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Countries by real GDP growth

The Maldives had the highest real GDP growth of 208 countries in 2021, at 37.5%. Afghanistan had the lowest, at -20.7%. The median was 5.1% and the figure for the World was 6.5%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest37.5Maldives
Lowest-20.7Afghanistan
Median5.1208 countries
World6.5History

Top 40 countries, 2021

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MaldivesMaldives: 37.5 %37.5Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 29.6 %29.6LibyaLibya: 28.3 %28.3MacaoMacao: 22.5 %22.5MonacoMonaco: 22.2 %22.2GuyanaGuyana: 20.1 %20.1BelizeBelize: 18 %18BahamasBahamas: 17.6 %17.6PanamaPanama: 16.5 %16.5IrelandIreland: 16.3 %16.3ArubaAruba: 14.8 %14.8Dominican RepublicDominican Republic: 14 %14MoldovaMoldova: 13.9 %13.9San MarinoSan Marino: 13.9 %13.9PeruPeru: 13.4 %13.4MaltaMalta: 13.4 %13.4MontenegroMontenegro: 13 %13CroatiaCroatia: 12.6 %12.6HondurasHonduras: 12.6 %12.6BotswanaBotswana: 11.9 %11.9El SalvadorEl Salvador: 11.9 %11.9TürkiyeTürkiye: 11.8 %11.8CyprusCyprus: 11.4 %11.4ChileChile: 11.3 %11.3Saint LuciaSaint Lucia: 11.1 %11.1ColombiaColombia: 10.8 %10.8GeorgiaGeorgia: 10.6 %10.6NicaraguaNicaragua: 10.5 %10.5ArgentinaArgentina: 10.4 %10.4SingaporeSingapore: 10.1 %10.1BoliviaBolivia: 10 %10IndiaIndia: 9.7 %9.7EcuadorEcuador: 9.4 %9.4TajikistanTajikistan: 9.4 %9.4IsraelIsrael: 9.3 %9.3AlbaniaAlbania: 9 %9ItalyItaly: 8.9 %8.9GreeceGreece: 8.7 %8.7ChinaChina: 8.6 %8.6United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 8.5 %8.5
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Maldives37.5+70.4 pts
2Turks and Caicos Islands29.6+63.4 pts
3Libya28.3+57.8 pts
4Macao22.5+76.9 pts
5Monaco22.2+35.5 pts
6Guyana20.1-23.4 pts
7Belize18+31.5 pts
8Bahamas17.6+37.7 pts
9Panama16.5+34.3 pts
10Ireland16.3+9.1 pts
11Aruba14.8+38.8 pts
12Dominican Republic14+21.9 pts
13Moldova13.9+22.2 pts
14San Marino13.9+20.5 pts
15Peru13.4+24.3 pts
16Malta13.4+16.8 pts
17Montenegro13+28 pts
18Croatia12.6+20.9 pts
19Honduras12.6+21.5 pts
20Botswana11.9+20.6 pts
21El Salvador11.9+19.8 pts
22Türkiye11.8+10 pts
23Cyprus11.4+14.6 pts
24Chile11.3+17.5 pts
25Saint Lucia11.1+34 pts
26Colombia10.8+18 pts
27Georgia10.6+16.9 pts
28Nicaragua10.5+12.7 pts
29Argentina10.4+20.3 pts
30Singapore10.1+13.8 pts
31Bolivia10+22.7 pts
32India9.7+15.5 pts
33Ecuador9.4+18.7 pts
34Tajikistan9.4+5 pts
35Israel9.3+11.1 pts
36Albania9+12.3 pts
37Italy8.9+17.8 pts
38Greece8.7+17.9 pts
39China8.6+6.2 pts
40United Kingdom8.5+18.6 pts
41Zimbabwe8.5+16.3 pts
42Kiribati8.4+9.7 pts
43Slovenia8.4+12.5 pts
44Rwanda8.4+11.2 pts
45Andorra8.3+19.5 pts
46Estonia8.3+11.1 pts
47Costa Rica8.2+12.4 pts
48Uzbekistan8.2+6.6 pts
49Antigua and Barbuda8.2+27 pts
50Morocco8.2+15.3 pts
51Guatemala8+9.8 pts
52Barbados8+25.4 pts
53Serbia7.9+8.9 pts
54Bulgaria7.8+11 pts
55Nauru7.8+6.2 pts
56Kenya7.6+7.9 pts
57Bosnia and Herzegovina7.4+10.4 pts
58Hungary7.2+11.6 pts
59Benin7.2+3.3 pts
60Côte d’Ivoire7.1+6.4 pts
61Cape Verde7+27.8 pts
62Palestine7+18.3 pts
63Latvia6.9+10.4 pts
64Burkina Faso6.9+4.9 pts
65Bangladesh6.9+3.5 pts
66Luxembourg6.9+7.4 pts
67Poland6.9+9 pts
68France6.9+14.3 pts
69Spain6.7+17.6 pts
70Senegal6.5+5.2 pts
71Saudi Arabia6.5+10.3 pts
72Pakistan6.5+7.8 pts
73Denmark6.5+8.3 pts
74Hong Kong6.5+13 pts
75Democratic Republic of the Congo6.4+5.7 pts
76Lithuania6.4+6.4 pts
77Netherlands6.3+10.1 pts
78Belgium6.3+11 pts
79Zambia6.2+9 pts
