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Field Listing :: GDP - real growth rate

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This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	GDP - real growth rate(%)


Afghanistan	3.4% (2009 est.) 3.4% (2008 est.) 12.1% (2007 est.)


Albania	3.7% (2009 est.) 6.1% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


Algeria	2.6% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)


American Samoa	3% (2003)


Andorra	2.6% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.) 3.5% (2005 est.)


Angola	-0.6% (2009 est.) 13.2% (2008 est.) 21.1% (2007 est.)


Anguilla	-8.5% (2009 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	-6.5% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.)


Argentina	-2.5% (2009 est.) 5% (2008 est.) 7.5% (2007 est.) note: data are based on private estimates. Official estimates put growth at 0.5% in 2009, 6.8% in 2008, and 8.7% in 2007, but the official figures lack credibility


Armenia	-15% (2009 est.) 6.8% (2008 est.) 13.8% (2007 est.)


Aruba	2.4% (2005 est.)


Australia	1% (2009 est.) 2.2% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.)


Austria	-3.5% (2009 est.) 2% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)


Azerbaijan	9.3% (2009 est.) 10.8% (2008 est.) 25% (2007 est.)


Bahamas, The	-4% (2009 est.) -1.5% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)


Bahrain	2.9% (2009 est.) 6.3% (2008 est.) 8.4% (2007 est.)


Bangladesh	5.6% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.)


Barbados	-2.8% (2009 est.) 0.7% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.)


Belarus	-0.2% (2009 est.) 10% (2008 est.) 8.6% (2007 est.)


Belgium	-3.1% (2009 est.) 0.8% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)


Belize	-1.5% (2009 est.) 2.1% (2008 est.) 1.2% (2007 est.)


Benin	2.5% (2009 est.) 5% (2008 est.) 4.6% (2007 est.)


Bermuda	4.6% (2004 est.)


Bhutan	5% (2009 est.) 19.7% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)


Bolivia	2.8% (2009 est.) 6.1% (2008 est.) 4.6% (2007 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	-3.4% (2009 est.) 5.4% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


Botswana	-5.2% (2009 est.) 2.9% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)


Brazil	-0.2% (2009 est.) 5.1% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.)


British Virgin Islands	-0.6% (2008 est.)


Brunei	-1.9% (2009 est.) -1.9% (2008 est.) 0.2% (2007 est.)


Bulgaria	-4.9% (2009 est.) 6.1% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.)


Burkina Faso	3.3% (2009 est.) 5.2% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)


Burma	1.8% (2009 est.) 1.1% (2008 est.) 3.4% (2007 est.)


Burundi	3.2% (2009 est.) 4.5% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)


Cambodia	-0.9% (2009 est.) 6.7% (2008 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.)


Cameroon	-1% (2009 est.) 3.3% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)


Canada	-2.5% (2009 est.) 0.4% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)


Cape Verde	1.8% (2009 est.) 5.9% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.)


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


Central African Republic	2.4% (2009 est.) 2.2% (2008 est.) 4.2% (2007 est.)


Chad	-1% (2009 est.) -0.2% (2008 est.) 0.6% (2007 est.)


Chile	-1.7% (2009 est.) 3.2% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.)


China	8.7% (2009 est.) 9% (2008 est.) 13% (2007 est.)


Colombia	-0.1% (2009 est.) 2.6% (2008 est.) 7.7% (2007 est.)


Comoros	1% (2009 est.) 1% (2008 est.) -1% (2007 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.7% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	6.6% (2009 est.) 5.2% (2008 est.) -1.6% (2007 est.)


Cook Islands	0.1% (2005 est.)


Costa Rica	-1.6% (2009 est.) 2.6% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	3.8% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)


Croatia	-5.2% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)


Cuba	1.4% (2009 est.) 4.3% (2008 est.) 7.3% (2007 est.)


Cyprus	-0.8% (2009 est.) 3.6% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)


Czech Republic	-4.1% (2009 est.) 2.5% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.)


Denmark	-4.3% (2009 est.) -0.9% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)


Djibouti	6.4% (2009 est.) 5.9% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.)


Dominica	1.1% (2009 est.) 3.2% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)


Dominican Republic	1.8% (2009 est.) 5.3% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.)


Ecuador	-1% (2009 est.) 6.5% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)


Egypt	4.7% (2009 est.) 7.2% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)


El Salvador	-3% (2009 est.) 2.5% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	-1.8% (2009 est.) 12.3% (2008 est.) 22.5% (2007 est.)


Eritrea	2.5% (2009 est.) 2% (2008 est.) 1.3% (2007 est.)


Estonia	-14.1% (2009 est.) -3.6% (2008 est.) 7.2% (2007 est.)


Ethiopia	8% (2009 est.) 11.6% (2008 est.) 11.1% (2007 est.)


European Union	-4% (2009 est.) 0.8% (2008 est.) 3% (2007 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%


Faroe Islands	0.5% (2008 est.)


Fiji	-2.5% (2009 est.) -0.1% (2008 est.) -0.5% (2007 est.)


Finland	-7.6% (2009 est.) 1.2% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.)


