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Countries by GDP per capita growth

Democratic Republic of the Congo had the highest GDP per capita growth of 207 countries in 2013, at 13.59%. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at -36.82%. The median was 1.69% and the figure for the World was 1.63%. Source: the World Bank.

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Highest13.59Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lowest-36.82Central African Republic
Median1.69207 countries
World1.63History

Map of countries, 2013

United Arab Emirates: 0.81 %Afghanistan: 2.05 %Antigua and Barbuda: -1.51 %Albania: 3.29 %Armenia: 3.37 %Angola: 0.92 %Argentina: 1.39 %Austria: -0.84 %Australia: 0.9 %Azerbaijan: 4.48 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4.03 %Bangladesh: 5.02 %Belgium: -0.17 %Burkina Faso: 2.67 %Bulgaria: 1.48 %Burundi: 1.22 %Benin: 4.08 %Brunei: -3.47 %Bolivia: 5.13 %Brazil: 2.17 %Bahamas: -3.76 %Bhutan: 0.61 %Botswana: 9.44 %Belarus: 1.04 %Belize: 1.87 %Canada: 1.25 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 13.59 %Central African Republic: -36.82 %Republic of the Congo: -3.1 %Switzerland: 0.67 %Côte d’Ivoire: 8.57 %Chile: 2.33 %Cameroon: 2.09 %China: 7.06 %Colombia: 4.14 %Costa Rica: 1.36 %Cuba: 2.79 %Cape Verde: 0.58 %Cyprus: -6.48 %Czechia: -0.07 %Germany: 0.12 %Denmark: 0.97 %Dominican Republic: 3.66 %Algeria: 0.55 %Ecuador: 5.62 %Estonia: 2.12 %Egypt: -0.14 %Spain: -1.07 %Ethiopia: 7.62 %Finland: -1.43 %Fiji: 4.57 %Faroe Islands: 5.95 %France: 0.26 %Gabon: 1.98 %United Kingdom: 1.04 %Georgia: 5.45 %Ghana: 4.76 %Greenland: -0.73 %Gambia: -0.1 %Guinea: 1.44 %Equatorial Guinea: -7.89 %Greece: -1.56 %Guatemala: 1.69 %Guinea-Bissau: 0.54 %Guyana: 3.14 %Hong Kong: 2.69 %Honduras: 0.78 %Croatia: 0.49 %Haiti: 2.77 %Hungary: 2.52 %Indonesia: 4.26 %Ireland: 1.66 %Israel: 2.17 %Isle of Man: 4.38 %India: 4.98 %Iraq: 2.66 %Iran: -2.8 %Iceland: 2.62 %Italy: -2.01 %Jamaica: 0.11 %Jordan: -2.48 %Japan: 2.14 %Kenya: 1.26 %Kyrgyzstan: 8.51 %Cambodia: 6.26 %Kiribati: 6.26 %South Korea: 2.82 %Kuwait: -3.77 %Cayman Islands: -1.34 %Kazakhstan: 4.49 %Laos: 6.52 %Lebanon: -5.35 %Sri Lanka: 7.01 %Liberia: 6.32 %Lesotho: 0.7 %Lithuania: 5.03 %Luxembourg: 0.81 %Latvia: 3.2 %Libya: -19.63 %Morocco: 2.76 %Moldova: 9.07 %Montenegro: 3.19 %Madagascar: -0.44 %North Macedonia: 3.31 %Mali: 0.32 %Myanmar: 7.51 %Mongolia: 9.36 %Mauritania: 0.94 %Mauritius: 3.15 %Malawi: 2.46 %Mexico: -0.45 %Malaysia: 2.92 %Mozambique: 3.54 %Namibia: 2.9 %Niger: 1.43 %Nigeria: 3.81 %Nicaragua: 3.48 %Netherlands: -0.32 %Norway: 0.06 %Nepal: 3.32 %New Zealand: 1.78 %Oman: -2.64 %Panama: 4.49 %Peru: 4.9 %French Polynesia: -0.2 %Papua New Guinea: 1.06 %Philippines: 4.76 %Pakistan: 2.68 %Poland: 0.75 %Puerto Rico: 0.51 %Palestine: 2.21 %Portugal: -0.44 %Palau: -0.74 %Paraguay: 6.75 %Qatar: -6.14 %Romania: 0.65 %Serbia: 0.94 %Russia: 1.45 %Rwanda: 2.23 %Saudi Arabia: -2.48 %Solomon Islands: 1.46 %Sudan: -0.37 %Sweden: 0.28 %Singapore: 3.13 %Slovenia: -0.96 %Slovakia: 0.6 %Sierra Leone: 11.88 %Senegal: -0.58 %Somalia: 7.44 %Suriname: 1.78 %South Sudan: 8.98 %El Salvador: 1.82 %Syria: -22.58 %Eswatini: 3.53 %Chad: -0.77 %Togo: 3.57 %Thailand: 2.09 %Tajikistan: 4.75 %Timor-Leste: 0.99 %Turkmenistan: 7.74 %Tunisia: 1.22 %Türkiye: 7.1 %Trinidad and Tobago: 2.95 %Tanzania: 3.63 %Ukraine: 0.23 %Uganda: 0.66 %United States: 1.35 %Uruguay: 4.33 %Uzbekistan: 6.24 %Venezuela: 0.09 %Vietnam: 4.31 %Vanuatu: -1.75 %Samoa: -0.79 %Yemen: 1.68 %South Africa: 0.81 %Zambia: 1.75 %Zimbabwe: 0.56 %
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%, 2013. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2013

