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GDP growth
What this indicator measures
How much the economy grew (or shrank) over one year, once the effect of price increases is removed.
How to read this?
Positive = the economy is growing; negative = recession. Small, poor countries often grow faster than rich ones.
Ranking : ranked from highest to lowest
In brief
The "GDP growth" ranking covers 211 countries and territories. Lowest value: New Caledonia (-13.5 %). Highest value: Guyana (19.3 %). Median: 3.2 % (data: 2009–2025). The top 10% of countries exceed 6.8 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 0.4 %. By continent, the median is highest in Africa (4.6 %) and lowest in Europe (1.7 %).
Median by continent
- Africa 4.6 % (51)
- Asia 4 % (47)
- North America 3.1 % (33)
- Oceania 2.8 % (19)
- South America 2.6 % (12)
- Europe 1.7 % (46)
Why this indicator matters
GDP growth shows whether a country's economy is expanding or shrinking from one year to the next. It helps identify dynamic economies and those going through a recession. It is a key reference for following the trend, not the level of wealth.
What makes this indicator vary
Growth depends on investment, consumption, exports and productivity. It drops during crises, wars, disasters or commodity shocks. Less developed countries can grow fast because they start from a lower base.
Reading precautions
This indicator is expressed excluding the effect of price increases, which avoids confusing growth with inflation. It varies a lot from one year to the next, especially in small countries. Strong growth does not mean everyday life is improving for everyone.
Full ranking
ranked from highest to lowest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 19.3 % | 2025 |
| 2e | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 16.6 % | 2022 |
| 3e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 13.4 % | 2025 |
| 4e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 12.3 % | 2025 |
| 5e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 11.1 % | 2025 |
| 6e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 9.8 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 9.4 % | 2025 |
| 8e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 8.7 % | 2011 |
| 9e | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 8.5 % | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 8.4 % | 2025 |
| 11e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 8.1 % | 2025 |
| 12e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 8.1 % | 2025 |
| 13e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 8 % | 2025 |
| 14e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 8 % | 2025 |
| 15e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 7.7 % | 2025 |
| 16e | 🇮🇳 India | 7.6 % | 2025 |
| 17e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 7.5 % | 2025 |
| 18e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 7.4 % | 2025 |
| 19e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 7.2 % | 2025 |
| 20e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 7 % | 2025 |
| 21e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 7 % | 2025 |
| 22e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 6.8 % | 2025 |
| 23e | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 6.8 % | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 6.7 % | 2025 |
| 25e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 6.6 % | 2025 |
| 26e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 6.5 % | 2025 |
| 26e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 6.5 % | 2025 |
| 28e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 6.5 % | 2025 |
| 29e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 6.3 % | 2025 |
| 30e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 6.3 % | 2025 |
| 31e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 6.3 % | 2025 |
| 32e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 6.3 % | 2025 |
| 33e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 6.3 % | 2025 |
| 34e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 6.3 % | 2025 |
| 35e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 6 % | 2025 |
| 36e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 5.9 % | 2025 |
| 37e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 5.9 % | 2025 |
| 38e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 5.8 % | 2025 |
| 39e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 5.8 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 5.8 % | 2025 |
| 41e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 5.6 % | 2025 |
| 42e | 🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands | 5.6 % | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 5.6 % | 2025 |
| 44e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 5.6 % | 2025 |
| 45e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 5.3 % | 2025 |
| 46e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 5.3 % | 2025 |
| 47e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 5.2 % | 2025 |
| 48e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 5.1 % | 2025 |
| 49e | 🇬🇺 Guam | 5.1 % | 2022 |
| 50e | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 5 % | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 5 % | 2025 |
| 52e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 5 % | 2025 |
| 53e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 5 % | 2025 |
| 54e | 🇨🇳 China | 5 % | 2025 |
| 55e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 5 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 4.9 % | 2025 |
| 57e | 🇲🇫 St. Martin | 4.9 % | 2021 |
| 58e | 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | 4.7 % | 2025 |
| 59e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 4.6 % | 2025 |
| 60e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 4.6 % | 2025 |
| 61e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 4.6 % | 2025 |
| 62e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 4.6 % | 2025 |
| 63e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 4.5 % | 2025 |
| 64e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 4.5 % | 2025 |
| 65e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 4.5 % | 2025 |
| 66e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 4.4 % | 2025 |
| 67e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 4.4 % | 2025 |
