Countries by real GDP growth

Name: Countries by real GDP growth, 2018
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Cambodia had the highest real GDP growth of 209 countries in 2018, at 8.8%. Venezuela had the lowest, at -19.6%. The median was 3.1% and the figure for the World was 3.3%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest8.8Cambodia

Lowest-19.6Venezuela

Median3.1209 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Cambodia	8.8	+0.7 pts
2	Maldives	8.6	+1.5 pts
3	Rwanda	8.1	+3.4 pts
4	Libya	7.9	-24.6 pts
5	Mongolia	7.7	+2.1 pts
6	Ireland	7.7	-2.4 pts
7	Nepal	7.6	-1.4 pts
8	Tajikistan	7.6	+0.5 pts
9	Vietnam	7.5	+0.5 pts
10	Bangladesh	7.3	+0.7 pts
11	Gambia	7.2	+2.4 pts
12	Malta	7.2	-5.8 pts
13	Dominican Republic	7.1	+3.2 pts
14	Niger	6.9	+1.4 pts
15	Ethiopia	6.8	-2.7 pts
16	China	6.8	-0.1 pts
17	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.8	-67.8 pts
18	Antigua and Barbuda	6.7	+4 pts
19	Benin	6.7	+1 pts
20	Burkina Faso	6.6	+0.4 pts
21	India	6.5	-0.3 pts
22	Macao	6.4	-3.6 pts
23	Guinea	6.4	-3.9 pts
24	Philippines	6.3	-0.6 pts
25	Uganda	6.3	+3.2 pts
26	Cyprus	6.3	+0.5 pts
27	Myanmar	6.3	+0.1 pts
28	Laos	6.2	-0.6 pts
29	Poland	6.2	+1.1 pts
30	Senegal	6.2	-1.2 pts
31	Turkmenistan	6.2	-0.2 pts
32	Ghana	6.2	-1.9 pts
33	Pakistan	6.2	+1.7 pts
34	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.1	+1.8 pts
35	Georgia	6.1	+0.9 pts
36	Chad	5.7	+7.4 pts
37	Uzbekistan	5.7	+1 pts
38	Monaco	5.7	+8.9 pts
39	Kenya	5.6	+1.8 pts
40	Hungary	5.6	+1.5 pts
41	Tanzania	5.5	-1.2 pts
42	Marshall Islands	5.5	+1.9 pts
43	Romania	5.4	-2.8 pts
44	Burundi	5.3	+1.5 pts
45	Egypt	5.3	+1.1 pts
46	Armenia	5.2	-2.3 pts
47	Indonesia	5.2	+0.1 pts
48	Zimbabwe	5	+0.3 pts
49	Suriname	4.9	+3.4 pts
50	Seychelles	4.9	-2 pts
51	Lithuania	4.9	+0.3 pts
52	Mali	4.9	-0.5 pts
53	Côte d’Ivoire	4.8	-2.6 pts
54	Malaysia	4.8	-1 pts
55	Togo	4.8	+0.8 pts
56	Djibouti	4.8	-0.7 pts
57	Mauritania	4.8	-1.5 pts
58	Montenegro	4.7	+1.5 pts
59	Iceland	4.7	+1.2 pts
60	Serbia	4.6	+2.3 pts
61	Guyana	4.4	+0.7 pts
62	Slovenia	4.4	-0.8 pts
63	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.4	+0.3 pts
64	Grenada	4.4	-0.1 pts
65	Malawi	4.4	+0.4 pts
66	Latvia	4.3	+0.9 pts
67	Cayman Islands	4.3	+1.1 pts
68	Thailand	4.2	0 pts
69	Botswana	4.2	+0.1 pts
70	Mauritius	4.1	+0.2 pts
71	Kazakhstan	4.1	-0 pts
72	Moldova	4.1	-0.1 pts
73	Slovakia	4.1	+1.2 pts
74	Israel	4.1	-0.3 pts
75	Zambia	4	+0.5 pts
76	Chile	4	+2.6 pts
77	Peru	4	+1.5 pts
78	Cameroon	4	+0.4 pts
79	Panama	3.9	-1.8 pts
80	Honduras	3.8	-1 pts
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.8	+0.6 pts
82	Fiji	3.8	-1.5 pts
83	Central African Republic	3.8	-0.7 pts
84	Guinea-Bissau	3.8	-0.9 pts
85	Kyrgyzstan	3.8	-1 pts
86	Cape Verde	3.7	-0.8 pts
87	Estonia	3.7	-1.9 pts
88	Albania	3.7	+0.4 pts
89	Comoros	3.6	-0.2 pts
90	Bhutan	3.5	+1.4 pts
91	Ukraine	3.5	+1.1 pts
92	Mozambique	3.5	+0.8 pts
93	Türkiye	3.5	-4.4 pts
94	Kiribati	3.4	-0.3 pts
95	Guatemala	3.4	+0.3 pts
96	Switzerland	3.3	+1.9 pts
97	New Zealand	3.3	0 pts
98	Saudi Arabia	3.2	+2 pts
99	Aruba	3.2	-0.3 pts
100	Paraguay	3.2	-1.6 pts
101	Madagascar	3.2	-0.7 pts
102	Singapore	3.2	-1.1 pts
103	South Korea	3.2	-0.3 pts
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.2	+1.6 pts
