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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	5.7% (2011 est.) 8.4% (2010 est.) 21% (2009 est.)


Albania	2% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.)


Algeria	2.5% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)


American Samoa	3% (2003)


Andorra	-1.8% (2011 est.) -2.2% (2010 est.) 3.8% (2009 est.)


Angola	3.4% (2011 est.) 3.4% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)


Anguilla	-8.5% (2009 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	-0.5% (2011 est.) -8.9% (2010 est.) -10.3% (2009 est.)


Argentina	8.9% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.)


Armenia	4.4% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.) -14.2% (2009 est.)


Aruba	2.4% (2005 est.)


Australia	2% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.) 1.4% (2009 est.)


Austria	3.1% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.) -3.8% (2009 est.)


Azerbaijan	0.1% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.) 9.3% (2009 est.)


Bahamas, The	2% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.) -5.4% (2009 est.)


Bahrain	1.8% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.) 3.1% (2009 est.)


Bangladesh	6.1% (2011 est.) 6.4% (2010 est.) 5.9% (2009 est.)


Barbados	0.5% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.) -4.2% (2009 est.)


Belarus	5.3% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.) 0.2% (2009 est.)


Belgium	1.9% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.) -2.8% (2009 est.)


Belize	2.5% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.)


Benin	3.1% (2011 est.) 2.6% (2010 est.) 2.7% (2009 est.)


Bermuda	4.6% (2004 est.)


Bhutan	5.9% (2011 est.) 10.6% (2010 est.) 6.7% (2009 est.)


Bolivia	5.1% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.) 3.4% (2009 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.7% (2011 est.) 0.7% (2010 est.) -2.9% (2009 est.)


Botswana	4.6% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.) -4.9% (2009 est.)


Brazil	2.7% (2011 est.) 7.5% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)


British Virgin Islands	-0.6% (2008 est.)


Brunei	1.9% (2011 est.) 2.6% (2010 est.) -1.8% (2009 est.)


Bulgaria	1.7% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.) -5.5% (2009 est.)


Burkina Faso	5.6% (2011 est.) 7.9% (2010 est.) 3.2% (2009 est.)


Burma	5.5% (2011 est.) 5.3% (2010 est.) 5.1% (2009 est.)


Burundi	4.2% (2011 est.) 3.8% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Cambodia	6.1% (2011 est.) 6% (2010 est.) 0.1% (2009 est.)


Cameroon	4.1% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.) 2% (2009 est.)


Canada	2.5% (2011 est.) 3.2% (2010 est.) -2.8% (2009 est.)


Cape Verde	5% (2011 est.) 5.2% (2010 est.) 3.7% (2009 est.)


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


Central African Republic	3.1% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.)


Chad	1.6% (2011 est.) 13% (2010 est.) -1.2% (2009 est.)


Chile	5.9% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.)


China	9.2% (2011 est.) 10.4% (2010 est.) 9.2% (2009 est.)


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1% (2003)


Colombia	5.9% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.)


Comoros	2.2% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.9% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.) 2.8% (2009 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	4.5% (2011 est.) 8.8% (2010 est.) 7.5% (2009 est.)


Cook Islands	0.1% (2005 est.)


Costa Rica	4.2% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	-4.7% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.) 3.8% (2009 est.)


Croatia	0% (2011 est.) -1.2% (2010 est.) -6% (2009 est.)


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


Curacao	3.5% (2008) 2.2% (2007)


Cyprus	0.5% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2010 est.) -1.9% (2009 est.)


Czech Republic	1.7% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.)


Denmark	1.1% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.) -5.8% (2009 est.)


Djibouti	4.5% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.) 5% (2009 est.)


Dominica	0.5% (2011 est.) 0.3% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.)


Dominican Republic	4.5% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Ecuador	7.8% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.)


Egypt	1.8% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.) 4.7% (2009 est.)


El Salvador	1.4% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.) -3.1% (2009 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	7.1% (2011 est.) -0.8% (2010 est.) 5.7% (2009 est.)


Eritrea	8.7% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2010 est.) 3.9% (2009 est.)


Estonia	7.6% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.) -14.3% (2009 est.)


Ethiopia	7.5% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.) 10% (2009 est.)


European Union	1.6% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.) -4.2% (2009 est.)


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


Fiji	2% (2011 est.) -0.2% (2010 est.) -1.3% (2009 est.)


Finland	2.9% (2011 est.) 3.7% (2010 est.) -8.4% (2009 est.)


France	1.7% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.) -2.6% (2009 est.)


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


Gabon	5.8% (2011 est.) 6.6% (2010 est.) -1.4% (2009 est.)


Gambia, The	3.3% (2011 est.) 5.5% (2010 est.) 6.7% (2009 est.)


Gaza Strip	see entry for West Bank


Georgia	7% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.) -3.8% (2009 est.)


Germany	3.1% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.) -5.1% (2009 est.)


Ghana	13.6% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.) 4% (2009 est.)


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


Greece	-6.9% (2011 est.) -3.5% (2010 est.) -3.3% (2009 est.)


