Countries by real GDP growth

Name: Countries by real GDP growth, 2019
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Timor-Leste had the highest real GDP growth of 208 countries in 2019, at 24.2%. Venezuela had the lowest, at -27.6%. The median was 2.7% and the figure for the World was 2.7%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest24.2Timor-Leste

Lowest-27.6Venezuela

Median2.7208 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2019 (%)	Change on 2018
1	Timor-Leste	24.2	+24.7 pts
2	Tuvalu	13.4	+12.1 pts
3	Sint Maarten	11	+17.8 pts
4	Marshall Islands	10.5	+5 pts
5	Rwanda	9.3	+1.2 pts
6	Nauru	8.5	+9.4 pts
7	Ethiopia	8.4	+1.5 pts
8	Cambodia	7.9	-0.8 pts
9	Bangladesh	7.9	+0.6 pts
10	Armenia	7.6	+2.4 pts
11	Tajikistan	7.4	-0.2 pts
12	Vietnam	7.4	-0.1 pts
13	Monaco	7.1	+1.4 pts
14	Cape Verde	6.9	+3.2 pts
15	Maldives	6.9	-1.6 pts
16	Benin	6.9	+0.2 pts
17	Uzbekistan	6.8	+1.1 pts
18	Côte d’Ivoire	6.7	+1.9 pts
19	Nepal	6.7	-1 pts
20	Myanmar	6.6	+0.3 pts
21	Ghana	6.5	+0.3 pts
22	Saint Martin	6.5	+14.5 pts
23	Uganda	6.4	+0.1 pts
24	Eswatini	6.4	+6.4 pts
25	Turkmenistan	6.3	+0.1 pts
26	Gambia	6.2	-1 pts
27	Philippines	6.1	-0.2 pts
28	Niger	6.1	-0.8 pts
29	China	6.1	-0.7 pts
30	Burkina Faso	5.9	-0.7 pts
31	Cyprus	5.9	-0.4 pts
32	Tanzania	5.8	+0.3 pts
33	Bhutan	5.8	+2.3 pts
34	Malawi	5.7	+1.4 pts
35	Guinea	5.6	-0.7 pts
36	Mongolia	5.6	-2.1 pts
37	Egypt	5.6	+0.2 pts
38	Djibouti	5.5	+0.8 pts
39	Seychelles	5.5	+0.6 pts
40	Iraq	5.5	+2.9 pts
41	Sierra Leone	5.5	+2.6 pts
42	Laos	5.5	-0.8 pts
43	Chad	5.4	-0.4 pts
44	Georgia	5.4	-0.7 pts
45	Guyana	5.4	+0.9 pts
46	Guinea-Bissau	5.3	+1.6 pts
47	Kenya	5.1	-0.5 pts
48	Hungary	5.1	-0.5 pts
49	Indonesia	5	-0.2 pts
50	Mali	5	+0.1 pts
51	Turks and Caicos Islands	5	-1.8 pts
52	Ireland	5	-2.7 pts
53	Togo	4.9	+0.1 pts
54	Dominican Republic	4.9	-2.2 pts
55	Serbia	4.8	+0.1 pts
56	Lithuania	4.7	-0.2 pts
57	Senegal	4.6	-1.6 pts
58	Kyrgyzstan	4.6	+0.8 pts
59	Poland	4.6	-1.7 pts
60	Faroe Islands	4.5	+1.8 pts
61	Kazakhstan	4.5	+0.4 pts
62	Papua New Guinea	4.5	+4.8 pts
63	Burundi	4.5	-0.9 pts
64	Samoa	4.5	+5.1 pts
65	Malaysia	4.4	-0.4 pts
66	Madagascar	4.4	+1.2 pts
67	Montenegro	4.4	-0.3 pts
68	Belize	4.3	+3.4 pts
69	Malta	4.1	-3.1 pts
70	Guatemala	4	+0.6 pts
71	Romania	4	-1.4 pts
72	Dominica	3.9	+1 pts
73	Gabon	3.9	+3.1 pts
74	Cayman Islands	3.9	-0.4 pts
75	Afghanistan	3.9	+2.7 pts
76	North Macedonia	3.9	+1 pts
77	India	3.9	-2.6 pts
78	Brunei	3.9	+3.8 pts
79	Bulgaria	3.8	+1.5 pts
80	Estonia	3.7	0 pts
81	Micronesia	3.6	+3.2 pts
82	Israel	3.6	-0.5 pts
83	Czechia	3.6	+0.7 pts
84	Moldova	3.6	-0.5 pts
85	Slovenia	3.5	-0.9 pts
86	Cameroon	3.5	-0.5 pts
87	Kiribati	3.3	-0.1 pts
88	Vanuatu	3.3	+0.8 pts
89	Ukraine	3.2	-0.3 pts
90	Colombia	3.2	+0.6 pts
91	Antigua and Barbuda	3.2	-3.5 pts
92	Mauritania	3.1	-1.6 pts
93	Panama	3.1	-0.8 pts
94	Croatia	3.1	+0.2 pts
95	Central African Republic	3.1	-0.7 pts
96	Botswana	3	-1.2 pts
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.9	+0.9 pts
98	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.9	+1 pts
99	Morocco	2.9	-0.2 pts
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.9	-0.9 pts
101	Mauritius	2.9	-1.3 pts
102	Greenland	2.8	+2.2 pts
103	Somalia	2.8	+0.7 pts
