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Field Listing :: GDP - real growth rate

This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent. The growth rates are year-over-year, and not compounded.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	GDP - real growth rate(%)


Afghanistan	10.2% (2012 est.) 7% (2011 est.) 8.4% (2010 est.)


Albania	1.3% (2012 est.) 3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Algeria	2.5% (2012 est.) 2.4% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


American Samoa	3% (2003)


Andorra	-1.6% (2012 est.) -0.4% (2011 est.) -1.9% (2010 est.)


Angola	8.4% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 3.4% (2010 est.)


Anguilla	-8.5% (2009 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	1.6% (2012 est.) -3% (2011 est.) -8.5% (2010 est.)


Argentina	1.9% (2012 est.) 8.9% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.)


Armenia	7.2% (2012 est.) 4.7% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2010 est.)


Aruba	2.4% (2005 est.)


Australia	3.6% (2012 est.) 2.4% (2011 est.) 2.6% (2010 est.)


Austria	0.8% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	2.2% (2012 est.) 0.1% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


Bahamas, The	2.5% (2012 est.) 1.6% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.)


Bahrain	3.9% (2012 est.) 2.1% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


Bangladesh	6.1% (2012 est.) 6.5% (2011 est.) 6.4% (2010 est.)


Barbados	0% (2012 est.) 0.6% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.)


Belarus	1.5% (2012 est.) 5.5% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.)


Belgium	-0.2% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Belize	5.3% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.)


Benin	3.8% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2011 est.) 2.6% (2010 est.)


Bermuda	-3.5% (2011)


Bhutan	9.7% (2012 est.) 8.5% (2011 est.) 11.7% (2010 est.)


Bolivia	5.2% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.7% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.) 0.7% (2010 est.)


Botswana	3.8% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.)


Brazil	0.9% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.) 7.5% (2010 est.)


British Virgin Islands	1.3% (2010 est.) -0.6% (2008 est.)


Brunei	1.3% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.) 2.6% (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	0.8% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	8% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) 7.9% (2010 est.)


Burma	6.3% (2012 est.) 5.5% (2011 est.) 5.3% (2010 est.)


Burundi	4% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) 3.8% (2010 est.)


Cambodia	6.5% (2012 est.) 7.1% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.)


Cameroon	4.7% (2012 est.) 4.1% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


Canada	1.8% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.) 3.2% (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	4.3% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.) 5.2% (2010 est.)


Cayman Islands	1.1% (2008 est.) 0.9% (2004 est.)


Central African Republic	4.1% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.) 3% (2010 est.)


Chad	5% (2012 est.) 0.5% (2011 est.) 13% (2010 est.)


Chile	5.5% (2012 est.) 5.9% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.)


China	7.8% (2012 est.) 9.3% (2011 est.) 10.4% (2010 est.)


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1% (2003)


Colombia	4% (2012 est.) 6.6% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Comoros	2.5% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	7.1% (2012 est.) 6.9% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	3.8% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.) 8.8% (2010 est.)


Cook Islands	0.1% (2005 est.)


Costa Rica	5% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	9.8% (2012 est.) -4.7% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Croatia	-2% (2012 est.) 0% (2011 est.) -2.3% (2010 est.)


Cuba	3.1% (2012 est.) 2.8% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Curacao	0% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2008) 2.2% (2007)


Cyprus	-2.4% (2012 est.) 0.5% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	-1.2% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Denmark	-0.6% (2012 est.) 1.1% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


Djibouti	4.8% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Dominica	0.4% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.) 0.7% (2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	3.9% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.)


Ecuador	5% (2012 est.) 8% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


Egypt	2.2% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


El Salvador	1.6% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	2% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.) -2.6% (2010 est.)


Eritrea	7% (2012 est.) 8.7% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2010 est.)


Estonia	3.2% (2012 est.) 8.3% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


Ethiopia	7% (2012 est.) 7.5% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


European Union	-0.3% (2012 est.) 1.6% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2010 est.)


Faroe Islands	2.9% (2010 est.) 0.5% (2008 est.)


Fiji	2.1% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.) 0.1% (2010 est.)


Finland	-0.2% (2012 est.) 2.8% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


France	0% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.)


French Polynesia	-0.4% (2006) 2.7% (2005)


Gabon	6.2% (2012 est.) 7.1% (2011 est.) 6.8% (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	3.9% (2012 est.) -4.3% (2011 est.) 6.5% (2010 est.)


Gaza Strip	see entry for West Bank


Georgia	6.5% (2012 est.) 7.2% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Germany	0.7% (2012 est.) 3.1% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Ghana	7% (2012 est.) 14.4% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


Gibraltar	6% (2008) 8.8% (2007) 0% (2006 est.)


