.62
Tuvalu	4.58	1.35	9.14	3.04	3.24	4.20	4.23
Uganda	3.59	5.11	5.19	4.66	3.97	5.90	4.73
Ukraine	-0.02	-6.55	-9.77	2.31	2.50	3.50	-1.47
United Arab Emirates	5.05	4.40	5.07	2.99	0.79	2.90	3.52
United Kingdom	2.05	3.05	2.35	1.94	1.79	1.30	2.08
United States	1.68	2.57	2.86	1.49	2.27	2.80	2.28
Uruguay	4.64	3.24	0.37	1.69	2.66	2.00	2.42
Uzbekistan	8.00	7.79	8.00	7.80	5.30	5.00	6.97
Vanuatu	1.97	2.33	-0.80	4.00	4.50	3.80	2.62
Venezuela	1.34	-3.89	-5.72	-18.00	-14.00	-18.00	-10.01
Vietnam	5.42	5.98	6.68	6.21	6.81	6.60	6.28
Yemen	4.82	-0.19	-28.00	-34.34	-2.00	-2.60	-11.76
Zambia	5.06	4.70	2.92	3.76	4.08	3.80	4.05
Zimbabwe	5.53	2.13	1.69	0.62	3.45	3.60	2.82

See also

• Economic growth
• World economy
• Gross domestic product

External links

• Economic information by country
• Economics focus: Grossly distorted picture From March 13, 2008, The Economist print edition. Sub-title "If you look at GDP per head, the world is a different—and, by and large, a better—place"
• World Map and Chart of GDP Annual Growth % by Lebanese-economy-forum, World Bank data