Countries by real GDP growth

Name: Countries by real GDP growth, 2017
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Turks and Caicos Islands had the highest real GDP growth of 208 countries in 2017, at 74.6%. Venezuela had the lowest, at -15.7%. The median was 3.3% and the figure for the World was 3.4%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest74.6Turks and Caicos Islands

Lowest-15.7Venezuela

Median3.3208 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2017 (%)	Change on 2016
1	Turks and Caicos Islands	74.6	+67.3 pts
2	Libya	32.5	+34 pts
3	Northern Mariana Islands	23.2	-6 pts
4	Somalia	14.7	+7.7 pts
5	Malta	13	+8.9 pts
6	Guinea	10.3	-0.5 pts
7	Ireland	10.1	+8.9 pts
8	Macao	9.9	+10.6 pts
9	Ethiopia	9.6	+0.1 pts
10	Nepal	9	+8.5 pts
11	Romania	8.2	+5.3 pts
12	Ghana	8.1	+4.8 pts
13	Cambodia	8.1	+0.2 pts
14	Türkiye	7.8	+4.5 pts
15	Armenia	7.5	+7.3 pts
16	Côte d’Ivoire	7.4	+0.2 pts
17	Senegal	7.4	+1.1 pts
18	Tajikistan	7.1	+0.2 pts
19	Maldives	7.1	+0.7 pts
20	Seychelles	7	-5.2 pts
21	Vietnam	6.9	+0.3 pts
22	Philippines	6.9	-0.2 pts
23	Laos	6.9	-0.1 pts
24	China	6.9	+0.1 pts
25	India	6.8	-1.5 pts
26	Tanzania	6.7	-0.1 pts
27	Bangladesh	6.6	-0.5 pts
28	Sri Lanka	6.5	+1.4 pts
29	Turkmenistan	6.5	+0.2 pts
30	Mauritania	6.3	+5 pts
31	Burkina Faso	6.2	+0.2 pts
32	Myanmar	6.1	+0.3 pts
33	Ecuador	6	+6.7 pts
34	Malaysia	5.8	+1.4 pts
35	Cyprus	5.8	-0.8 pts
36	Panama	5.7	+1.2 pts
37	Benin	5.7	+2.3 pts
38	Mongolia	5.6	+4.1 pts
39	Estonia	5.6	+2.5 pts
40	Niger	5.5	+1.3 pts
41	Djibouti	5.5	-1.7 pts
42	Mali	5.4	-0.6 pts
43	Fiji	5.4	+2.9 pts
44	Slovenia	5.2	+2.1 pts
45	Czechia	5.2	+2.6 pts
46	Georgia	5.2	+1.7 pts
47	Poland	5.2	+2.1 pts
48	Indonesia	5.1	0 pts
49	Morocco	5.1	+4.5 pts
50	Bahrain	5	+1.1 pts
51	Honduras	4.8	+0.9 pts
52	Gambia	4.8	+2.9 pts
53	Paraguay	4.8	+0.5 pts
54	Kyrgyzstan	4.7	+0.4 pts
55	Zimbabwe	4.7	+4 pts
56	Rwanda	4.7	-1 pts
57	Uzbekistan	4.7	-2 pts
58	Guinea-Bissau	4.7	-0.8 pts
59	Nicaragua	4.6	+0.1 pts
60	Lithuania	4.6	+1.9 pts
61	Cape Verde	4.6	+0.3 pts
62	Central African Republic	4.5	-0.2 pts
63	Grenada	4.4	+0.7 pts
64	Pakistan	4.4	-2.1 pts
65	Israel	4.3	-0.2 pts
66	Singapore	4.3	+0.4 pts
67	French Polynesia	4.3	+2 pts
68	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.2	+3.8 pts
69	Vanuatu	4.2	+0.6 pts
70	Bolivia	4.2	-0.1 pts
71	Egypt	4.2	-0.2 pts
72	Thailand	4.2	+0.7 pts
73	Moldova	4.2	-0.5 pts
74	Costa Rica	4.2	-0 pts
75	Hungary	4.1	+1.7 pts
76	Botswana	4.1	-3.1 pts
77	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.1	-1.1 pts
78	Kazakhstan	4.1	+3 pts
79	Togo	4	-0.2 pts
80	Malawi	4	+1.5 pts
81	Mauritius	4	+0.1 pts
82	Dominican Republic	3.9	-2.8 pts
83	Madagascar	3.9	-0.1 pts
84	Kenya	3.8	-0.4 pts
85	Burundi	3.8	+0.6 pts
86	Comoros	3.8	+0.5 pts
87	Hong Kong	3.8	+1.6 pts
88	Guyana	3.7	-0.1 pts
89	Kiribati	3.7	-3.4 pts
90	Bermuda	3.6	+4.3 pts
91	Marshall Islands	3.6	+1.1 pts
92	Cameroon	3.5	-1 pts
93	Papua New Guinea	3.5	-2 pts
94	Zambia	3.5	-0.2 pts
95	Eswatini	3.5	+0.6 pts
96	Faroe Islands	3.5	+2.1 pts
97	Aruba	3.5	+2.3 pts
98	Iceland	3.5	-2.7 pts
99	South Korea	3.4	+0.3 pts
100	Latvia	3.4	+0.8 pts
101	Saint Lucia	3.4	-0 pts
102	Bahamas	3.4	+4.5 pts
103	New Zealand	3.3	-0.4 pts
104	Portugal	3.3	+1.3 pts