104	Luxembourg	2.7	+1.1 pts
105	Portugal	2.7	-0.2 pts
106	Costa Rica	2.7	-0.1 pts
107	French Polynesia	2.7	+0.9 pts
108	Sweden	2.6	+0.8 pts
109	United States	2.6	-0.4 pts
110	Honduras	2.6	-1.3 pts
111	Guam	2.5	+3.4 pts
112	Pakistan	2.5	-3.7 pts
113	Azerbaijan	2.5	+1 pts
114	Belgium	2.4	+0.6 pts
115	El Salvador	2.4	0 pts
116	New Zealand	2.3	-1 pts
117	Mozambique	2.3	-1.2 pts
118	South Korea	2.3	-0.9 pts
119	Netherlands	2.3	0 pts
120	Greece	2.3	+0.2 pts
121	Slovakia	2.3	-1.8 pts
122	Kuwait	2.3	-0.5 pts
123	Peru	2.2	-1.7 pts
124	Nigeria	2.2	+0.3 pts
125	Russia	2.2	-0.6 pts
126	Australia	2.2	-0.7 pts
127	Thailand	2.1	-2.1 pts
128	San Marino	2.1	+0.6 pts
129	Albania	2.1	-1.6 pts
130	Bahrain	2.1	0 pts
131	France	2	+0.4 pts
132	Andorra	2	+0.4 pts
133	São Tomé and Príncipe	2	-2.4 pts
134	Spain	2	-0.4 pts
135	Canada	1.9	-0.8 pts
136	Jordan	1.9	0 pts
137	Jamaica	1.8	-0.7 pts
138	Comoros	1.8	-1.9 pts
139	Austria	1.8	-0.7 pts
140	Solomon Islands	1.7	-1 pts
141	Denmark	1.7	-0.1 pts
142	Puerto Rico	1.7	+6 pts
143	Saudi Arabia	1.7	-1.6 pts
144	Tunisia	1.6	-1.1 pts
145	Bolivia	1.5	-1.4 pts
146	Norway	1.5	+0.4 pts
147	Belarus	1.4	-1.7 pts
148	Zambia	1.4	-2.6 pts
149	Palestine	1.4	+0.1 pts
150	Finland	1.3	+0.2 pts
151	Türkiye	1.3	-2.2 pts
152	United Arab Emirates	1.3	-0.3 pts
153	United Kingdom	1.3	-0.3 pts
154	Aruba	1.2	-2 pts
155	Brazil	1.2	-0.6 pts
156	Syria	1.2	-0.2 pts
157	Suriname	1.2	-3.8 pts
158	Singapore	1.2	-2 pts
159	Iceland	1.1	-3.5 pts
160	Republic of the Congo	1.1	+3.4 pts
161	Switzerland	1.1	-2.2 pts
162	Germany	1	-0.2 pts
163	Uruguay	0.9	+0.8 pts
164	Algeria	0.9	-0.5 pts
165	Qatar	0.7	-0.5 pts
166	Grenada	0.7	-3.7 pts
167	Latvia	0.7	-3.6 pts
168	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.7	-2.5 pts
169	Chile	0.6	-3.3 pts
170	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.6	-5.5 pts
171	Trinidad and Tobago	0.5	+1.4 pts
172	Italy	0.4	-0.4 pts
173	Bermuda	0.3	+0.7 pts
174	Palau	0.3	+0.7 pts
175	South Africa	0.3	-1.3 pts
176	Isle of Man	0.3	-2 pts
177	Barbados	0.2	+0.5 pts
178	Ecuador	0.2	-0.9 pts
179	Cuba	-0.2	-2.4 pts
180	Sri Lanka	-0.2	-2.5 pts
181	Tonga	-0.3	-0.8 pts
182	Japan	-0.3	-1.1 pts
183	Mexico	-0.4	-2.4 pts
184	Paraguay	-0.4	-3.6 pts
185	American Samoa	-0.5	-3.2 pts
186	Fiji	-0.6	-4.4 pts
187	Bahamas	-0.8	-3.2 pts
188	Namibia	-0.8	-1.9 pts
189	Saint Lucia	-1	-3.9 pts
190	Angola	-1.1	-0.5 pts
191	Oman	-1.1	-2.4 pts
192	New Caledonia	-1.4	-1.8 pts
193	Lesotho	-1.4	+0.1 pts
194	Hong Kong	-1.7	-4.5 pts
195	Haiti	-1.7	-3.4 pts
196	Argentina	-2	+0.6 pts
197	Sudan	-2.2	+0.5 pts
198	Iran	-2.4	+1.4 pts
199	Macao	-2.5	-8.8 pts
200	Liberia	-2.5	-3.6 pts
201	Nicaragua	-2.9	+0.5 pts
202	Curaçao	-3.2	-1.1 pts
203	Equatorial Guinea	-5.5	+0.8 pts
204	Zimbabwe	-6.3	-11.3 pts
205	Lebanon	-6.9	-5 pts
206	Libya	-11.2	-19.1 pts
207	Northern Mariana Islands	-11.4	+8 pts
208	Venezuela	-27.6	-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. 4 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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?

Timor-Leste, with 24.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest real GDP growth?

Venezuela, with -27.6% in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.