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Real GDP growth
186 countries, 2025.
Unit: % per year.
First in the ranking
19.3 %
Median country
3.4 %
half above, half below
World
2.9 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
-5.8 to 19.3
Equatorial Guinea - Guyana
How to read it
Across 186 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Guyana (19.3 %) and the lowest in Equatorial Guinea (-5.8 %).
The median country is at 3.4 %: half are above, half below.
For the world as a whole, the value fell from 3.6 % in 1996 to 2.9 % in 2025.
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States…
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Ranking of countries
2025
Biggest changes, 2015-2025
change in percentage points · 186 countries
Continents over time
median country of each continent
GDP growth - continent medians
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1971
Africa: 4.17
Asia: 5.39
Europe: 3.99
North America: 3.96
South America: 5.3
Oceania: 3.79 1972
Africa: 4.18
Asia: 7.04
Europe: 5.3
North America: 5.78
South America: 2.55
Oceania: 2.9 1973
Africa: 3.47
Asia: 7.06
Europe: 6.38
North America: 5.36
South America: 6.01
Oceania: 7.29 1974
Africa: 5.71
Asia: 5.94
Europe: 3.96
North America: 3.81
South America: 5.64
Oceania: 4.11 1975
Africa: 3.09
Asia: 4.18
Europe: 0.54
North America: 1.55
South America: 4.73
Oceania: 0.06 1976
Africa: 5.83
Asia: 8.56
Europe: 4.46
North America: 5.52
South America: 4.67
Oceania: 0.36 1977
Africa: 3.43
Asia: 5.95
Europe: 2.94
North America: 6.5
South America: 4.95
Oceania: 1.43 1978
Africa: 3.57
Asia: 7.02
Europe: 3.24
North America: 6.11
South America: 5.17
Oceania: 1.86 1979
Africa: 3.73
Asia: 6.21
Europe: 3.84
North America: 4.62
South America: 4.74
Oceania: 2.12 1980
Africa: 2.37
Asia: 5.75
Europe: 1.73
North America: 5.55
South America: 3.9
Oceania: -1.34 1981
Africa: 3.64
Asia: 5.7
Europe: 0.84
North America: 2.59
South America: 1.92
Oceania: 2.65 1982
Africa: 1.99
Asia: 3.46
Europe: 2.01
North America: -0.07
South America: -1.07
Oceania: -0.01 1983
Africa: 1.3
Asia: 4.97
Europe: 1.57
North America: 2.36
South America: -3.97
Oceania: 1.96 1984
Africa: 3.78
Asia: 5.07
Europe: 2.82
North America: 3.54
South America: 2.72
Oceania: 3.11 1985
Africa: 4.4
Asia: 4.03
Europe: 2.54
North America: 1.76
South America: 2.23
Oceania: 1.31 1986
Africa: 2.87
Asia: 4.27
Europe: 3.06
North America: 4.06
South America: 5.61
Oceania: 4.33 1987
Africa: 2.68
Asia: 4.36
Europe: 3.46
North America: 3.75
South America: 4.22
Oceania: 1.92 1988
Africa: 5.03
Asia: 6.7
Europe: 4.6
North America: 3.97
South America: 3.49
Oceania: 1.9 1989
Africa: 3.76
Asia: 4.27
Europe: 3.9
North America: 3.77
South America: 2.13
Oceania: 1.84 1990
Africa: 2.73
Asia: 5.58
Europe: 2.12
North America: 3.1
South America: 1.95
Oceania: 2.44 1991
Africa: 2.4
Asia: 3.49
Europe: -1.15
North America: 1.39
South America: 3.92
Oceania: 3.38 1992
Africa: 1.18
Asia: 6.35
Europe: -0.51
North America: 3.57
South America: 3.08
Oceania: 1.84 1993
Africa: 2.1
Asia: 4.49
Europe: -0.85
North America: 3.01
South America: 4.93
Oceania: 3.87 1994