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 13.59 %Democratic Republic of the Congo13.59Sierra Leone: 11.88 %Sierra Leone11.88Botswana: 9.44 %Botswana9.44Mongolia: 9.36 %Mongolia9.36Moldova: 9.07 %Moldova9.07South Sudan: 8.98 %South Sudan8.98Côte d’Ivoire: 8.57 %Côte d’Ivoire8.57Kyrgyzstan: 8.51 %Kyrgyzstan8.51Turkmenistan: 7.74 %Turkmenistan7.74Ethiopia: 7.62 %Ethiopia7.62Myanmar: 7.51 %Myanmar7.51Somalia: 7.44 %Somalia7.44Monaco: 7.3 %Monaco7.3Türkiye: 7.1 %Türkiye7.1China: 7.06 %China7.06Sri Lanka: 7.01 %Sri Lanka7.01Paraguay: 6.75 %Paraguay6.75Laos: 6.52 %Laos6.52Liberia: 6.32 %Liberia6.32Macao: 6.29 %Macao6.29Kiribati: 6.26 %Kiribati6.26Cambodia: 6.26 %Cambodia6.26Uzbekistan: 6.24 %Uzbekistan6.24Faroe Islands: 5.95 %Faroe Islands5.95Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5.65 %Saint Kitts and Nevis5.65Ecuador: 5.62 %Ecuador5.62Georgia: 5.45 %Georgia5.45Marshall Islands: 5.32 %Marshall Islands5.32Bolivia: 5.13 %Bolivia5.13Malta: 5.1 %Malta5.1Lithuania: 5.03 %Lithuania5.03Bangladesh: 5.02 %Bangladesh5.02India: 4.98 %India4.98Peru: 4.9 %Peru4.9Aruba: 4.86 %Aruba4.86Philippines: 4.76 %Philippines4.76Ghana: 4.76 %Ghana4.76Tajikistan: 4.75 %Tajikistan4.75Fiji: 4.57 %Fiji4.57Kazakhstan: 4.49 %Kazakhstan4.49Democratic Republic of the Congo: 13.59 %Democratic Republic of the Congo13.59Sierra Leone: 11.88 %Sierra Leone11.88Botswana: 9.44 %Botswana9.44Mongolia: 9.36 %Mongolia9.36Moldova: 9.07 %Moldova9.07South Sudan: 8.98 %South Sudan8.98Côte d’Ivoire: 8.57 %Côte d’Ivoire8.57Kyrgyzstan: 8.51 %Kyrgyzstan8.51Turkmenistan: 7.74 %Turkmenistan7.74Ethiopia: 7.62 %Ethiopia7.62Myanmar: 7.51 %Myanmar7.51Somalia: 7.44 %Somalia7.44Monaco: 7.3 %Monaco7.3Türkiye: 7.1 %Türkiye7.1China: 7.06 %China7.06Sri Lanka: 7.01 %Sri Lanka7.01Paraguay: 6.75 %Paraguay6.75Laos: 6.52 %Laos6.52Liberia: 6.32 %Liberia6.32Macao: 6.29 %Macao6.29Kiribati: 6.26 %Kiribati6.26Cambodia: 6.26 %Cambodia6.26Uzbekistan: 6.24 %Uzbekistan6.24Faroe Islands: 5.95 %Faroe Islands5.95Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5.65 %Saint Kitts and Nevis5.65Ecuador: 5.62 %Ecuador5.62Georgia: 5.45 %Georgia5.45Marshall Islands: 5.32 %Marshall Islands5.32Bolivia: 5.13 %Bolivia5.13Malta: 5.1 %Malta5.1Lithuania: 5.03 %Lithuania5.03Bangladesh: 5.02 %Bangladesh5.02India: 4.98 %India4.98Peru: 4.9 %Peru4.9Aruba: 4.86 %Aruba4.86Philippines: 4.76 %Philippines4.76Ghana: 4.76 %Ghana4.76Tajikistan: 4.75 %Tajikistan4.75Fiji: 4.57 %Fiji4.57Kazakhstan: 4.49 %Kazakhstan4.49
%. Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankCountries2013 (%)Change on 2012
1Democratic Republic of the Congo13.59+8.49 pts
2Sierra Leone11.88+4.07 pts
3Botswana9.44+11.27 pts
4Mongolia9.36-0.84 pts
5Moldova9.07+9.65 pts
6South Sudan8.98+57.4 pts