| 68e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 4.4 % | 2025 |
| 69e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 4.4 % | 2025 |
| 70e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 4.4 % | 2025 |
| 71e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 4.4 % | 2025 |
| 72e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 4.3 % | 2025 |
| 73e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 4.2 % | 2025 |
| 74e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 4.2 % | 2025 |
| 75e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 4.2 % | 2025 |
| 76e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 4.2 % | 2025 |
| 77e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 4 % | 2025 |
| 78e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 4 % | 2025 |
| 79e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 4 % | 2024 |
| 80e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 4 % | 2025 |
| 81e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 3.9 % | 2025 |
| 82e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 3.9 % | 2025 |
| 83e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 3.8 % | 2025 |
| 84e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 3.8 % | 2025 |
| 85e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 3.8 % | 2025 |
| 86e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 3.8 % | 2025 |
| 87e | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 3.8 % | 2024 |
| 88e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 3.8 % | 2025 |
| 89e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 3.8 % | 2025 |
| 90e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 3.7 % | 2025 |
| 91e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 3.7 % | 2025 |
| 92e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 3.6 % | 2025 |
| 93e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 3.6 % | 2025 |
| 94e | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 3.6 % | 2025 |
| 95e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 3.6 % | 2025 |
| 96e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 3.5 % | 2025 |
| 97e | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | 3.5 % | 2025 |
| 98e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 3.5 % | 2025 |
| 99e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 3.5 % | 2025 |
| 100e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 3.4 % | 2025 |
| 101e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 3.4 % | 2025 |
| 102e | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | 3.4 % | 2025 |
| 103e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 3.4 % | 2025 |
| 104e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 3.4 % | 2024 |
| 105e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 3.2 % | 2025 |
| 106e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 3.2 % | 2025 |
| 107e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 3.2 % | 2025 |
| 108e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 3.1 % | 2025 |
| 109e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 3.1 % | 2025 |
| 110e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 3.1 % | 2025 |
| 111e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 3.1 % | 2025 |
| 112e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 3.1 % | 2025 |
| 113e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 3.1 % | 2025 |
| 114e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 3 % | 2025 |
| 115e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 3 % | 2025 |
| 116e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 2.9 % | 2025 |
| 117e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2.9 % | 2025 |
| 118e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 2.9 % | 2025 |
| 119e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 2.9 % | 2025 |
| 120e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 2.8 % | 2025 |
| 121e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2.8 % | 2025 |
| 122e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 2.8 % | 2025 |
| 123e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 2.7 % | 2025 |
| 124e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 2.7 % | 2025 |
| 125e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 2.7 % | 2025 |
| 126e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 2.7 % | 2025 |
| 127e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 2.7 % | 2025 |
| 128e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 2.6 % | 2025 |
| 129e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 2.6 % | 2025 |
| 130e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 2.5 % | 2025 |
| 131e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 2.5 % | 2025 |
| 132e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 2.5 % | 2025 |
| 133e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 2.4 % | 2025 |
| 134e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 2.4 % | 2025 |
| 135e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 2.4 % | 2025 |
| 136e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2.3 % | 2025 |
| 137e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 2.3 % | 2025 |
| 138e | 🇺🇸 United States | 2.2 % | 2025 |
| 139e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 2.1 % | 2025 |
| 140e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 2.1 % | 2025 |
| 141e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2.1 % | 2025 |
| 142e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 2.1 % | 2025 |
| 143e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 2.1 % | 2025 |
| 144e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 2 % | 2025 |
| 145e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 2 % | 2025 |
| 146e | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 1.9 % | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 1.9 % | 2025 |
| 148e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 1.9 % | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1.9 % | 2025 |
| 150e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1.8 % | 2025 |
| 151e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 1.8 % | 2025 |
| 152e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1.8 % | 2025 |
| 153e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1.8 % | 2025 |
| 154e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1.7 % | 2025 |
