Which country in Oceania has the fastest-growing economy?

Palau has the fastest-growing economy in Oceania: +6.3% a year (2025). Next come Papua New Guinea (+5.6% a year) and Kiribati (+4.2% a year).

Which country in Oceania has the weakest growth?

New Zealand, with +0.5% a year (2025).

What is the typical gdp growth of a country in Oceania?

The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is +3.1% 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, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Oceania 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. 13 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

Map: GDP growth — Oceania — **−2%−0.5%+0.5%+3%+6%**No data

Highest

+6.3%

Palau

Median country

+3.1%

half above, half below

Lowest

+0.5%

New Zealand

Countries in Oceania by gdp growth, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% a year	Region
1	Palau	+6.3%	Micronesia
2	Papua New Guinea	+5.6%	Melanesia
=3	Kiribati	+4.2%	Micronesia
=3	Samoa	+4.2%	Polynesia
5	Solomon Islands	+3.6%	Melanesia
6	Fiji	+3.2%	Melanesia
7	Vanuatu	+3.1%	Melanesia
8	Tonga	+2.8%	Polynesia
9	Marshall Islands	+2.3%	Micronesia
10	Nauru	+2.1%	Micronesia
11	Australia	+1.4%	Australia and New Zealand
12	Micronesia	+1.1%	Micronesia
13	New Zealand	+0.5%	Australia and New Zealand

Territories and other places

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

Place	% a year	Status
Northern Mariana Islands	+16.6%	Territory of United States of America
Guam	+5.1%	Territory of United States of America
American Samoa	+1.7%	Territory of United States of America
French Polynesia	+1.1%	Territory of France
New Caledonia	−13.5%	Territory of France

Questions

Which country in Oceania has the fastest-growing economy?: Palau has the fastest-growing economy in Oceania: +6.3% a year (2025). Next come Papua New Guinea (+5.6% a year) and Kiribati (+4.2% a year).
Which country in Oceania has the weakest growth?: New Zealand, with +0.5% a year (2025).
What is the typical gdp growth of a country in Oceania?: The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is +3.1% 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, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.