France	-2.2% (2009 est.) 0.3% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)


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


Gabon	-1% (2009 est.) 1.1% (2008 est.) 5.6% (2007 est.)


Gambia, The	4.5% (2009 est.) 5.9% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Gaza Strip	See entry for West Bank


Georgia	-7% (2009 est.) 2.1% (2008 est.) 12.3% (2007 est.)


Germany	-5% (2009 est.) 1.3% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)


Ghana	4.7% (2009 est.) 7.3% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Gibraltar	3.7% (2006 est.) 7% (2005 est.)


Greece	-2% (2009 est.) 2% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.)


Greenland	1.5% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.) 2.6% (2006 est.)


Grenada	-4% (2009 est.) 2.2% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.)


Guam	NA%


Guatemala	-0.5% (2009 est.) 4% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Guernsey	3% (2005 est.)


Guinea	-2.5% (2009 est.) 4.5% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	2.9% (2009 est.) 3.3% (2008 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.)


Guyana	-1.7% (2009 est.) 3% (2008 est.) 9.1% (2007 est.)


Haiti	2% (2009 est.) 1.3% (2008 est.) 3.4% (2007 est.)


Honduras	-3% (2009 est.) 4% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Hong Kong	-3% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)


Hungary	-6.7% (2009 est.) 0.6% (2008 est.) 1.2% (2007 est.)


Iceland	-6.6% (2009 est.) 1.3% (2008 est.) 5.6% (2007 est.)


India	6.5% (2009 est.) 7.4% (2008 est.) 9% (2007 est.)


Indonesia	4.5% (2009 est.) 6.1% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Iran	2.6% (2009 est.) 3.5% (2008) 6.5% (2007)


Iraq	4.3% (2009 est.) 9.5% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.)


Ireland	-7.5% (2009 est.) -3% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


Isle of Man	5.2% (2005)


Israel	0.5% (2009 est.) 4.2% (2008 est.) 5.2% (2007 est.)


Italy	-4.8% (2009 est.) -1% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.)


Jamaica	-4.2% (2009 est.) -0.9% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.)


Japan	-5.3% (2009 est.) -1.2% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)


Jersey	NA%


Jordan	3.1% (2009 est.) 5.6% (2008 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.)


Kazakhstan	1% (2009 est.) 3.3% (2008 est.) 8.9% (2007 est.)


Kenya	2% (2009 est.) 1.7% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)


Kiribati	1.5% (2009 est.) 3.4% (2008 est.) -0.5% (2007 est.)


Korea, North	3.7% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.) -2.3% (2007 est.)


Korea, South	0.2% (2009 est.) 2.2% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)


Kosovo


Kuwait	-1.7% (2009 est.) 8.5% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	-1% (2009 est.) 7.6% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.)


Laos	6.4% (2009 est.) 7.2% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.)


Latvia	-17.8% (2009 est.) -4.6% (2008 est.) 10% (2007 est.)


Lebanon	7% (2009 est.) 8% (2008 est.) 7.5% (2007 est.)


Lesotho	-2% (2009 est.) 6.8% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.)


Liberia	5% (2009 est.) 7.1% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.)


Libya	3.7% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.) 5.6% (2007 est.)


Liechtenstein	3.1% (2007 est.)


Lithuania	-15% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.) 9.8% (2007 est.)


Luxembourg	-3.9% (2009 est.) -0.9% (2008 est.) 5.2% (2007 est.)


Macau	13.2% (2009 est.) 12.9% (2008) 26% (2007)


Macedonia	-1.5% (2009 est.) 5% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)


Madagascar	0.4% (2009 est.) 7% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.)


Malawi	5.9% (2009 est.) 9.7% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.)


Malaysia	-2.2% (2009 est.) 4.6% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.)


Maldives	-4% (2009 est.) 5.8% (2008 est.) 7.2% (2007 est.)


Mali	4% (2009 est.) 5.1% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)


Malta	-2.2% (2009 est.) 2.1% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.)


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


Mauritania	1.5% (2009 est.) 3.5% (2008 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.)


Mauritius	2.1% (2009 est.) 5.1% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)


Mayotte	NA%


Mexico	-6.5% (2009 est.) 1.3% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.)


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


Moldova	-7.7% (2009 est.) 7.2% (2008 est.) 3% (2007 est.)


Monaco	NA% (2000 est.)


Mongolia	-1.6% (2009 est.) 9% (2008 est.) 9.9% (2007 est.)


Montenegro	-4% (2009 est.) 7.5% (2008 est.) 10.7% (2007 est.)


Montserrat	-1% (2002 est.)


Morocco	5.1% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.)


Mozambique	4.3% (2009 est.) 6.8% (2008 est.) 7.4% (2007 est.)


Namibia	0.7% (2009 est.) 3.3% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	4.7% (2009 est.) 5.3% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.)


Netherlands	-3.9% (2009 est.) 2% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)


Netherlands Antilles	1% (2004 est.)


New Caledonia	NA%


New Zealand	-1.4% (2009 est.) -0.1% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)


Nicaragua	-2.9% (2009 est.) 3.2% (2008 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.)


Niger	2% (2009 est.) 9.5% (2008 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.)