7Côte d’Ivoire8.57+3.18 pts
8Kyrgyzstan8.51+10.47 pts
9Turkmenistan7.74-0.92 pts
10Ethiopia7.62+1.97 pts
11Myanmar7.51+1.08 pts
12Somalia7.44+1.71 pts
13Monaco7.3+8.52 pts
14Türkiye7.1+3.62 pts
15China7.06-0.07 pts
16Sri Lanka7.01-0.8 pts
17Paraguay6.75+8.84 pts
18Laos6.52+0.02 pts
19Liberia6.32+2.08 pts
20Macao6.29+0.59 pts
21Kiribati6.26+2 pts
22Cambodia6.26+0.21 pts
23Uzbekistan6.24+0.5 pts
24Faroe Islands5.95-1.69 pts
25Saint Kitts and Nevis5.65+6.69 pts
26Ecuador5.62+1.51 pts
27Georgia5.45-1.92 pts
28Marshall Islands5.32+5.67 pts
29Bolivia5.13+1.67 pts
30Malta5.1+1.93 pts
31Lithuania5.03-0.72 pts
32Bangladesh5.02-0.48 pts
33India4.98+0.96 pts
34Peru4.9-0.35 pts
35Aruba4.86+7.34 pts
36Philippines4.76-0.08 pts
37Ghana4.76-1.92 pts
38Tajikistan4.75-0.21 pts
39Fiji4.57+3.37 pts
40Kazakhstan4.49+1.14 pts
41Panama4.49-3.22 pts
42Azerbaijan4.48+3.63 pts
43Isle of Man4.38-2.98 pts
44Uruguay4.33+1.05 pts
45Vietnam4.31+0.04 pts
46Indonesia4.26-0.42 pts
47Colombia4.14+1.27 pts
48Benin4.08+2.33 pts
49Bosnia and Herzegovina4.03+2.91 pts
50Nigeria3.81+2.44 pts
51Dominican Republic3.66+2.16 pts
52Tanzania3.63+2.09 pts
53Northern Mariana Islands3.61+2.09 pts
54Togo3.57-0.29 pts
55Mozambique3.54-1.4 pts
56Eswatini3.53-0 pts
57Nicaragua3.48-1.53 pts
58Maldives3.43+4.52 pts
59Armenia3.37-3.96 pts
60Nepal3.32-1.08 pts
61North Macedonia3.31+3.37 pts
62Albania3.29+0.73 pts
63Latvia3.2-5.45 pts
64Montenegro3.19+5.85 pts
65Tuvalu3.17+7.39 pts
66Mauritius3.15-0.08 pts
67Guyana3.14-2.12 pts
68Singapore3.13+1.23 pts
69São Tomé and Príncipe3.1+2.22 pts
70Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.03+1.29 pts
71Trinidad and Tobago2.95-3.18 pts
72Malaysia2.92-0.77 pts
73Namibia2.9+0.15 pts
74South Korea2.82+0.81 pts
75Cuba2.79-0.21 pts
76Haiti2.77+3.81 pts
77Morocco2.76+1.09 pts
78Hong Kong2.69+2.1 pts
79Pakistan2.68+1.6 pts
80Burkina Faso2.67-0.62 pts
81Iraq2.66-6.22 pts
82Iceland2.62+1.99 pts
83Hungary2.52+3.35 pts
84Malawi2.46+3.44 pts
85Chile2.33-2.81 pts
86Comoros2.28+1.17 pts
87Rwanda2.23-3.84 pts
88Palestine2.21-1.3 pts
89Brazil2.17+1.08 pts
90Israel2.17+1.63 pts
91Japan2.14+0.33 pts
92Estonia2.12-1.92 pts
93Cameroon2.09+0.36 pts
94Thailand2.09-4.49 pts
95Afghanistan2.05-6.23 pts
96Gabon1.98+0.43 pts
97Guam1.91-0.35 pts
98Belize1.87+0.14 pts
99El Salvador1.82-0.6 pts
100New Zealand1.78+0.04 pts
101Suriname1.78+0.25 pts
102Zambia1.75-2.42 pts
103Grenada1.71+3.47 pts
104Guatemala1.69+0.74 pts
105Yemen1.68+2.35 pts
106Ireland1.66+2.48 pts
107Nauru1.65-20.66 pts
108Bahrain1.58-1.03 pts
109Bulgaria1.48+0.15 pts
110Solomon Islands1.46+2.69 pts
111Russia1.45-2.31 pts
112Guinea1.44-1.91 pts
113Niger1.43-5.02 pts
114Argentina1.39+3.43 pts
115Costa Rica1.36-2.31 pts
116United States1.35-0.13 pts
117Kenya1.26-0.61 pts