| 155e | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 1.7 % | 2022 |
| 156e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 1.7 % | 2025 |
| 157e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 1.6 % | 2025 |
| 158e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 1.6 % | 2025 |
| 159e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1.5 % | 2025 |
| 160e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 1.4 % | 2025 |
| 161e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1.4 % | 2025 |
| 162e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1.4 % | 2025 |
| 163e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1.3 % | 2025 |
| 164e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 1.3 % | 2025 |
| 165e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 1.3 % | 2025 |
| 166e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1.2 % | 2025 |
| 167e | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1.1 % | 2025 |
| 169e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 1.1 % | 2025 |
| 170e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 1.1 % | 2025 |
| 171e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 1.1 % | 2025 |
| 172e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 1 % | 2025 |
| 173e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1 % | 2025 |
| 174e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1 % | 2025 |
| 175e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 1 % | 2025 |
| 176e | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 0.9 % | 2023 |
| 177e | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 178e | 🇫🇷 France | 0.8 % | 2025 |
| 179e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 0.8 % | 2025 |
| 180e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0.8 % | 2018 |
| 181e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 0.7 % | 2025 |
| 182e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 0.7 % | 2025 |
| 183e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 0.6 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 0.6 % | 2025 |
| 185e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 0.6 % | 2025 |
| 186e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 0.6 % | 2025 |
| 187e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 0.5 % | 2025 |
| 188e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 0.5 % | 2025 |
| 189e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 0.5 % | 2025 |
| 190e | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 0.4 % | 2023 |
| 191e | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 0.3 % | 2025 |
| 192e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 0.2 % | 2025 |
| 193e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 0.2 % | 2025 |
| 194e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 0.1 % | 2025 |
| 195e | 🇸🇾 Syria | -0.2 % | 2022 |
| 196e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | -0.5 % | 2025 |
| 197e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | -0.6 % | 2025 |
| 198e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | -0.7 % | 2025 |
| 199e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | -0.8 % | 2025 |
| 200e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | -1.1 % | 2024 |
| 201e | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | -1.2 % | 2009 |
| 202e | 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | -1.3 % | 2022 |
| 203e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | -1.6 % | 2025 |
| 204e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | -2 % | 2025 |
| 205e | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | -2 % | 2023 |
| 206e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | -2.2 % | 2025 |
| 207e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | -2.7 % | 2025 |
| 208e | 🇮🇷 Iran | -2.8 % | 2025 |
| 209e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | -5.8 % | 2025 |
| 210e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | -7.1 % | 2024 |
| 211e | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | -13.5 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "GDP growth"?
The highest value is in Guyana, at 19.3 % (2025).
Which country has the lowest value for "GDP growth"?
The lowest value is in New Caledonia, at -13.5 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "GDP growth"?
The world median is 3.2 %, calculated across 211 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "GDP growth" for France?
France scores 0.8 % (2025), ranking 178 out of 211 countries (ranked from highest to lowest).
Where does the "GDP growth" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale – Indicateurs du développement dans le monde (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG). Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
What does negative GDP growth mean?
It means the economy is producing less wealth than before, once the effect of prices is removed. If this lasts several quarters, it is called a recession, often with more unemployment and lower incomes.
Are growth and wealth the same thing?
No. Growth measures the change in output, whereas wealth is measured by a level, such as GDP per capita. A poor country can grow fast without being rich.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale – Indicateurs du développement dans le monde (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG). Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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- GDP, purchasing power parityThe size of the economy, calculated with prices "evened out" between countries so that the same shopping basket is worth the same everywhere.
- GDP per capitaThe wealth produced in one year, divided by the number of inhabitants. It is a simple way to compare average living standards.
- GDP per capita, purchasing power parityWealth per person, adjusted for the cost of living: how many goods and services a person can really afford.
- Natural resource rentsThe share of national wealth that comes from extracting oil, gas, coal, minerals and timber.
- Gross national income per capita (Atlas method)The income earned by a country's residents (including abroad), divided by the population. The World Bank uses it to sort countries into low, middle or high income.
- Net national income per capitaThe income left per person once the wear and tear on machinery and buildings (capital that wears out) is subtracted.