Greece	-6.4% (2012 est.) -7.1% (2011 est.) -4.9% (2010 est.)


Greenland	3% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.) -1.2% (2009 est.)


Grenada	-0.8% (2012 est.) 1% (2011 est.) -0.4% (2010 est.)


Guam	1.3% (2002-10 average est.)


Guatemala	3% (2012 est.) 4.1% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Guernsey	3% (2005 est.)


Guinea	3.9% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 1.9% (2010 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	-1.5% (2012 est.) 5.3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Guyana	3.3% (2012 est.) 5.4% (2011 est.) 4.4% (2010 est.)


Haiti	2.8% (2012 est.) 5.6% (2011 est.) -5.4% (2010 est.)


Honduras	3.3% (2012 est.) 3.7% (2011 est.) 3.7% (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	1.4% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) 6.8% (2010 est.)


Hungary	-1.7% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.)


Iceland	1.6% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.) -4.1% (2010 est.)


India	6.5% (2012 est.) 7.7% (2011 est.) 11.2% (2010 est.)


Indonesia	6.2% (2012 est.) 6.5% (2011 est.) 6.2% (2010 est.)


Iran	-1.9% (2012 est.) 3% (2011 est.) 5.9% (2010 est.)


Iraq	8.4% (2012 est.) 8.6% (2011 est.) 5.9% (2010 est.)


Ireland	0.9% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.) -0.8% (2010 est.)


Isle of Man	5.2% (2005)


Israel	3.1% (2012 est.) 4.6% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


Italy	-2.4% (2012 est.) 0.4% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.)


Jamaica	0.1% (2012 est.) 1.5% (2011 est.) -1.4% (2010 est.)


Japan	2% (2012 est.) -0.6% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


Jersey	NA%


Jordan	2.8% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	5% (2012 est.) 7.5% (2011 est.) 7.3% (2010 est.)


Kenya	4.7% (2012 est.) 4.4% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.)


Kiribati	2.5% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


Korea, North	0.8% (2011 est.) -0.5% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.)


Korea, South	2% (2012 est.) 3.6% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Kosovo	2.1% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.)


Kuwait	5.1% (2012 est.) 6.3% (2011 est.) -2.4% (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	-0.9% (2012 est.) 6% (2011 est.) -0.5% (2010 est.)


Laos	8.3% (2012 est.) 8% (2011 est.) 8.1% (2010 est.)


Latvia	5.6% (2012 est.) 5.5% (2011 est.) -0.9% (2010 est.)


Lebanon	1.5% (2012 est.) 1.5% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.)


Lesotho	4% (2012 est.) 5.7% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Liberia	8.3% (2012 est.) 7.9% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.)


Libya	104.5% (2012 est.) -62.1% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


Liechtenstein	-0.5% (2009 est.) 1.8% (2008 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)


Lithuania	3.6% (2012 est.) 5.9% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	0.1% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Macau	10% (2012 est.) 20.7% (2011 est.) 27% (2010 est.)


Macedonia	-0.3% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Madagascar	1.9% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.)


Malawi	1.9% (2012 est.) 4.3% (2011 est.) 6.5% (2010 est.)


Malaysia	5.6% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.)


Maldives	3.5% (2012 est.) 7% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Mali	-1.2% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.)


Malta	0.8% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Marshall Islands	1.9% (2012 est.) 0.8% (2011 est.)


Mauritania	6.4% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


Mauritius	3.3% (2012 est.) 3.8% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Mexico	3.9% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 5.3% (2010 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	1.4% (2012 est.)


Moldova	-0.8% (2012 est.) 6.8% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Monaco	5.1% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Mongolia	12.3% (2012 est.) 17.5% (2011 est.) 6.4% (2010 est.)


Montenegro	0% (2012 est.) 3.2% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Montserrat	3.5% (2008 est.)


Morocco	3% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


Mozambique	7.5% (2012 est.) 7.3% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Namibia	4% (2012 est.) 4.8% (2011 est.) 6.6% (2010 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	4.6% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 4.8% (2010 est.)


Netherlands	-0.9% (2012 est.) 1% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


New Caledonia	0.6% (2008 est.)


New Zealand	2.5% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	5.2% (2012 est.) 5.4% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


Niger	11.2% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.) 10.7% (2010 est.)


Nigeria	6.3% (2012 est.) 7.4% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


Niue	6.2% (2003 est.)


Norway	3% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.)


Oman	5% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.) 5.6% (2010 est.)


Pakistan	3.7% (2012 est.) 3% (2011 est.) 3.1% (2010 est.)


Palau	5.8% (2011 est.) 5.5% (2005 est.)


