Countries by real GDP growth

Name: Countries by real GDP growth, 2015
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Ireland had the highest real GDP growth of 209 countries in 2015, at 24.6%. Yemen had the lowest, at -28%. The median was 2.9% and the figure for the World was 3.1%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest24.6Ireland

Lowest-28Yemen

Median2.9209 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2015

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%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Ireland	24.6	+15.2 pts
2	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.3	+2.6 pts
3	Kiribati	11.3	+10 pts
4	Somalia	10.5	+1.5 pts
5	Ethiopia	10.4	+0.1 pts
6	Malta	9.6	+2 pts
7	Tuvalu	9.4	+7.7 pts
8	Seychelles	8.9	+4.9 pts
9	Rwanda	8.9	+3.2 pts
10	Palau	8.6	+4.4 pts
11	India	8	+0.6 pts
12	Uzbekistan	7.9	+0.2 pts
13	Mozambique	7.4	-0.3 pts
14	Djibouti	7.3	+0.1 pts
15	Laos	7.3	-0.3 pts
16	Cambodia	7.2	-0.8 pts
17	Côte d’Ivoire	7.2	-2.2 pts
18	United Arab Emirates	7.1	+2.5 pts
19	Myanmar	7	-1.2 pts
20	Dominican Republic	7	-0.1 pts
21	Vietnam	7	+0.6 pts
22	China	7	-0.5 pts
23	Bhutan	6.7	+0.8 pts
24	Papua New Guinea	6.6	-7 pts
25	Bangladesh	6.6	+0.5 pts
26	Turkmenistan	6.5	-3.9 pts
27	Grenada	6.4	-0.9 pts
28	Senegal	6.4	+0.1 pts
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.4	-0.9 pts
30	Philippines	6.3	0 pts
31	Mali	6.2	-0.3 pts
32	Tanzania	6.2	-0.6 pts
33	Guinea-Bissau	6.1	+5.2 pts
34	Tajikistan	6	-0.7 pts
35	Türkiye	5.8	+1.2 pts
36	Cameroon	5.7	-0.1 pts
37	Togo	5.5	-0.2 pts
38	Mauritania	5.4	+1.1 pts
39	Panama	5.3	+0.6 pts
40	Uganda	5.2	+0.1 pts
41	Slovakia	5.2	+2.5 pts
42	Malaysia	5.1	-0.9 pts
43	Oman	5	+3.7 pts
44	Kenya	5	-0.1 pts
45	Czechia	5	+2.7 pts
46	Monaco	4.9	-2.3 pts
47	Indonesia	4.9	-0.1 pts
48	Bolivia	4.9	-0.6 pts
49	Nicaragua	4.8	0 pts
50	Qatar	4.8	+0.6 pts
51	Saudi Arabia	4.7	+0.6 pts
52	Fiji	4.5	-1.1 pts
53	Cuba	4.4	+3.4 pts
54	Poland	4.4	+0.5 pts
55	Niger	4.4	-2.2 pts
56	Sweden	4.4	+2.1 pts
57	Micronesia	4.4	+7 pts
58	Egypt	4.4	+1.5 pts
59	Morocco	4.3	+1.6 pts
60	Central African Republic	4.3	+4.3 pts
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.3	+3.1 pts
62	Namibia	4.3	-1.8 pts
63	Pakistan	4.2	+0.1 pts
64	Sri Lanka	4.2	-2.2 pts
65	Guatemala	4.1	-0.4 pts
66	Spain	4.1	+2.5 pts
67	Gambia	4.1	+5.5 pts
68	Nepal	4	-2 pts
69	Burkina Faso	3.9	-0.4 pts
70	Gabon	3.9	-0.4 pts
71	Kyrgyzstan	3.9	-0.1 pts
72	Maldives	3.9	-4 pts
73	North Macedonia	3.9	+0.2 pts
74	Samoa	3.9	+3.2 pts
75	Honduras	3.8	+0.8 pts
76	Guinea	3.8	+0.1 pts
77	Latvia	3.8	+1.7 pts
78	Iceland	3.8	+1.9 pts
79	New Zealand	3.7	-0.1 pts
80	Palestine	3.7	+3.9 pts
81	Mauritius	3.7	-0.1 pts
82	Hungary	3.7	-0.7 pts
83	Costa Rica	3.7	+0.1 pts
84	Aruba	3.6	+2.2 pts
85	Vanuatu	3.5	+0.4 pts
86	Cyprus	3.4	+5.2 pts
87	Nauru	3.4	-12.4 pts
88	Bulgaria	3.4	+2.4 pts
89	Northern Mariana Islands	3.4	-0.8 pts
90	Georgia	3.4	-0.7 pts
91	Chad	3.3	+1.2 pts
92	Peru	3.3	+0.9 pts
93	Algeria	3.2	-0.9 pts
94	Armenia	3.2	-0.4 pts
95	Romania	3.2	-1 pts
96	American Samoa	3.1	+1.4 pts
97	Thailand	3.1	+2.1 pts
98	Madagascar	3.1	-0.2 pts
99	Lesotho	3.1	+1.4 pts
100	Singapore	3	-1 pts
101	Paraguay	3	-2.3 pts
102	Colombia	3	-1.5 pts
103	United States	2.9	+0.4 pts
104	Zambia	2.9	-1.8 pts
105	South Korea	2.9	-0.3 pts
