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Countries by real GDP growth

Democratic Republic of the Congo had the highest real GDP growth of 207 countries in 2013, at 17.5%. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at -36.4%. The median was 3.3% and the figure for the World was 2.9%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest17.5Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lowest-36.4Central African Republic
Median3.3207 countries
World2.9History

Top 40 countries, 2013

CSVChart (SVG)

Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 17.5 %17.5Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 14.7 %14.7South SudanSouth Sudan: 13.1 %13.1MongoliaMongolia: 11.6 %11.6BotswanaBotswana: 11.1 %11.1SomaliaSomalia: 11 %11KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan: 10.9 %10.9MacaoMacao: 10.8 %10.8Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 10.8 %10.8EthiopiaEthiopia: 10.6 %10.6TurkmenistanTurkmenistan: 10.2 %10.2MonacoMonaco: 9.6 %9.6MoldovaMoldova: 9 %9LiberiaLiberia: 8.7 %8.7TürkiyeTürkiye: 8.5 %8.5MyanmarMyanmar: 8.4 %8.4ParaguayParaguay: 8.3 %8.3LaosLaos: 8 %8UzbekistanUzbekistan: 7.9 %7.9CambodiaCambodia: 7.9 %7.9ChinaChina: 7.8 %7.8KiribatiKiribati: 7.7 %7.7IraqIraq: 7.6 %7.6TajikistanTajikistan: 7.4 %7.4GhanaGhana: 7.3 %7.3EcuadorEcuador: 7.2 %7.2BeninBenin: 7.2 %7.2MaldivesMaldives: 7 %7BoliviaBolivia: 6.8 %6.8TanzaniaTanzania: 6.8 %6.8PhilippinesPhilippines: 6.8 %6.8NigeriaNigeria: 6.7 %6.7MozambiqueMozambique: 6.6 %6.6ArubaAruba: 6.4 %6.4IndiaIndia: 6.4 %6.4PanamaPanama: 6.3 %6.3MaltaMalta: 6.3 %6.3BangladeshBangladesh: 6 %6KazakhstanKazakhstan: 6 %6Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 5.9 %5.9
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Democratic Republic of the Congo17.5+8.8 pts
2Sierra Leone14.7+4.1 pts
3South Sudan13.1+59.2 pts
4Mongolia11.6-0.7 pts
5Botswana11.1+11.3 pts
6Somalia11+4.3 pts
7Kyrgyzstan10.9+11 pts
8Macao10.8+1.6 pts
9Côte d’Ivoire10.8+3.1 pts
10Ethiopia10.6+1.9 pts
11Turkmenistan10.2-0.9 pts
12Monaco9.6+8.6 pts
13Moldova9+9.6 pts
14Liberia8.7+0.7 pts
15Türkiye8.5+3.7 pts
16Myanmar8.4+1.1 pts
17Paraguay8.3+9 pts
18Laos80 pts
19Uzbekistan7.9+0.6 pts
20Cambodia7.9+0.2 pts
21China7.8-0.1 pts
22Kiribati7.7+1.9 pts
23Iraq7.6-6.3 pts
24Tajikistan7.4-0.1 pts
25Ghana7.3-2 pts
26Ecuador7.2+1.4 pts
27Benin7.2+2.4 pts
28Maldives7+4.6 pts
29Bolivia6.8+1.7 pts
30Tanzania6.8+2.3 pts
31Philippines6.8-0.1 pts
32Nigeria6.7+2.4 pts
33Mozambique6.6-1.4 pts
34Aruba6.4+7.5 pts
35India6.4+0.9 pts
36Panama6.3-3.3 pts
37Malta6.3+2.2 pts
38Bangladesh6-0.5 pts
39Kazakhstan6+1.2 pts
40Faroe Islands5.9-1.2 pts
41Peru5.9-0.3 pts
42Azerbaijan5.8+3.6 pts
43Togo5.8-0.5 pts
44Burkina Faso5.8-0.7 pts
45Saint Kitts and Nevis5.7+6.5 pts
46Gabon5.6+0.4 pts
47Namibia5.6+0.6 pts
48Afghanistan5.6-7.2 pts
49Indonesia5.6-0.5 pts
50Vietnam5.60 pts
51Malawi5.4+3.5 pts
52Niger5.3-5.2 pts
53Bahrain5.3+1.5 pts
54Solomon Islands5.2+2.8 pts
55Oman5.2-3.6 pts
56Colombia5.1+1.2 pts
57Georgia5.1-1.4 pts
58São Tomé and Príncipe5.1+2.2 pts
59Zambia5.1-2.5 pts
60Cameroon5+0.4 pts
61Dominican Republic4.9+2.2 pts
62Nicaragua4.9-1.6 pts
63Burundi4.9+0.5 pts
64United Arab Emirates4.9+0.2 pts
65Angola4.9-3.6 pts
66Yemen4.8+2.4 pts
67Singapore4.8+0.4 pts
68Fiji4.7+3.3 pts
69Rwanda4.7-3.9 pts
70Palestine4.7-1.4 pts
71Malaysia4.7-0.8 pts
72Uruguay4.6+1.1 pts
73Comoros4.5+1.3 pts
74Qatar4.4-0.2 pts
75Pakistan4.4+1.3 pts
76Haiti4.3+3.8 pts
77Mauritania4.2-0.3 pts
78Isle of Man4.1-3.2 pts
79Nauru4.1-20.2 pts
80Morocco4.1+1.1 pts
81Eswatini4.10 pts
82Israel4.1+1.7 pts
83Belize4.1+0.1 pts
84Sri Lanka4.1-4.6 pts
85Lithuania4-0.3 pts
86Guinea3.9-2 pts
87Lebanon3.8+1.3 pts
88Papua New Guinea3.8-0.8 pts
89Marshall Islands3.8+5.1 pts
90Tuvalu3.8+6.7 pts
91Kenya3.8-0.8 pts
92Guatemala3.7+0.7 pts
93Guyana3.7-1.6 pts
94Iceland3.6+2.4 pts
95Uganda3.6-0.3 pts
96Nepal3.5-1.1 pts
97Mauritius3.4-0.1 pts
98Montenegro3.4+5.9 pts
99Trinidad and Tobago3.4-3.3 pts