Nigeria	5% (2009 est.) 5.3% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)


Niue	6.2% (2003 est.)


Northern Mariana Islands	NA%


Norway	-1% (2009 est.) 2.1% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)


Oman	2.7% (2009 est.) 6.4% (2008 est.) 5.8% (2007 est.)


Pakistan	2.7% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


Palau	NA% (2009) 5.5% (2005 est.)


Panama	2.4% (2009 est.) 9.2% (2008 est.) 11.5% (2007 est.)


Papua New Guinea	4% (2009 est.) 6.7% (2008 est.) 7.2% (2007 est.)


Paraguay	-3.5% (2009 est.) 5.8% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.)


Peru	0.9% (2009 est.) 9.8% (2008 est.) 8.9% (2007 est.)


Philippines	0.9% (2009 est.) 3.8% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)


Poland	1.7% (2009 est.) 5% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.)


Portugal	-2.8% (2009 est.) 0% (2008 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.)


Puerto Rico	-3.9% (2009 est.) -2.5% (2008 est.) -2% (2007 est.)


Qatar	9.5% (2009 est.) 13.4% (2008 est.) 17.3% (2007 est.)


Romania	-7.2% (2009 est.) 7.1% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Russia	-7.9% (2009 est.) 5.6% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.)


Rwanda	5.5% (2009 est.) 11.2% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA%


Saint Kitts and Nevis	-2% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.) 0.9% (2007 est.)


Saint Lucia	-2.5% (2009 est.) 0.7% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA%


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-6.5% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.)


Samoa	-0.8% (2009 est.) -3.4% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.)


San Marino	4.3% (2007 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	4.3% (2009 est.) 5.5% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


Saudi Arabia	0.2% (2009 est.) 4.4% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.)


Senegal	1.7% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.)


Serbia	-3% (2009 est.) 5.5% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.)


Seychelles	-8.7% (2009 est.) -0.9% (2008 est.) 9.7% (2007 est.)


Sierra Leone	4% (2009 est.) 5.5% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)


Singapore	-2.1% (2009 est.) 1.1% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.)


Slovakia	-4.7% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.) 10.6% (2007 est.)


Slovenia	-7.3% (2009 est.) 3.5% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.)


Solomon Islands	0.4% (2009 est.) 7.3% (2008 est.) 10.3% (2007 est.)


Somalia	2.6% (2009 est.) 2.6% (2008 est.) 2.6% (2007 est.)


South Africa	-1.8% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)


Spain	-3.6% (2009 est.) 0.9% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)


Sri Lanka	3.5% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.)


Sudan	3.8% (2009 est.) 6.6% (2008 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.)


Suriname	-2.2% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.) 5.3% (2007 est.)


Svalbard	NA%


Swaziland	-0.4% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)


Sweden	-4.4% (2009 est.) -0.5% (2008 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.)


Switzerland	-1.5% (2009 est.) 1.8% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)


Syria	1.8% (2009 est.) 4.3% (2008 est.) 5.7% (2007 est.)


Taiwan	-2.5% (2009 est.) 0.7% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


Tajikistan	3.4% (2009 est.) 7.9% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.)


Tanzania	4.9% (2009 est.) 7.4% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)


Thailand	-2.8% (2009 est.) 2.5% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.)


Timor-Leste	7.2% (2009 est.) 12.8% (2008 est.) 8.4% (2007 est.)


Togo	1.8% (2009 est.) 1.1% (2008 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	-0.5% (2009 est.) 0.8% (2008 est.) -0.3% (2007 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	-3.5% (2009 est.) 3.5% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)


Tunisia	0.3% (2009 est.) 4.6% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)


Turkey	-5.6% (2009 est.) 0.9% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.)


Turkmenistan	6.1% (2009 est.) 9.8% (2008 est.) 11.6% (2007 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4.9% (2000 est.)


Tuvalu	3% (2006 est.)


Uganda	6.6% (2009 est.) 8.3% (2008 est.) 8.2% (2007 est.)


Ukraine	-14.1% (2009 est.) 2.1% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.)


United Arab Emirates	-3.5% (2009 est.) 7.4% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)


United Kingdom	-4.8% (2009 est.) 0.5% (2008 est.) 2.6% (2007 est.)


United States	-2.4% (2009 est.) 0.4% (2008 est.) 2.1% (2007 est.)


Uruguay	1.7% (2009 est.) 8.9% (2008 est.) 7.4% (2007 est.)


Uzbekistan	6.7% (2009 est.) 9% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.)


Vanuatu	3.8% (2009 est.) 6.6% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.)


Venezuela	-2.9% (2009 est.) 4.8% (2008 est.) 8.2% (2007 est.)


Vietnam	5.3% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.)


Virgin Islands	2% (2002 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	NA%


West Bank	7% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.)


Western Sahara	NA%


World	-0.8% (2009 est.) 2.9% (2008 est.) 5% (2007 est.)


Yemen	3.8% (2009 est.) 3.2% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)


Zambia	4.5% (2009 est.) 5.7% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.)


Zimbabwe	3.7% (2009 est.) -14.4% (2008 est.) -5.6% (2007 est.)

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