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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	11% (2012 est.) 5.8% (2011 est.) 8.4% (2010 est.)


Albania	0.5% (2012 est.) 3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Algeria	2.6% (2012 est.) 2.4% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


American Samoa	3% (2003)


Andorra	-1.6% (2012 est.) -1.8% (2011 est.) -2.2% (2010 est.)


Angola	6.8% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 3.4% (2010 est.)


Anguilla	-8.5% (2009 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	1% (2012 est.) -5.5% (2011 est.) -8.5% (2010 est.)


Argentina	2.6% (2012 est.) 8.9% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.)


Armenia	3.8% (2012 est.) 4.6% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


Aruba	2.4% (2005 est.)


Australia	3.3% (2012 est.) 2.1% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Austria	0.6% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	3.8% (2012 est.) 0.1% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


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


Bahrain	2% (2012 est.) 2.1% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


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


Barbados	0.7% (2012 est.) 0.6% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.)


Belarus	4.3% (2012 est.) 5.3% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.)


Belgium	0% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Belize	2.3% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.)


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


Bermuda	4.6% (2004 est.)


Bhutan	9.9% (2012 est.) 5.3% (2011 est.) 11.8% (2010 est.)


Bolivia	5% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	0% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.) 0.7% (2010 est.)


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


Brazil	1.3% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.) 7.5% (2010 est.)


British Virgin Islands	-0.6% (2008 est.)


Brunei	2.7% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.) 2.6% (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	1% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	7% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) 7.9% (2010 est.)


Burma	6.2% (2012 est.) 5.5% (2011 est.) 5.3% (2010 est.)


Burundi	4.2% (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.) 4.2% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Canada	1.9% (2012 est.) 2.4% (2011 est.) 3.2% (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	4.8% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 5.4% (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	7.3% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 13% (2010 est.)


Chile	5% (2012 est.) 5.9% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.)


China	7.8% (2012 est.) 9.2% (2011 est.) 10.4% (2010 est.)


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1% (2003)


Colombia	4.3% (2012 est.) 5.9% (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	4.9% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.) 8.8% (2010 est.)


Cook Islands	0.1% (2005 est.)


Costa Rica	4.8% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	8.1% (2012 est.) -4.7% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Croatia	-1.1% (2012 est.) 0% (2011 est.) -1.4% (2010 est.)


Cuba	1.5% (2010 est.) 1.4% (2009 est.) 4.1% (2008 est.)


Curacao	3.5% (2008) 2.2% (2007)


Cyprus	-2.3% (2012 est.) 0.5% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	-1% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.)


Denmark	-0.4% (2012 est.) 0.8% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


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


Dominica	0.4% (2012 est.) 1% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	4% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.)


Ecuador	4% (2012 est.) 7.8% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


Egypt	2% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


El Salvador	1.5% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	5.7% (2012 est.) 7.8% (2011 est.) -0.5% (2010 est.)


Eritrea	7.5% (2012 est.) 8.7% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2010 est.)


Estonia	2.4% (2012 est.) 7.6% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


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


European Union	-0.2% (2012 est.) 1.6% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


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


Fiji	2% (2012 est.) 2.1% (2011 est.) -0.2% (2010 est.)


Finland	0.3% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


France	0.1% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.)


French Polynesia	2.7% (2005) 5.1% (2002)


Gabon	6.1% (2012 est.) 6.6% (2011 est.) 6.6% (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	-1.6% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.) 5.5% (2010 est.)


Gaza Strip	see entry for West Bank


Georgia	6% (2012 est.) 6.8% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Germany	0.9% (2012 est.) 3% (2011 est.) 3.7% (2010 est.)


Ghana	8.2% (2012 est.) 14.4% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


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


Greece	-6% (2012 est.) -6.9% (2011 est.) -3.5% (2010 est.)


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


Grenada	0.5% (2012 est.) 0.4% (2011 est.) -1.3% (2010 est.)


Guam	NA%


Guatemala	3.1% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Guernsey	3% (2005 est.)


Guinea	4.8% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 1.9% (2010 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	-2.8% (2012 est.) 5.3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Guyana	3.7% (2012 est.) 5.4% (2011 est.) 4.4% (2010 est.)


Haiti	4.5% (2012 est.) 5.6% (2011 est.) -5.4% (2010 est.)


Honduras	3.8% (2012 est.) 3.6% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	1.8% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Hungary	-1% (2012 est.) 1.7% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


Iceland	2.7% (2012 est.) 3.1% (2011 est.) -4% (2010 est.)


India	5.4% (2012 est.) 6.8% (2011 est.) 10.1% (2010 est.)


Indonesia	6% (2012 est.) 6.5% (2011 est.) 6.2% (2010 est.)


Iran	-0.9% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.) 5.9% (2010 est.)


Iraq	10.2% (2012 est.) 8.9% (2011 est.) 3% (2010 est.)


Ireland	0.7% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.) -0.8% (2010 est.)


Isle of Man	5.2% (2005)


Israel	2.9% (2012 est.) 4.6% (2011 est.) 5.7% (2010 est.)


Italy	-2.3% (2012 est.) 0.4% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


Jamaica	0.9% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.) -1.5% (2010 est.)


Japan	2.2% (2012 est.) -0.8% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.)


Jersey	NA%


Jordan	3% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	5.5% (2012 est.) 7.5% (2011 est.) 7.3% (2010 est.)


Kenya	5.1% (2012 est.) 4.4% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.)


Kiribati	2.5% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


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


Korea, South	2.7% (2012 est.) 3.6% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Kosovo	3.8% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.)


Kuwait	6.3% (2012 est.) 8.2% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	1% (2012 est.) 5.7% (2011 est.) -0.5% (2010 est.)