105	Finland	3.3	+0.7 pts
106	Croatia	3.3	-0.2 pts
107	Albania	3.3	-0.6 pts
108	Tuvalu	3.3	-1.5 pts
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.2	0 pts
110	Montenegro	3.2	-0.2 pts
111	Sierra Leone	3.2	-3.2 pts
112	Tonga	3.2	-3.4 pts
113	Cayman Islands	3.2	-0.1 pts
114	Uganda	3.1	-1.6 pts
115	Guatemala	3.1	+0.4 pts
116	Solomon Islands	3.1	-2.5 pts
117	Denmark	3.1	-0 pts
118	Canada	3	+2 pts
119	Iran	3	-5.8 pts
120	United Kingdom	3	+0.8 pts
121	Spain	2.9	-0 pts
122	Slovakia	2.9	+0.9 pts
123	Isle of Man	2.8	-4.1 pts
124	Argentina	2.8	+4.9 pts
125	Germany	2.8	+0.6 pts
126	Netherlands	2.8	+0.4 pts
127	Bulgaria	2.7	-0.3 pts
128	Antigua and Barbuda	2.7	-1.4 pts
129	Norway	2.7	+1.4 pts
130	Afghanistan	2.6	+0.4 pts
131	Mozambique	2.6	-2.1 pts
132	Belarus	2.5	+5.1 pts
133	Peru	2.5	-1.4 pts
134	Haiti	2.5	+0.7 pts
135	Jordan	2.5	+0.4 pts
136	United States	2.5	+0.6 pts
137	Liberia	2.5	+4 pts
138	Serbia	2.4	-0.6 pts
139	Ukraine	2.4	-0.1 pts
140	Australia	2.3	-0.5 pts
141	Jamaica	2.3	-0.5 pts
142	Austria	2.3	+0.2 pts
143	Tunisia	2.3	+1.1 pts
144	El Salvador	2.2	-0.3 pts
145	Bhutan	2.1	-6.4 pts
146	France	2.1	+1.2 pts
147	Micronesia	2.1	+0.8 pts
148	Sweden	1.9	-0.2 pts
149	Mexico	1.9	+0.1 pts
150	Russia	1.8	+1.6 pts
151	Cuba	1.8	+1.3 pts
152	Uruguay	1.7	+0.1 pts
153	Japan	1.6	+0.9 pts
154	Italy	1.6	+0.4 pts
155	Suriname	1.6	+6.5 pts
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.5	-2.6 pts
157	Algeria	1.5	-2.4 pts
158	Belgium	1.5	+0.3 pts
159	Greece	1.5	+1.5 pts
160	Switzerland	1.4	-0.5 pts
161	Palestine	1.4	-7.4 pts
162	Samoa	1.4	-6.6 pts
163	Colombia	1.4	-0.7 pts
164	Chile	1.4	-0.4 pts
165	Brunei	1.3	+3.8 pts
166	Brazil	1.3	+4.6 pts
167	Luxembourg	1.3	-3.7 pts
168	Saudi Arabia	1.2	-0.5 pts
169	South Africa	1.2	+0.5 pts
170	North Macedonia	1.1	-1.8 pts
171	Lebanon	0.9	-0.7 pts
172	Guam	0.9	+0.7 pts
173	Nigeria	0.8	+2.4 pts
174	Sudan	0.7	-2.8 pts
175	Barbados	0.7	-0.8 pts
176	Gabon	0.5	-1.6 pts
177	Andorra	0.3	-3.4 pts
178	Oman	0.3	-4.7 pts
179	San Marino	0.3	-2.1 pts
180	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.2	-3.7 pts
181	Azerbaijan	0.2	+3.2 pts
182	Greenland	0.1	-4.6 pts
183	Angola	-0.2	+0.1 pts
184	Syria	-0.7	+5.7 pts
185	U.S. Virgin Islands	-0.7	-2.3 pts
186	Namibia	-1	-1.1 pts
187	United Arab Emirates	-1.1	-6.7 pts
188	Curaçao	-1.3	-0.2 pts
189	Qatar	-1.5	-4.6 pts
190	Chad	-1.6	+2.5 pts
191	Iraq	-1.8	-15.6 pts
192	Belize	-1.8	-1.8 pts
193	Puerto Rico	-2.9	-1.6 pts
194	Lesotho	-3.1	-6.7 pts
195	Timor-Leste	-3.2	-6.2 pts
196	Monaco	-3.2	-6.2 pts
197	Palau	-3.4	-5.1 pts
198	Kuwait	-4.7	-7.6 pts
199	Trinidad and Tobago	-4.9	+2.7 pts
200	Yemen	-5.1	+4.3 pts
201	Republic of the Congo	-5.6	+3.1 pts
202	Equatorial Guinea	-5.7	+3.1 pts
203	Nauru	-6.3	-10.5 pts
204	American Samoa	-7	-5.3 pts
205	Sint Maarten	-7.5	-8.5 pts
206	Dominica	-7.5	-9 pts
207	Saint Martin	-8	-13 pts
208	Venezuela	-15.7	+1.4 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. 4 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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?

Turks and Caicos Islands, with 74.6% in 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest real GDP growth?

Venezuela, with -15.7% in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.