Africa: 1.98
Asia: 4.97
Europe: 2.96
North America: 3.34
South America: 5.57
Oceania: 5.03 1995
Africa: 3.99
Asia: 5.94
Europe: 3.12
North America: 3.73
South America: 4.45
Oceania: 4.31 1996
Africa: 5.29
Asia: 5.73
Europe: 3.17
North America: 3.77
South America: 2.5
Oceania: 1.03 1997
Africa: 4.47
Asia: 5.07
Europe: 4.19
North America: 4.45
South America: 5.94
Oceania: 0.26 1998
Africa: 3.91
Asia: 3.66
Europe: 3.84
North America: 4.48
South America: 1.43
Oceania: 1.52 1999
Africa: 3.28
Asia: 4.02
Europe: 3.4
North America: 3.85
South America: -1.38
Oceania: 1.01 2000
Africa: 3.59
Asia: 5.82
Europe: 4.18
North America: 4.45
South America: 2.3
Oceania: 2.66 2001
Africa: 3.9
Asia: 3.8
Europe: 2.92
North America: 1.81
South America: 1.68
Oceania: 1.49 2002
Africa: 3.96
Asia: 3.97
Europe: 2.75
North America: 1.5
South America: 2.49
Oceania: 3.2 2003
Africa: 4.95
Asia: 5.94
Europe: 3.21
North America: 3.41
South America: 3.4
Oceania: 0.98 2004
Africa: 4.69
Asia: 6.98
Europe: 4.61
North America: 4
South America: 5.55
Oceania: 1.85 2005
Africa: 5.52
Asia: 6.77
Europe: 3.88
North America: 3.4
South America: 5.11
Oceania: 2.27 2006
Africa: 6
Asia: 6.67
Europe: 5.1
North America: 4.51
South America: 5.46
Oceania: 1.58 2007
Africa: 5.54
Asia: 7.13
Europe: 5.4
North America: 3.33
South America: 6.31
Oceania: 1.78 2008
Africa: 4.9
Asia: 5.95
Europe: 1.75
North America: 2.15
South America: 5.16
Oceania: 0.52 2009
Africa: 3.24
Asia: 3.47
Europe: -4.57
North America: -2.83
South America: 1.09
Oceania: -0.29 2010
Africa: 5.58
Asia: 6.42
Europe: 2
North America: 1.2
South America: 5.51
Oceania: 1.43 2011
Africa: 4.5
Asia: 5.96
Europe: 2
North America: 1.67
South America: 5.53
Oceania: 2.92 2012
Africa: 4.72
Asia: 5.46
Europe: 0.22
North America: 1.39
South America: 4.52
Oceania: 1.21 2013
Africa: 4.31
Asia: 4.92
Europe: 1.14
North America: 2.18
South America: 4.15
Oceania: 2.61 2014
Africa: 4.32
Asia: 4.12
Europe: 2.24
North America: 2.51
South America: 2.09
Oceania: 1.89 2015
Africa: 3.72
Asia: 3.72
Europe: 2.23
North America: 1.42
South America: 1.42
Oceania: 3.46 2016
Africa: 3.89
Asia: 4.34
Europe: 2.58
North America: 2.54
South America: 1.72
Oceania: 3.68 2017
Africa: 4.06
Asia: 4.43
Europe: 2.9
North America: 2.46
South America: 2.13
Oceania: 3.24 2018
Africa: 4.27
Asia: 3.76
Europe: 2.91
North America: 2.41
South America: 2.72
Oceania: 1.39 2019
Africa: 4.17
Asia: 3.89
Europe: 2.61
North America: 2.44
South America: 1.05
Oceania: 2.52 2020
Africa: -1.19
Asia: -3.58
Europe: -3.87
North America: -8.79
South America: -8.3
Oceania: -3.03 2021
Africa: 4.36
Asia: 4.58
Europe: 6.88
North America: 5.95
South America: 9.73
Oceania: 0 2022
Africa: 4.23
Asia: 5.17
Europe: 4.02
North America: 5.56
South America: 4.18
Oceania: 2.94 2023
Africa: 4.24
Asia: 3.62
Europe: 1.56
North America: 3.52
South America: 2.12
Oceania: 2.82 2024
Africa: 4.2
Asia: 3.99
Europe: 1.94
North America: 3.09
South America: 3.07
Oceania: 3.15 2025
Africa: 4.55
Asia: 4.47
Europe: 1.82
North America: 2.75
South America: 2.55
Oceania: 2.93 1971
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