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


Latvia	4.5% (2012 est.) 5.5% (2011 est.) -0.3% (2010 est.)


Lebanon	2% (2012 est.) 1.5% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.)


Lesotho	4.3% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) 5.2% (2010 est.)


Liberia	9% (2012 est.) 8.2% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.)


Libya	121.9% (2012 est.) -59.7% (2011 est.) 3.7% (2010 est.)


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


Lithuania	2.7% (2012 est.) 5.9% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	0.2% (2012 est.) 1.6% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.)


Macau	20.7% (2011 est.) 27% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.)


Macedonia	1% (2012 est.) 3.1% (2011) 2.9% (2010)


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


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


Malaysia	4.4% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.)


Maldives	3.5% (2012 est.) 5.8% (2011 est.) 5.7% (2010 est.)


Mali	-4.5% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.)


Malta	1.2% (2012 est.) 2.1% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Marshall Islands	-0.3% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2005 est.)


Mauritania	5.3% (2012 est.) 4% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


Mauritius	3.4% (2012 est.) 4.1% (2011 est.) 4.2% (2010 est.)


Mexico	3.8% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 5.6% (2010 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	0.3% (2005 est.)


Moldova	3% (2012 est.) 6.4% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Monaco	2.5% (2010 est.) -11.5% (2009)


Mongolia	12.7% (2012 est.) 17.5% (2011 est.) 6.4% (2010 est.)


Montenegro	0.2% (2012 est.) 2.5% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Montserrat	3.5% (2008 est.)


Morocco	2.9% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) 3.7% (2010 est.)


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


Namibia	4% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) 6.6% (2010 est.)


Nauru	NA%


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


Netherlands	-0.5% (2012 est.) 1.1% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


New Caledonia	NA%


New Zealand	2.2% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	3.7% (2012 est.) 4.7% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.)


Niger	14.5% (2012 est.) 2.3% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


Nigeria	7.1% (2012 est.) 7.4% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


Niue	6.2% (2003 est.)


Norway	3.1% (2012 est.) 1.5% (2011 est.) 0.6% (2010 est.)


Oman	5% (2012 est.) 5.4% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


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


Palau	5.5% (2005 est.)


Panama	8.5% (2012 est.) 10.6% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	7.7% (2012 est.) 8.9% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.)


Paraguay	-0.5% (2012 est.) 4.3% (2011 est.) 13.1% (2010 est.)


Peru	6% (2012 est.) 6.9% (2011 est.) 8.8% (2010 est.)


Philippines	4.8% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.)


Poland	2.4% (2012 est.) 4.3% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.)


Portugal	-3% (2012 est.) -1.7% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


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


Qatar	6.3% (2012 est.) 14.1% (2011 est.) 16.7% (2010 est.)


Romania	0.9% (2012 est.) 2.5% (2011 est.) -1.6% (2010 est.)


Russia	3.6% (2012 est.) 4.3% (2011) 4.3% (2010)


Rwanda	7.7% (2012 est.) 8.6% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA%


Saint Kitts and Nevis	0% (2012 est.) -2% (2011 est.) -2.7% (2010 est.)


Saint Lucia	0.7% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA%


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.2% (2012 est.) 0% (2011 est.) -1.8% (2010 est.)


Samoa	1.5% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.)


San Marino	-2.6% (2012 est.) -2.6% (2011 est.) -5.2% (2010 est.)


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


Saudi Arabia	6% (2012 est.) 7.1% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


Senegal	3.7% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Serbia	-0.5% (2012 est.) 1.6% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.)


Seychelles	3% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.) 6.7% (2010 est.)


Sierra Leone	21.3% (2012 est.) 6% (2011 est.) 5.3% (2010 est.)


Singapore	2.1% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.) 14.8% (2010 est.)


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


Slovakia	2.6% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.) 4.2% (2010 est.)


Slovenia	-2.2% (2012 est.) 0.6% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.)


Solomon Islands	7.4% (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	2.6% (2012 est.) 3.1% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


South Sudan	-55% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.)


Spain	-1.5% (2012 est.) 0.4% (2011 est.) -0.3% (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	6.8% (2012 est.) 8.3% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.)


Sudan	-11.2% (2012 est.) -4.5% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2010 est.)


Suriname	4% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Svalbard	NA%


Swaziland	-2.9% (2012 est.) 0.3% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.)


Sweden	1.2% (2012 est.) 4% (2011 est.) 5.9% (2010 est.)


Switzerland	0.8% (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% (2011 est.) 10.7% (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	6.8% (2012 est.) 7.4% (2011 est.) 6.5% (2010 est.)


Tanzania	6.5% (2012 est.) 6.4% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.)


Thailand	5.6% (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	0.7% (2012 est.) -1.5% (2011 est.) 0% (2010 est.)


Tunisia	2.7% (2012 est.) -1.8% (2011 est.) 3.1% (2010 est.)


Turkey	3% (2012 est.) 8.5% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	8% (2012 est.) 14.7% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4.9% (2000 est.)


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


Uganda	4.2% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.)


Ukraine	3% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	4% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	-0.1% (2012 est.) 0.8% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


United States	2.3% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Uruguay	3.5% (2012 est.) 5.7% (2011 est.) 8.9% (2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	7.4% (2012 est.) 8.3% (2011 est.) 8.5% (2010 est.)


Vanuatu	2.6% (2012 est.) 2.5% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.)


Venezuela	5.7% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.) -1.5% (2010 est.)


Vietnam	5.1% (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	3.3% (2012 est.) 3.7% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


Yemen	-1.9% (2012 est.) -10.5% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.)


Zambia	6.5% (2012 est.) 6.6% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	5% (2012 est.) 9.4% (2011 est.) 9.6% (2010 est.)

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