105	Belarus	3.1	+0.6 pts
106	Morocco	3.1	-2 pts
107	United States	3	+0.5 pts
108	Dominica	3	+10.5 pts
109	Portugal	2.9	-0.4 pts
110	Croatia	2.9	-0.4 pts
111	Sierra Leone	2.9	-0.3 pts
112	Saint Lucia	2.9	-0.5 pts
113	North Macedonia	2.9	+1.8 pts
114	Australia	2.9	+0.6 pts
115	Bolivia	2.9	-1.3 pts
116	Costa Rica	2.9	-1.3 pts
117	Hong Kong	2.8	-0.9 pts
118	Czechia	2.8	-2.3 pts
119	Russia	2.8	+1 pts
120	Faroe Islands	2.8	-0.7 pts
121	Solomon Islands	2.7	-0.3 pts
122	Kuwait	2.7	+7.5 pts
123	Canada	2.7	-0.3 pts
124	American Samoa	2.7	+9.7 pts
125	Iraq	2.6	+4.5 pts
126	Tunisia	2.6	+0.4 pts
127	Colombia	2.6	+1.2 pts
128	Jamaica	2.5	+0.2 pts
129	Vanuatu	2.5	-1.7 pts
130	Austria	2.5	+0.2 pts
131	El Salvador	2.4	+0.2 pts
132	Bahamas	2.4	-1 pts
133	Spain	2.4	-0.5 pts
134	Bulgaria	2.3	-0.4 pts
135	Sri Lanka	2.3	-4.2 pts
136	Netherlands	2.3	-0.5 pts
137	Cuba	2.2	+0.4 pts
138	Isle of Man	2.2	-0.6 pts
139	Greece	2.1	+0.6 pts
140	Somalia	2.1	-12.7 pts
141	Bahrain	2.1	-2.9 pts
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	+1.8 pts
143	Mexico	2	+0.1 pts
144	Nigeria	1.9	+1.1 pts
145	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.9	+2.6 pts
146	Belgium	1.9	+0.4 pts
147	Denmark	1.9	-1.2 pts
148	Jordan	1.9	-0.7 pts
149	French Polynesia	1.8	-2.5 pts
150	Brazil	1.8	+0.5 pts
151	Sweden	1.8	-0.1 pts
152	Haiti	1.7	-0.8 pts
153	France	1.6	-0.4 pts
154	Luxembourg	1.6	+0.3 pts
155	Andorra	1.6	+1.2 pts
156	South Africa	1.6	+0.4 pts
157	United Kingdom	1.6	-1.5 pts
158	United Arab Emirates	1.5	+2.6 pts
159	Azerbaijan	1.5	+1.3 pts
160	San Marino	1.5	+1.2 pts
161	Algeria	1.4	-0.1 pts
162	Syria	1.4	+2.1 pts
163	Tuvalu	1.4	-1.9 pts
164	Oman	1.3	+1 pts
165	Qatar	1.2	+2.7 pts
166	Palestine	1.2	-0.2 pts
167	Finland	1.2	-2.1 pts
168	Afghanistan	1.2	-1.5 pts
169	Liberia	1.2	-1.3 pts
170	Germany	1.1	-1.7 pts
171	Norway	1.1	-1.6 pts
172	Namibia	1.1	+2.1 pts
173	Ecuador	1	-4.9 pts
174	Gabon	0.8	+0.4 pts
175	Japan	0.8	-0.8 pts
176	Italy	0.8	-0.8 pts
177	Belize	0.8	+2.7 pts
178	Yemen	0.8	+5.8 pts
179	Greenland	0.6	+0.6 pts
180	Tonga	0.5	-2.7 pts
181	Micronesia	0.4	-1.7 pts
182	New Caledonia	0.4	n/a
183	Uruguay	0.2	-1.6 pts
184	Eswatini	0.1	-3.5 pts
185	Brunei	0.1	-1.3 pts
186	Barbados	-0.3	-0.9 pts
187	Papua New Guinea	-0.3	-3.8 pts
188	Palau	-0.4	+3 pts
189	Bermuda	-0.4	-4 pts
190	Timor-Leste	-0.5	+2.7 pts
191	Angola	-0.5	-0.3 pts
192	Samoa	-0.6	-2 pts
193	Guam	-0.8	-1.7 pts
194	Nauru	-0.8	+5.5 pts
195	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.9	+3.9 pts
196	Lesotho	-1.5	+1.7 pts
197	Lebanon	-1.9	-2.8 pts
198	Curaçao	-2.1	-0.8 pts
199	Republic of the Congo	-2.3	+3.3 pts
200	Argentina	-2.6	-5.4 pts
201	Sudan	-2.7	-3.4 pts
202	Nicaragua	-3.4	-8 pts
203	Iran	-3.7	-6.8 pts
204	Puerto Rico	-4.4	-1.5 pts
205	Equatorial Guinea	-6.2	-0.6 pts
206	Sint Maarten	-6.9	+0.7 pts
207	Saint Martin	-8	0 pts
208	Northern Mariana Islands	-19.5	-42.7 pts
209	Venezuela	-19.6	-3.9 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. 3 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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?

Cambodia, with 8.8% in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest real GDP growth?

Venezuela, with -19.6% in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.