Greenland	3% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.)


Grenada	1.1% (2011 est.) -1.3% (2010 est.) -5.7% (2009 est.)


Guam	NA%


Guatemala	3.8% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.) 0.5% (2009 est.)


Guernsey	3% (2005 est.)


Guinea	3.6% (2011 est.) 1.9% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	5.3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.)


Guyana	4.2% (2011 est.) 4.4% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.)


Haiti	5.6% (2011 est.) -5.4% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.)


Honduras	3.6% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.) -2.1% (2009 est.)


Hong Kong	5% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.) -2.6% (2009 est.)


Hungary	1.7% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.) -6.8% (2009 est.)


Iceland	3.1% (2011 est.) -4% (2010 est.) -6.8% (2009 est.)


India	7.2% (2011 est.) 10.6% (2010 est.) 6.6% (2009 est.)


Indonesia	6.5% (2011 est.) 6.2% (2010 est.) 4.6% (2009 est.)


Iran	2% (2011 est.) 5.9% (2010 est.) 4% (2009 est.)


Iraq	9.9% (2011 est.) 0.8% (2010 est.) 4.2% (2009 est.)


Ireland	0.7% (2011 est.) -0.4% (2010 est.) -7% (2009 est.)


Isle of Man	5.2% (2005)


Israel	4.7% (2011 est.) 4.8% (2010 est.) 0.8% (2009 est.)


Italy	0.4% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.) -5.5% (2009 est.)


Jamaica	1.5% (2011 est.) -1.4% (2010 est.) -3.1% (2009 est.)


Japan	-0.7% (2011 est.) 4.4% (2010 est.) -5.5% (2009 est.)


Jersey	NA%


Jordan	2.5% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.) 5.5% (2009 est.)


Kazakhstan	7.5% (2011 est.) 7.3% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)


Kenya	5% (2011 est.) 5.6% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.)


Kiribati	1.8% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.) -2.4% (2009 est.)


Korea, North	4% (2011 est.) -0.4% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.)


Korea, South	3.6% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.) 0.3% (2009 est.)


Kosovo	5% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.)


Kuwait	8.2% (2011 est.) 3.4% (2010 est.) -5.2% (2009 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	5.7% (2011 est.) -0.5% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.)


Laos	8.3% (2011 est.) 7.9% (2010 est.) 7.6% (2009 est.)


Latvia	5.5% (2011 est.) -0.3% (2010 est.) -17.7% (2009 est.)


Lebanon	1.5% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.) 8.5% (2009 est.)


Lesotho	4.2% (2011 est.) 5.7% (2010 est.) 3.6% (2009 est.)


Liberia	6.4% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.) 2.8% (2009 est.)


Libya	NA% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.) -0.1% (2009 est.)


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


Lithuania	5.9% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.) -14.8% (2009 est.)


Luxembourg	1% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.) -5.3% (2009 est.)


Macau	1% (2009 est.) 12.9% (2008) 26% (2007)


Macedonia	3% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.)


Madagascar	0.5% (2011 est.) 0.5% (2010 est.) -4.1% (2009 est.)


Malawi	5.5% (2011 est.) 6.5% (2010 est.) 9% (2009 est.)


Malaysia	5.1% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.) -1.6% (2009 est.)


Maldives	7.4% (2011 est.) 5.7% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.)


Mali	2.7% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.) 4.5% (2009 est.)


Malta	2.1% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.) -2.7% (2009 est.)


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


Mauritania	3.6% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.) -1.2% (2009 est.)


Mauritius	4.1% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.)


Mexico	4% (2011 est.) 5.5% (2010 est.) -6.3% (2009 est.)


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


Moldova	6.4% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.) -6% (2009 est.)


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


Mongolia	17.3% (2011 est.) 6.4% (2010 est.) -1.3% (2009 est.)


Montenegro	2.5% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.) -5.7% (2009 est.)


Montserrat	3.5% (2008 est.)


Morocco	4.3% (2011 est.) 3.7% (2010 est.) 4.9% (2009 est.)


Mozambique	7.1% (2011 est.) 6.8% (2010 est.) 6.3% (2009 est.)


Namibia	3.6% (2011 est.) 6.6% (2010 est.) -0.4% (2009 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	3.5% (2011 est.) 4.6% (2010 est.) 4.4% (2009 est.)


Netherlands	1.3% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.) -3.5% (2009 est.)


New Caledonia	NA%


New Zealand	1.4% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.) -2.1% (2009 est.)


Nicaragua	4.7% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.) -1.5% (2009 est.)


Niger	2.3% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.)


Nigeria	7.2% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.) 7% (2009 est.)


Niue	6.2% (2003 est.)


Norway	1.7% (2011 est.) 0.7% (2010 est.) -1.7% (2009 est.)


Oman	5.5% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.) 1.1% (2009 est.)


Pakistan	2.4% (2011 est.) 3.8% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.)


Palau	5.5% (2005 est.)


Panama	10.6% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.) 3.9% (2009 est.)