80Switzerland6.2+8.4 pts
81United States6.2+8.2 pts
82Turkmenistan6.2+0.3 pts
83Mexico6+14.4 pts
84Canada6+11 pts
85Sierra Leone5.9+7.2 pts
86Russia5.9+8.5 pts
87Uruguay5.8+13.2 pts
88Armenia5.8+13 pts
89Philippines5.7+15.2 pts
90Jamaica5.7+14 pts
91Slovakia5.7+8.2 pts
92Ethiopia5.6-0.4 pts
93Azerbaijan5.6+9.8 pts
94Romania5.6+9.2 pts
95Guinea5.6+0.9 pts
96Portugal5.6+13.8 pts
97Kyrgyzstan5.5+12.7 pts
98Dominica5.4+21.1 pts
99Timor-Leste5.4-26.4 pts
100Gambia5.3+4.7 pts
101Sweden5.2+7.2 pts
102Iceland5.2+11.8 pts
103Togo5.1+3 pts
104Ghana5.1+4.6 pts
105Faroe Islands5.1+6.7 pts
106Guinea-Bissau5+2.1 pts
107Liberia5+8 pts
108Northern Mariana Islands5+34 pts
109Austria4.9+11.2 pts
110Saint Martin4.9+17.4 pts
111Cayman Islands4.9+9.8 pts
112South Africa4.9+11 pts
113Nepal4.8+7.2 pts
114Bermuda4.8+11.7 pts
115Brazil4.8+8 pts
116Tunisia4.7+13.7 pts
117Grenada4.7+18.5 pts
118Madagascar4.7+11.8 pts
119South Korea4.6+5.3 pts
120Sint Maarten4.6+17.9 pts
121Malawi4.6+3.8 pts
122United Arab Emirates4.6+13.2 pts
123North Macedonia4.5+9.2 pts
124Bhutan4.4+14.6 pts
125Djibouti4.4+3.2 pts
126Bahrain4.4+10.3 pts
127Tanzania4.3+2.3 pts
128Kazakhstan4.3+6.8 pts
129New Zealand4.3+4.5 pts
130Eswatini4.2+7.2 pts
131Sri Lanka4.2+8.8 pts
132Curaçao4.2+22.6 pts
133Norway4.1+5.5 pts
134Iran4.1-0.3 pts
135Czechia4+9.3 pts
136Paraguay4+4.8 pts
137Germany3.9+8 pts
138Isle of Man3.8+12.7 pts
139Algeria3.8+8.8 pts
140Jordan3.8+4.9 pts
141Indonesia3.7+5.8 pts
142U.S. Virgin Islands3.7+5.3 pts
143Namibia3.6+11.7 pts
144Japan3.6+7.8 pts
145Uganda3.5+0.6 pts
146Somalia3.4+6.2 pts
147Ukraine3.4+7.2 pts
148French Polynesia3.4+13.9 pts
149Cameroon3.3+3.1 pts
150Mauritius3.3+17.5 pts
151Malaysia3.3+8.8 pts
152Egypt3.3-0.3 pts
153Burundi3.2+2.9 pts
154Mali3.1+4.3 pts
155Micronesia3.1+5.2 pts
156Cambodia3.1+6.6 pts
157Finland2.7+5.2 pts
158Oman2.6+6 pts
159Vietnam2.6-0.3 pts
160Laos2.5+2 pts
161Belarus2.4+3.1 pts
162Mozambique2.4+3.6 pts
163Lesotho2.3+10.4 pts
164Marshall Islands2.2+4.9 pts
165Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.1+6.4 pts
166Guam2.1+12.6 pts
167Comoros2+2.2 pts
168Australia2+2.1 pts
169São Tomé and Príncipe1.9-0.7 pts
170Syria1.8+0.8 pts
171Kuwait1.7+6.5 pts
172Mongolia1.6+6.2 pts
173Greenland1.6+1.4 pts
174Qatar1.6+5.2 pts
175Thailand1.6+7.7 pts
176Iraq1.5+13.5 pts
177Gabon1.5+3.3 pts
178Cuba1.3+12.2 pts
179Niger1.1-3.3 pts
180Nigeria1.1+7.5 pts
181Angola1.1+6.4 pts
182Republic of the Congo1+7.3 pts
183Central African Republic1+0.1 pts
184Equatorial Guinea0.9+5.7 pts
185Mauritania0.7+1.1 pts
186Venezuela0.6+30.4 pts
187Seychelles0.6+12.3 pts
188Puerto Rico0.4+4.6 pts
189Saint Kitts and Nevis0.4+15.7 pts
190Chad0.3+0.7 pts
191Tuvalu0+3 pts
192Solomon Islands-0.2+3.2 pts
193Papua New Guinea-0.5+2.7 pts
194Trinidad and Tobago-0.7+8.1 pts
195American Samoa-0.8-5.2 pts
196Tonga-0.9-2.7 pts
197Vanuatu-1.2+4.6 pts
198Brunei-1.6-2.7 pts
199Haiti-1.8+1.5 pts
200Sudan-1.9+1.8 pts
201New Caledonia-2.1+0.3 pts
202Suriname-2.4+13.5 pts
203Fiji-4.3+12.8 pts
204Samoa-5-1.9 pts
205Lebanon-7+14.4 pts
206Palau-11.9-5.9 pts
207Myanmar-12-3 pts
208Afghanistan-20.7-18.4 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 2021 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?

The Maldives, with 37.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest real GDP growth?

Afghanistan, with -20.7% in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.

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