100Chile3.3-2.8 pts
101Armenia3.3-3.9 pts
102South Korea3.3+0.7 pts
103Mali3.3+4.4 pts
104Guinea-Bissau3.3+5 pts
105Luxembourg3.2+1.5 pts
106Timor-Leste3.1-1.8 pts
107Hong Kong3.1+1.4 pts
108Brazil3+1.1 pts
109Saudi Arabia2.9-2.8 pts
110Suriname2.9+0.2 pts
111North Macedonia2.9+3.4 pts
112Gambia2.9-2.4 pts
113Chad2.8-6.2 pts
114Honduras2.8-1.3 pts
115Cuba2.7-0.3 pts
116Jordan2.7+0.3 pts
117Thailand2.7-4.6 pts
118Northern Mariana Islands2.7+1.9 pts
119Australia2.7-1.3 pts
120Algeria2.6+0.2 pts
121New Zealand2.6+0.3 pts
122Costa Rica2.5-2.4 pts
123South Africa2.5+0.1 pts
124Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.5+1.3 pts
125Tunisia2.4-1.8 pts
126Senegal2.4-1.6 pts
127Argentina2.4+3.4 pts
128Grenada2.4+3.5 pts
129Bosnia and Herzegovina2.3+3.2 pts
130Canada2.3+0.6 pts
131Madagascar2.3-0.7 pts
132El Salvador2.2-0.6 pts
133Ireland2.2+2.6 pts
134Egypt2.2-0 pts
135United States2.1-0.2 pts
136Latvia2.1-5.2 pts
137Hungary2+3.4 pts
138Japan2+0.3 pts
139Zimbabwe2-14.7 pts
140Sudan2+19 pts
141Switzerland1.8+0.7 pts
142Lesotho1.8-4.5 pts
143Estonia1.8-1.9 pts
144Russia1.8-2.3 pts
145Bhutan1.7-3.4 pts
146United Kingdom1.7+0.2 pts
147Albania1.7+0.7 pts
148Guam1.7-0.4 pts
149Denmark1.4+1.4 pts
150Sint Maarten1.3-0.1 pts
151Venezuela1.3-4.4 pts
152Cayman Islands1.30 pts
153Norway1.3-1.6 pts
154Seychelles1.3-1.9 pts
155Kuwait1.1-5.5 pts
156Sweden1.1+1.6 pts
157Turks and Caicos Islands1.1+3.7 pts
158Belarus1-0.7 pts
159Mexico0.9-2.7 pts
160France0.8+0.6 pts
161Slovakia0.7-0.9 pts
162Poland0.7-0.8 pts
163Cape Verde0.6-0.5 pts
164Jamaica0.5+1.1 pts
165Vanuatu0.5-0.5 pts
166Serbia0.5+0.9 pts
167French Polynesia0.4+1.3 pts
168Germany0.4-0.1 pts
169Tonga0.4-0.5 pts
170Belgium0.3+0.1 pts
171Romania0.3-1.6 pts
172Barbados0.2+3.1 pts
173Samoa0.1+3.8 pts
174Ukraine0-0.1 pts
175Dominica0+0.2 pts
176Netherlands-0+0.9 pts
177Czechia-0+0.7 pts
178Croatia-0.1+2.1 pts
179Austria-0.3-0.9 pts
180Bermuda-0.3+5 pts
181Puerto Rico-0.3-0.3 pts
182Bulgaria-0.5-1.3 pts
183Antigua and Barbuda-0.6-4 pts
184Curaçao-0.6-0.3 pts
185Republic of the Congo-0.7-10.7 pts
186San Marino-0.8+6.3 pts
187Slovenia-0.8+2.1 pts
188Finland-1+0.5 pts
189Portugal-1+3.1 pts
190Greenland-1.3-2.7 pts
191Palau-1.4-3.5 pts
192Spain-1.4+1.4 pts
193Iran-1.5+2.2 pts
194Italy-1.8+1.3 pts
195Saint Lucia-1.8-1.7 pts
196Brunei-2.1-3 pts
197Greece-2.3+6.1 pts
198American Samoa-2.5+1.8 pts
199Bahamas-2.9-7.4 pts
200Andorra-3.5+1.4 pts
201Micronesia-3.7-2.1 pts
202Equatorial Guinea-4.1-12.4 pts
203U.S. Virgin Islands-6.3+8.5 pts
204Cyprus-6.6-3.1 pts
205Libya-18-104.8 pts
206Syria-26.30 pts
207Central African Republic-36.4-41.4 pts

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About this ranking

Annual percentage change of GDP in chain-linked volumes, or at constant prices in the World Bank series.

Each value comes from one official source for that place: national statistics offices, Eurostat, for the United States the Bureau of Economic Analysis or, for other countries and the World, the World Bank. Annual values compare one calendar year with the previous one; quarterly values compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier. Past values can be revised. United States figures come from BEA tables SAGDP11 for the nation and states and CAGDP11 for counties. Growth in small counties can swing widely from year to year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 5 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP growth, annual % (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest real GDP growth?

Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 17.5% in 2013, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest real GDP growth?

The Central African Republic, with -36.4% in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, GDP growth, annual % (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 5 countries have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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