Panama	10.7% (2012 est.) 10.8% (2011 est.) 7.5% (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	9.1% (2012 est.) 11.1% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.)


Paraguay	-1.2% (2012 est.) 4.3% (2011 est.) 13.1% (2010 est.)


Peru	6.3% (2012 est.) 6.9% (2011 est.) 8.8% (2010 est.)


Philippines	6.6% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.)


Poland	2% (2012 est.) 4.3% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.)


Portugal	-3.2% (2012 est.) -1.6% (2011 est.) 1.9% (2010 est.)


Puerto Rico	-5.8% (2010 est.) -3.7% (2009 est.) -2.8% (2008 est.)


Qatar	6.6% (2012 est.) 13% (2011 est.) 16.7% (2010 est.)


Romania	0.3% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.) -1.1% (2010 est.)


Russia	3.4% (2012 est.) 4.3% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.)


Rwanda	7.7% (2012 est.) 8.3% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA%


Saint Kitts and Nevis	-0.9% (2012 est.) -1.9% (2011 est.) 0% (2010 est.)


Saint Lucia	-0.4% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA%


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.5% (2012 est.) 0.4% (2011 est.) -2.3% (2010 est.)


Samoa	1.2% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.)


San Marino	-4% (2012 est.) -2.5% (2011 est.) -7.5% (2010 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	4% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	6.8% (2012 est.) 8.5% (2011 est.) 7.4% (2010 est.)


Senegal	3.5% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.) 4.3% (2010 est.)


Serbia	-1.8% (2012 est.) 1.6% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.)


Seychelles	2.8% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.) 5.6% (2010 est.)


Sierra Leone	19.8% (2012 est.) 6% (2011 est.) 5.3% (2010 est.)


Singapore	1.3% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 14.8% (2010 est.)


Sint Maarten	4% (2012 est.) 1.6% (2008 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)


Slovakia	2% (2012 est.) 3.2% (2011 est.) 4.4% (2010 est.)


Slovenia	-2.3% (2012 est.) 0.6% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.)


Solomon Islands	5.5% (2012 est.) 10.7% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.)


Somalia	2.6% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.) 2.6% (2008 est.)


South Africa	2.5% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2011 est.) 3.1% (2010 est.)


South Sudan	-53% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.)


Spain	-1.4% (2012 est.) 0.4% (2011 est.) -0.3% (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	6.4% (2012 est.) 8.2% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


Sudan	-4.4% (2012 est.) -1.9% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Suriname	4.5% (2012 est.) 4.7% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Svalbard	NA%


Swaziland	-1.5% (2012 est.) 0.3% (2011 est.) 1.9% (2010 est.)


Sweden	1.2% (2012 est.) 3.8% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Switzerland	1% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.) 3% (2010 est.)


Syria	NA% (2012 est.) -2.3% (2011 est.) 3.4% (2010 est.)


Taiwan	1.3% (2012 est.) 4.1% (2011 est.) 10.8% (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	7.5% (2012 est.) 7.4% (2011 est.) 6.5% (2010 est.)


Tanzania	6.9% (2012 est.) 6.4% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.)


Thailand	6.4% (2012 est.) 0.1% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.)


Timor-Leste	10% (2012 est.) 10.6% (2011 est.) 9.5% (2010 est.)


Togo	5% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	1.4% (2012 est.) 1.5% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	0.4% (2012 est.) -2.6% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.)


Tunisia	3.6% (2012 est.) -1.9% (2011 est.) 3.1% (2010 est.)


Turkey	2.6% (2012 est.) 8.5% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	11% (2012 est.) 14.7% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	11.2% (2007 est.)


Tuvalu	1.2% (2012 est.) 1.1% (2011 est.) -2.9% (2010 est.)


Uganda	2.6% (2012 est.) 6.7% (2011 est.) 5.6% (2010 est.)


Ukraine	0.2% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	3.9% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	0.2% (2012 est.) 0.9% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


United States	2.2% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Uruguay	3.8% (2012 est.) 5.7% (2011 est.) 8.9% (2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	8.2% (2012 est.) 8.3% (2011 est.) 8.5% (2010 est.)


Vanuatu	2.7% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


Venezuela	5.5% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) -1.5% (2010 est.)


Vietnam	5% (2012 est.) 5.9% (2011 est.) 6.8% (2010 est.)


Virgin Islands	2% (2002 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	NA%


West Bank	5.7% (2011 est.) 6.8% (2010 est.) 7% (2009 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip


Western Sahara	NA%


World	3% (2012 est.) 3.8% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


Yemen	0.1% (2012 est.) -10.5% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.)


Zambia	7.3% (2012 est.) 6.8% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	4.4% (2012 est.) 10.6% (2011 est.) 9.6% (2010 est.)

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