Papua New Guinea	8.9% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.) 6.1% (2009 est.)


Paraguay	3.8% (2011 est.) 15% (2010 est.) -3.8% (2009 est.)


Peru	6.9% (2011 est.) 8.8% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.)


Philippines	3.7% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.) 1.1% (2009 est.)


Poland	4.4% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.) 1.6% (2009 est.)


Portugal	-1.5% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.) -2.9% (2009 est.)


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


Qatar	18.8% (2011 est.) 16.6% (2010 est.) 12% (2009 est.)


Romania	2.5% (2011 est.) -1.6% (2010 est.) -6.6% (2009 est.)


Russia	4.3% (2011 est.) 4.3% (2010 est.) -7.8% (2009 est.)


Rwanda	8.8% (2011 est.) 7.5% (2010 est.) 4.1% (2009 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA%


Saint Kitts and Nevis	-2% (2011 est.) -2.7% (2010 est.) -5.6% (2009 est.)


Saint Lucia	0.2% (2011 est.) 3.4% (2010 est.) -1.3% (2009 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA%


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.4% (2011 est.) -1.8% (2010 est.) -2.3% (2009 est.)


Samoa	2.1% (2011 est.) 0.2% (2010 est.) -5.4% (2009 est.)


San Marino	0.8% (2011 est.) -0.9% (2010 est.) -13% (2009 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	4.9% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.) 4% (2009 est.)


Saudi Arabia	6.8% (2011 est.) 4.6% (2010 est.) 0.1% (2009 est.)


Senegal	2.6% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.) 2.1% (2009 est.)


Serbia	1.8% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.) -3.5% (2009 est.)


Seychelles	4.9% (2011 est.) 6.7% (2010 est.) 0.5% (2009 est.)


Sierra Leone	5.3% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.) 3.2% (2009 est.)


Singapore	4.9% (2011 est.) 14.8% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.)


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


Slovakia	3.3% (2011 est.) 4.2% (2010 est.) -4.9% (2009 est.)


Slovenia	-0.2% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.) -8% (2009 est.)


Solomon Islands	9.3% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.)


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


South Africa	3.1% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.) -1.5% (2009 est.)


Spain	0.7% (2011 est.) -0.1% (2010 est.) -3.7% (2009 est.)


Sri Lanka	8.2% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Sudan	-3.9% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.)


Suriname	4.5% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Svalbard	NA%


Swaziland	0.3% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)


Sweden	4% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.) -4.8% (2009 est.)


Switzerland	1.9% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.) -1.9% (2009 est.)


Syria	-2% (2011 est.) 3.4% (2010 est.) 5.9% (2009 est.)


Taiwan	4% (2011 est.) 10.7% (2010 est.) -1.8% (2009 est.)


Tajikistan	7.4% (2011 est.) 6.5% (2010 est.) 3.9% (2009 est.)


Tanzania	6.7% (2011 est.) 6.5% (2010 est.) 6.7% (2009 est.)


Thailand	0.1% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.) -2.3% (2009 est.)


Timor-Leste	10.6% (2011 est.) 9.5% (2010 est.) 12.8% (2009 est.)


Togo	4.1% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.) 3.4% (2009 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	1.5% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	-1.3% (2011 est.) 0% (2010 est.) -3.3% (2009 est.)


Tunisia	-0.8% (2011 est.) 3.1% (2010 est.) 3.1% (2009 est.)


Turkey	8.5% (2011 est.) 9% (2010 est.) -4.8% (2009 est.)


Turkmenistan	14.7% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.) 6.1% (2009 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4.9% (2000 est.)


Tuvalu	0.4% (2011 est.) -0.5% (2010 est.) -1.7% (2009 est.)


Uganda	6.7% (2011 est.) 5.9% (2010 est.) 7.2% (2009 est.)


Ukraine	5.2% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.) -14.8% (2009 est.)


United Arab Emirates	4.9% (2011 est.) 0.9% (2010 est.) -3.3% (2009 est.)


United Kingdom	0.7% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.) -4.4% (2009 est.)


United States	1.7% (2011 est.) 3% (2010 est.) -3.5% (2009 est.)


Uruguay	5.7% (2011 est.) 8.9% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)


Uzbekistan	8.3% (2011 est.) 8.5% (2010 est.) 8.1% (2009 est.)


Vanuatu	3.3% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Venezuela	4.2% (2011 est.) -1.5% (2010 est.) -3.2% (2009 est.)


Vietnam	5.9% (2011 est.) 6.8% (2010 est.) 5.3% (2009 est.)


Virgin Islands	2% (2002 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	NA%


West Bank	7% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip


Western Sahara	NA%


World	3.7% (2011) 5.2% (2010 est.) -0.8% (2009 est.)


Yemen	-10.5% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.) 3.9% (2009 est.)


Zambia	6.6% (2011 est.) 7.6% (2010 est.) 6.4% (2009 est.)


Zimbabwe	9.3% (2011 est.) 8.1% (2010 est.) 5.8% (2009 est.)

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