106	Cayman Islands	2.8	+0.2 pts
107	Lithuania	2.8	-0.9 pts
108	Malawi	2.8	-2.8 pts
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.8	+1.6 pts
110	Belize	2.8	-1.1 pts
111	Argentina	2.7	+5.2 pts
112	Mexico	2.7	+0.2 pts
113	Nigeria	2.7	-3.7 pts
114	Iraq	2.6	+0.3 pts
115	Montenegro	2.5	+0.2 pts
116	Jordan	2.5	-0.8 pts
117	Bahrain	2.5	-1.8 pts
118	Timor-Leste	2.5	-2 pts
119	El Salvador	2.4	+0.7 pts
120	Slovenia	2.4	-0.4 pts
121	Hong Kong	2.4	-0.4 pts
122	Mongolia	2.4	-5.5 pts
123	Croatia	2.3	+2.9 pts
124	San Marino	2.3	+3 pts
125	Luxembourg	2.3	-0.4 pts
126	Israel	2.2	-1.5 pts
127	Albania	2.2	-0 pts
128	Australia	2.2	-0.4 pts
129	Chile	2.2	+0.4 pts
130	United Kingdom	2.1	-1 pts
131	Ghana	2.1	-0.7 pts
132	Netherlands	2.1	+0.5 pts
133	Denmark	2.1	+0.8 pts
134	Norway	2	-0.1 pts
135	Sudan	1.9	-2.8 pts
136	Marshall Islands	1.9	+3.1 pts
137	Estonia	1.8	-1.5 pts
138	French Polynesia	1.8	+1.2 pts
139	Japan	1.8	+0.9 pts
140	Zimbabwe	1.8	-0.6 pts
141	Benin	1.8	-4.6 pts
142	Eswatini	1.7	-0.4 pts
143	Solomon Islands	1.7	+0.5 pts
144	Germany	1.7	-0.5 pts
145	Portugal	1.6	+0.8 pts
146	São Tomé and Príncipe	1.5	-3.4 pts
147	Belgium	1.5	-0.3 pts
148	Switzerland	1.5	-1.1 pts
149	Afghanistan	1.5	-1.3 pts
150	Andorra	1.4	-1.1 pts
151	Antigua and Barbuda	1.4	-0.8 pts
152	Haiti	1.4	-1.5 pts
153	South Africa	1.3	-0.1 pts
154	Austria	1.3	+0.5 pts
155	Serbia	1.3	+3.1 pts
156	Kazakhstan	1.2	-3 pts
157	Comoros	1.1	-1 pts
158	Tonga	1.1	-0.9 pts
159	France	1.1	+0.1 pts
160	Azerbaijan	1	-1.7 pts
161	Saint Martin	1	n/a
162	Bahamas	1	-0.8 pts
163	Tunisia	1	-2.1 pts
164	Faroe Islands	1	-4.5 pts
165	Cape Verde	0.9	+0.2 pts
166	Jamaica	0.9	+0.2 pts
167	Italy	0.9	+0.9 pts
168	Guam	0.8	-1 pts
169	Bermuda	0.8	+4.5 pts
170	Angola	0.8	-3.9 pts
171	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.7	-6.9 pts
172	Guyana	0.7	-1 pts
173	Canada	0.6	-2.2 pts
174	Kuwait	0.6	+0.1 pts
175	Finland	0.5	+0.9 pts
176	Lebanon	0.5	-2 pts
177	Curaçao	0.5	+1.1 pts
178	Republic of the Congo	0.4	-6.2 pts
179	Uruguay	0.4	-2.9 pts
180	Ecuador	0.1	-4.1 pts
181	Sint Maarten	0.1	-1.5 pts
182	Saint Lucia	0.1	-1.2 pts
183	Liberia	-0	-0.7 pts
184	Greece	-0.2	-1 pts
185	Moldova	-0.3	-5.3 pts
186	Isle of Man	-0.4	-5.5 pts
187	Brunei	-0.4	+2.1 pts
188	Burundi	-0.4	-4.6 pts
189	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.4	-4.1 pts
190	U.S. Virgin Islands	-0.4	+1.3 pts
191	Barbados	-0.8	-1.6 pts
192	Libya	-0.8	+22.2 pts
193	Puerto Rico	-1	+0.1 pts
194	Iran	-1.4	-6.4 pts
195	Russia	-2	-2.7 pts
196	Greenland	-2.5	-7.3 pts
197	Dominica	-3.4	-5.7 pts
198	Suriname	-3.4	-3.7 pts
199	Brazil	-3.5	-4 pts
200	Belarus	-3.8	-5.5 pts
201	Syria	-4.2	+6.1 pts
202	Sierra Leone	-4.4	+3.5 pts
203	Botswana	-4.9	-10.5 pts
204	Venezuela	-6.2	-2.3 pts
205	Equatorial Guinea	-9.1	-9.5 pts
206	Ukraine	-9.8	+0.3 pts
207	South Sudan	-10.8	-14.2 pts
208	Macao	-21.8	-19.7 pts
209	Yemen	-28	-27.8 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. 3 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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?

Ireland, with 24.6% in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest real GDP growth?

Yemen, with -28% in 2015.

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. 3 countries have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.