Countries by real GDP growth

Name: Countries by real GDP growth, 2016
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Northern Mariana Islands had the highest real GDP growth of 208 countries in 2016, at 29.2%. Venezuela had the lowest, at -17.1%. The median was 3.1% and the figure for the World was 2.8%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest29.2Northern Mariana Islands

Lowest-17.1Venezuela

Median3.1208 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Northern Mariana Islands	29.2	+25.8 pts
2	Iraq	13.8	+11.2 pts
3	Seychelles	12.1	+3.2 pts
4	Guinea	10.8	+7 pts
5	Ethiopia	9.4	-1 pts
6	Palestine	8.9	+5.1 pts
7	Iran	8.8	+10.2 pts
8	Bhutan	8.5	+1.8 pts
9	India	8.3	+0.3 pts
10	Samoa	8	+4.1 pts
11	Cambodia	7.9	+0.7 pts
12	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.3	-4.1 pts
13	Botswana	7.2	+12.1 pts
14	Côte d’Ivoire	7.2	-0 pts
15	Philippines	7.1	+0.8 pts
16	Djibouti	7.1	-0.2 pts
17	Bangladesh	7.1	+0.6 pts
18	Kiribati	7.1	-4.2 pts
19	Somalia	7	-3.4 pts
20	Laos	7	-0.2 pts
21	Isle of Man	7	+7.3 pts
22	Tajikistan	6.9	+0.9 pts
23	Tanzania	6.9	+0.7 pts
24	China	6.8	-0.2 pts
25	Dominican Republic	6.7	-0.3 pts
26	Uzbekistan	6.7	-1.2 pts
27	Vietnam	6.7	-0.3 pts
28	Tonga	6.6	+5.5 pts
29	Pakistan	6.6	+2.4 pts
30	Cyprus	6.6	+3.2 pts
31	Sierra Leone	6.4	+10.8 pts
32	Maldives	6.4	+2.5 pts
33	Senegal	6.4	-0 pts
34	Turkmenistan	6.2	-0.2 pts
35	Iceland	6.2	+2.4 pts
36	Mali	6	-0.2 pts
37	Burkina Faso	6	+2 pts
38	Myanmar	5.9	-1.1 pts
39	Rwanda	5.7	-3.2 pts
40	United Arab Emirates	5.7	-1.4 pts
41	Solomon Islands	5.6	+3.9 pts
42	Papua New Guinea	5.5	-1.1 pts
43	Guinea-Bissau	5.4	-0.7 pts
44	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.2	+3.6 pts
45	Sri Lanka	5.1	+0.8 pts
46	Oman	5	0 pts
47	Indonesia	5	+0.2 pts
48	Saint Martin	5	+4 pts
49	Luxembourg	5	+2.7 pts
50	Uganda	4.8	-0.4 pts
51	Tuvalu	4.8	-4.6 pts
52	Central African Republic	4.8	+0.4 pts
53	Mozambique	4.7	-2.7 pts
54	Greenland	4.7	+7.2 pts
55	Moldova	4.6	+5 pts
56	Panama	4.6	-0.7 pts
57	Nicaragua	4.6	-0.2 pts
58	Israel	4.5	+2.3 pts
59	Cameroon	4.5	-1.1 pts
60	Malaysia	4.4	-0.6 pts
61	Egypt	4.3	-0 pts
62	Kyrgyzstan	4.3	+0.5 pts
63	Niger	4.3	-0.1 pts
64	Cape Verde	4.3	+3.3 pts
65	Paraguay	4.3	+1.3 pts
66	Bolivia	4.3	-0.6 pts
67	Togo	4.2	-1.3 pts
68	Kenya	4.2	-0.8 pts
69	Costa Rica	4.2	+0.6 pts
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.1	+1.4 pts
71	Nauru	4.1	+0.7 pts
72	Antigua and Barbuda	4.1	+2.7 pts
73	Malta	4.1	-5.5 pts
74	Madagascar	4	+0.9 pts
75	Peru	4	+0.7 pts
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.9	+3.2 pts
77	Singapore	3.9	+0.9 pts
78	Albania	3.9	+1.7 pts
79	Algeria	3.9	+0.7 pts
80	Honduras	3.9	+0.1 pts
81	Mauritius	3.9	+0.2 pts
82	Bahrain	3.8	+1.3 pts
83	Guyana	3.8	+3.1 pts
84	Zambia	3.8	+0.8 pts
85	New Zealand	3.7	0 pts
86	Grenada	3.7	-2.7 pts
87	Andorra	3.7	+2.3 pts
88	Vanuatu	3.6	+0.1 pts
89	Lesotho	3.6	+0.5 pts
90	Sudan	3.5	+1.6 pts
91	Croatia	3.5	+1.1 pts
92	Georgia	3.5	+0.1 pts
93	Montenegro	3.4	+0.9 pts
94	Thailand	3.4	+0.3 pts
95	Saint Lucia	3.4	+3.3 pts
96	Ghana	3.4	+1.3 pts
97	Benin	3.3	+1.6 pts
98	Türkiye	3.3	-2.5 pts
99	Comoros	3.3	+2.2 pts
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.2	-1 pts
101	Cayman Islands	3.2	+0.4 pts
102	Burundi	3.2	+3.6 pts
103	South Korea	3.2	+0.3 pts
