Countries by GDP growth

How much the economy grew in real terms over the year — output at constant prices, so inflation does not count as growth. 187 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

Map: GDP growth — World
Highest
+19.3%
Guyana
Median country
+3.2%
half above, half below
Lowest
−7.1%
Lebanon
Countries by GDP growth, World Bank, mostly 2025
#Country% a yearYearRegion
1Guyana+19.3%2025South America
2Libya+13.4%2025Northern Africa
3Ireland+12.3%2025Northern Europe
4Kyrgyzstan+11.1%2025Central Asia
5Ethiopia+9.8%2025Eastern Africa
6Rwanda+9.4%2025Eastern Africa
7Monaco+8.5%2024Western Europe
8Tajikistan+8.4%2025Central Asia
=9Benin+8.1%2025Western Africa
=9Zimbabwe+8.1%2025Eastern Africa
=11Bhutan+8.0%2025Southern Asia
=11Vietnam+8.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
13Uzbekistan+7.7%2025Central Asia
14India+7.6%2025Southern Asia
15Georgia+7.5%2025Western Asia
16Guinea+7.4%2025Western Africa
17Armenia+7.2%2025Western Asia
=18Niger+7.0%2025Western Africa
=18Timor-Leste+7.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
20Mongolia+6.8%2025Eastern Asia
21Senegal+6.7%2025Western Africa
22Paraguay+6.6%2025South America
=23Côte d'Ivoire+6.5%2025Western Africa
=23Djibouti+6.5%2025Eastern Africa
=23Kazakhstan+6.5%2025Central Asia
=26Cabo Verde+6.3%2025Western Africa
=26Maldives+6.3%2025Southern Asia
=26Palau+6.3%2025Micronesia
=26Togo+6.3%2025Western Africa
=26Turkmenistan+6.3%2025Central Asia
=26Uganda+6.3%2025Eastern Africa
32Ghana+6.0%2025Western Africa
=33Gambia+5.9%2025Western Africa
=33Tanzania+5.9%2025Eastern Africa
=35DR Congo+5.8%2025Middle Africa
=35Guinea-Bissau+5.8%2025Western Africa
=35Seychelles+5.8%2025Eastern Africa
=38Chad+5.6%2025Middle Africa
=38Mali+5.6%2025Western Africa
=38Papua New Guinea+5.6%2025Melanesia
=41Burkina Faso+5.3%2025Western Africa
=41Cambodia+5.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
43Malaysia+5.2%2025South-Eastern Asia
44Indonesia+5.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
=45Antigua and Barbuda+5.0%2025Caribbean
=45China+5.0%2025Eastern Asia
=45Liberia+5.0%2025Western Africa
=45Singapore+5.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
=45Sri Lanka+5.0%2025Southern Asia
50Nicaragua+4.9%2025Central America
=51Costa Rica+4.6%2025Central America
=51Kenya+4.6%2025Eastern Africa
=51Morocco+4.6%2025Northern Africa
=51Sierra Leone+4.6%2025Western Africa
=55Central African Republic+4.5%2025Middle Africa
=55Laos+4.5%2025South-Eastern Asia
=55Saudi Arabia+4.5%2025Western Asia
=58Argentina+4.4%2025South America
=58Egypt+4.4%2025Northern Africa
=58Grenada+4.4%2025Caribbean
=58Nepal+4.4%2025Southern Asia
=58Panama+4.4%2025Central America
=58Philippines+4.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
64Guatemala+4.3%2025Central America
=65Burundi+4.2%2025Eastern Africa
=65Eswatini+4.2%2025Southern Africa
=65Kiribati+4.2%2025Micronesia
=65Samoa+4.2%2025Polynesia
=69Malta+4.0%2025Southern Europe
=69Mauritania+4.0%2025Western Africa
=69Nigeria+4.0%2025Western Africa
=69United Arab Emirates+4.0%2024Western Asia
=73Andorra+3.9%2025Southern Europe
=73El Salvador+3.9%2025Central America
=75Albania+3.8%2025Southern Europe
=75Algeria+3.8%2025Northern Africa
=75Comoros+3.8%2025Eastern Africa
=75Cyprus+3.8%2025Western Asia
=75Honduras+3.8%2025Central America
=75Zambia+3.8%2025Eastern Africa
=81Ecuador+3.7%2025South America
=81Pakistan+3.7%2025Southern Asia
=83Poland+3.6%2025Eastern Europe
=83Solomon Islands+3.6%2025Melanesia
=83Turkey+3.6%2025Western Asia
=86Bahrain+3.5%2025Western Asia
=86Bangladesh+3.5%2025Southern Asia
=86North Macedonia+3.5%2025Southern Europe
=89Bahamas+3.4%2024Caribbean
=89Croatia+3.4%2025Southern Europe
=89Peru+3.4%2025South America
=89Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+3.4%2025Caribbean
=93Cameroon+3.2%2025Middle Africa
=93Fiji+3.2%2025Melanesia
=93Mauritius+3.2%2025Eastern Africa
=96Angola+3.1%2025Middle Africa
=96Bulgaria+3.1%2025Eastern Europe
=96Congo+3.1%2025Middle Africa
=96Dominica+3.1%2025Caribbean
=96Sudan+3.1%2025Northern Africa
=96Vanuatu+3.1%2025Melanesia
=102Madagascar+3.0%2025Eastern Africa
=102Somalia+3.0%2025Eastern Africa
=104Denmark+2.9%2025Northern Europe
=104Israel+2.9%2025Western Asia
=104Lithuania+2.9%2025Northern Europe
=104Qatar+2.9%2025Western Asia
=108Jordan+2.8%2025Western Asia
=108Spain+2.8%2025Southern Europe
=108Tonga+2.8%2025Polynesia
=111Barbados+2.7%2025Caribbean
=111Belize+2.7%2025Central America
=111Kuwait+2.7%2025Western Asia
=111Montenegro+2.7%2025Southern Europe
=111Saint Kitts and Nevis+2.7%2025Caribbean
=116Colombia+2.6%2025South America
=116Czechia+2.6%2025Eastern Europe
=118Chile+2.5%2025South America
=118Gabon+2.5%2025Middle Africa
=118Tunisia+2.5%2025Northern Africa
=121Moldova+2.4%2025Eastern Europe
=121Oman+2.4%2025Western Asia
=121Thailand+2.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=124Brazil+2.3%2025South America
=124Marshall Islands+2.3%2025Micronesia
126United States+2.2%2025Northern America
=127Bosnia and Herzegovina+2.1%2025Southern Europe
=127Dominican Republic+2.1%2025Caribbean
=127Greece+2.1%2025Southern Europe
=127Latvia+2.1%2025Northern Europe
=127Nauru+2.1%2025Micronesia
=132Lesotho+2.0%2025Southern Africa
=132Serbia+2.0%2025Southern Europe
=134Afghanistan+1.9%2024Southern Asia
=134Malawi+1.9%2025Eastern Africa
=134Portugal+1.9%2025Southern Europe
=137Netherlands+1.8%2025Western Europe
=137Suriname+1.8%2025South America
=137Ukraine+1.8%2025Eastern Europe
=137Uruguay+1.8%2025South America
=141Canada+1.7%2025Northern America
=141Namibia+1.7%2025Southern Africa
143Venezuela+1.6%2025South America
144Sweden+1.5%2025Northern Europe
=145Australia+1.4%2025Australia and New Zealand
=145Azerbaijan+1.4%2025Western Asia
=145United Kingdom+1.4%2025Northern Europe
=148Belarus+1.3%2025Eastern Europe
=148Iceland+1.3%2025Northern Europe
=148Switzerland+1.3%2025Western Europe
151Japan+1.2%2025Eastern Asia
=152Micronesia+1.1%2025Micronesia
=152Norway+1.1%2025Northern Europe
=152Slovenia+1.1%2025Southern Europe
=152South Africa+1.1%2025Southern Africa
=156Belgium+1.0%2025Western Europe
=156Russia+1.0%2025Eastern Europe
=156São Tomé and Principe+1.0%2025Middle Africa
=156South Korea+1.0%2025Eastern Asia
=160France+0.8%2025Western Europe
=160Slovakia+0.8%2025Eastern Europe
=162Brunei+0.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
=162Romania+0.7%2025Eastern Europe
=164Austria+0.6%2025Western Europe
=164Estonia+0.6%2025Northern Europe
=164Luxembourg+0.6%2025Western Europe
=164Mexico+0.6%2025Central America
=168Hungary+0.5%2025Eastern Europe
=168Italy+0.5%2025Southern Europe
=168New Zealand+0.5%2025Australia and New Zealand
171San Marino+0.4%2023Southern Europe
=172Finland+0.2%2025Northern Europe
=172Germany+0.2%2025Western Europe
174Jamaica+0.1%2025Caribbean
175Syria−0.2%2022Western Asia
176Mozambique−0.5%2025Eastern Africa
177Saint Lucia−0.6%2025Caribbean
178Botswana−0.7%2025Southern Africa
179Trinidad and Tobago−0.8%2025Caribbean
180Cuba−1.1%2024Caribbean
181Bolivia−1.6%2025South America
182Myanmar−2.0%2025South-Eastern Asia
183Iraq−2.2%2025Western Asia
184Haiti−2.7%2025Caribbean
185Iran−2.8%2025Southern Asia
186Equatorial Guinea−5.8%2025Middle Africa
187Lebanon−7.1%2024Western Asia