118Canada1.25+0.59 pts
119Burundi1.22+0.46 pts
120Tunisia1.22-1.83 pts
121Papua New Guinea1.06-0.72 pts
122United Kingdom1.04+0.23 pts
123Belarus1.04-0.83 pts
124Timor-Leste0.99-1.59 pts
125Denmark0.97+1.35 pts
126Serbia0.94+0.9 pts
127Mauritania0.94-0.18 pts
128Angola0.92-3.45 pts
129Australia0.9-1.25 pts
130Luxembourg0.81+1.58 pts
131South Africa0.81-0.09 pts
132United Arab Emirates0.81+0.19 pts
133Honduras0.78-1.27 pts
134Tonga0.75-0.27 pts
135Poland0.75-0.77 pts
136Lesotho0.7-4.57 pts
137Switzerland0.67+0.62 pts
138Uganda0.66-0.21 pts
139Romania0.65-1.71 pts
140Bhutan0.61-3.39 pts
141Slovakia0.6-0.8 pts
142Cape Verde0.58-0.4 pts
143Zimbabwe0.56-14.22 pts
144Algeria0.55+0.17 pts
145Guinea-Bissau0.54+4.84 pts
146Puerto Rico0.51-0.41 pts
147San Marino0.5+9.9 pts
148Croatia0.49+2.26 pts
149Mali0.32+4.24 pts
150Sweden0.28+1.43 pts
151France0.26+0.56 pts
152Ukraine0.23-0.14 pts
153Germany0.12-0.15 pts
154Jamaica0.11+1.15 pts
155Venezuela0.09-4.27 pts
156Norway0.06-1.43 pts
157Barbados-0.07+3.07 pts
158Czechia-0.07+0.83 pts
159Gambia-0.1-2.28 pts
160Egypt-0.14-0.1 pts
161Belgium-0.17+0.24 pts
162Bermuda-0.17+5.01 pts
163French Polynesia-0.2+1.22 pts
164Netherlands-0.32+1.02 pts
165Sudan-0.37+6.83 pts
166Portugal-0.44+3.22 pts
167Madagascar-0.44-0.64 pts
168Mexico-0.45-2.61 pts
169Senegal-0.58-1.83 pts
170Seychelles-0.6-2.7 pts
171Greenland-0.73-2.26 pts
172Palau-0.74-4.6 pts
173Chad-0.77-6.07 pts
174Samoa-0.79+3.82 pts
175Austria-0.84-1.01 pts
176Dominica-0.85-0.6 pts
177Slovenia-0.96+2.16 pts
178Sint Maarten-1.04-0.24 pts
179Spain-1.07+1.86 pts
180Cayman Islands-1.34+0.14 pts
181Finland-1.43+0.56 pts
182Andorra-1.44+2.36 pts
183Antigua and Barbuda-1.51-3.78 pts
184Greece-1.56+6.27 pts
185American Samoa-1.63+1.99 pts
186Vanuatu-1.75-0.56 pts
187Curaçao-1.76-0.58 pts
188Italy-2.01+1.38 pts
189Saint Lucia-2.26-1.7 pts
190Saudi Arabia-2.48-3.89 pts
191Jordan-2.48-3.44 pts
192Oman-2.64+2.93 pts
193Iran-2.8+2.14 pts
194Republic of the Congo-3.1-10.01 pts
195Brunei-3.47-2.85 pts
196Turks and Caicos Islands-3.51+3.04 pts
197Bahamas-3.76-7.24 pts
198Kuwait-3.77-3.87 pts
199Micronesia-3.91-2.11 pts
200Lebanon-5.35-5.18 pts
201Qatar-6.14-4.83 pts
202U.S. Virgin Islands-6.16+8.57 pts
203Cyprus-6.48-1.57 pts
204Equatorial Guinea-7.89-11.88 pts
205Libya-19.63-111.41 pts
206Syria-22.58+3.37 pts
207Central African Republic-36.82-40.83 pts

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Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 5 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 13.59% in 2013, according to the World Bank.

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The Central African Republic, with -36.82% in 2013.

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