104	Estonia	3.1	+1.3 pts
105	Denmark	3.1	+1 pts
106	Qatar	3.1	-1.7 pts
107	Slovenia	3	+0.6 pts
108	Poland	3	-1.4 pts
109	Bulgaria	3	-0.4 pts
110	Timor-Leste	3	+0.5 pts
111	Monaco	3	-1.9 pts
112	Serbia	3	+1.7 pts
113	Eswatini	2.9	+1.2 pts
114	Kuwait	2.9	+2.3 pts
115	Spain	2.9	-1.1 pts
116	Romania	2.9	-0.3 pts
117	North Macedonia	2.8	-1 pts
118	Jamaica	2.8	+1.8 pts
119	Australia	2.8	+0.6 pts
120	Guatemala	2.7	-1.4 pts
121	Lithuania	2.7	-0.2 pts
122	Czechia	2.6	-2.4 pts
123	Finland	2.6	+2.1 pts
124	Latvia	2.6	-1.2 pts
125	El Salvador	2.5	+0.1 pts
126	Marshall Islands	2.5	+0.6 pts
127	Malawi	2.5	-0.3 pts
128	Fiji	2.4	-2.1 pts
129	Ukraine	2.4	+12.2 pts
130	Hungary	2.4	-1.2 pts
131	Netherlands	2.4	+0.3 pts
132	San Marino	2.3	+0.1 pts
133	French Polynesia	2.3	+0.5 pts
134	Afghanistan	2.3	+0.8 pts
135	Germany	2.2	+0.6 pts
136	United Kingdom	2.2	+0.1 pts
137	Hong Kong	2.2	-0.2 pts
138	Sweden	2.1	-2.3 pts
139	Austria	2.1	+0.8 pts
140	Jordan	2.1	-0.4 pts
141	Gabon	2.1	-1.8 pts
142	Colombia	2.1	-0.9 pts
143	Portugal	2	+0.4 pts
144	Slovakia	1.9	-3.2 pts
145	Gambia	1.9	-2.1 pts
146	Switzerland	1.9	+0.5 pts
147	United States	1.8	-1.1 pts
148	Haiti	1.8	+0.4 pts
149	Mexico	1.8	-0.9 pts
150	Chile	1.8	-0.4 pts
151	Saudi Arabia	1.7	-3 pts
152	Uruguay	1.7	+1.3 pts
153	Palau	1.7	-6.9 pts
154	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.6	+2 pts
155	Lebanon	1.6	+1.1 pts
156	Mongolia	1.5	-0.9 pts
157	Dominica	1.4	+4.8 pts
158	Barbados	1.4	+2.2 pts
159	Faroe Islands	1.4	+0.4 pts
160	Norway	1.3	-0.8 pts
161	Mauritania	1.3	-4.1 pts
162	Micronesia	1.3	-3.1 pts
163	Italy	1.2	+0.4 pts
164	Aruba	1.2	-2.4 pts
165	Ireland	1.2	-23.4 pts
166	Belgium	1.2	-0.3 pts
167	Tunisia	1.1	+0.1 pts
168	Kazakhstan	1.1	-0.1 pts
169	Canada	1	+0.4 pts
170	Sint Maarten	1	+0.9 pts
171	France	0.9	-0.2 pts
172	Zimbabwe	0.8	-1 pts
173	Japan	0.7	-1.1 pts
174	South Africa	0.7	-0.7 pts
175	Morocco	0.5	-3.8 pts
176	Cuba	0.5	-3.9 pts
177	Nepal	0.4	-3.5 pts
178	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.4	-6 pts
179	Armenia	0.2	-3 pts
180	Russia	0.2	+2.2 pts
181	Guam	0.2	-0.6 pts
182	Namibia	0	-4.2 pts
183	Belize	-0	-2.8 pts
184	Greece	-0	+0.2 pts
185	Angola	-0.2	-1 pts
186	Bermuda	-0.7	-1.4 pts
187	Ecuador	-0.7	-0.8 pts
188	Macao	-0.7	+21.1 pts
189	Curaçao	-1.1	-1.5 pts
190	Bahamas	-1.2	-2.2 pts
191	Puerto Rico	-1.3	-0.2 pts
192	Libya	-1.5	-0.6 pts
193	Liberia	-1.6	-1.5 pts
194	Nigeria	-1.6	-4.3 pts
195	American Samoa	-1.7	-4.8 pts
196	Argentina	-2.1	-4.8 pts
197	Brunei	-2.5	-2.1 pts
198	Belarus	-2.5	+1.3 pts
199	Azerbaijan	-3.1	-4.1 pts
200	Brazil	-3.3	+0.3 pts
201	Chad	-4.1	-7.4 pts
202	Suriname	-4.9	-1.5 pts
203	Syria	-6.4	-2.2 pts
204	Trinidad and Tobago	-7.5	-7.1 pts
205	Republic of the Congo	-8.7	-9.1 pts
206	Equatorial Guinea	-8.8	+0.3 pts
207	Yemen	-9.4	+18.6 pts
208	Venezuela	-17.1	-10.9 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. 4 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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?

Northern Mariana Islands, with 29.2% in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest real GDP growth?

Venezuela, with -17.1% in 2016.

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. 4 countries have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.