No World Bank figure for 7 countries: Eritrea, Liechtenstein, North Korea, South Sudan, Taiwan, Vatican City, Yemen.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place% a yearStatus
Northern Mariana Islands+16.6%Territory of United States of America
Aruba+6.8%Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands+5.6%Territory of United Kingdom
Guam+5.1%Territory of United States of America
Curaçao+5.0%Territory of Netherlands
Saint Martin+4.9%Territory of France
Macao+4.7%Territory of China
Palestine+4.3%Status disputed
Cayman Islands+3.8%Territory of United Kingdom
Hong Kong+3.5%Territory of China
Sint Maarten+3.4%Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda+1.9%Territory of United Kingdom
American Samoa+1.7%Territory of United States of America
French Polynesia+1.1%Territory of France
Greenland+0.9%Territory of Denmark
Faroe Islands+0.8%Territory of Denmark
Puerto Rico+0.3%Territory of United States of America
US Virgin Islands−1.3%Territory of United States of America
Isle of Man−2.0%Territory of United Kingdom
New Caledonia−13.5%Territory of France

Questions

Which country has the fastest-growing economy?
Guyana has the fastest-growing economy: +19.3% a year (2025). Next come Libya (+13.4% a year) and Ireland (+12.3% a year).
Which country has the weakest growth?
Lebanon, with −7.1% a year (2024).
What is the typical gdp growth of a country?
The median of the 187 countries is +3.2% a year: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
How much the economy grew in real terms over the year — output at constant prices, so inflation does not count as growth. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.