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Field Listing :: GDP - real growth rate

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This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	GDP - real growth rate(%)


Afghanistan	8.9% (2010 est.) 22.5% (2009 est.) 3.4% (2008 est.)


Albania	3.1% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.) 7.8% (2008 est.)


Algeria	4.1% (2010 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.)


American Samoa	3% (2003)


Andorra	2.6% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.) 3.5% (2005 est.)


Angola	5.9% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.) 13.4% (2008 est.)


Anguilla	-8.5% (2009 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	-4.1% (2010 est.) -8.9% (2009 est.) 1.8% (2008 est.)


Argentina	7.8% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.) 6.8% (2008 est.) note: data are derived from official data and may overstate actual growth


Armenia	4.7% (2010 est.) -14.2% (2009 est.) 6.9% (2008 est.)


Aruba	2.4% (2005 est.)


Australia	3.3% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.) 2.2% (2008 est.)


Austria	2% (2010 est.) -3.8% (2009 est.) 1.9% (2008 est.)


Azerbaijan	3.7% (2010 est.) 9.3% (2009 est.) 10.8% (2008 est.)


Bahamas, The	-0.5% (2010 est.) -3.9% (2009 est.) -1.7% (2008 est.)


Bahrain	3.9% (2010 est.) 3.1% (2009 est.) 6.3% (2008 est.)


Bangladesh	6% (2010 est.) 5.7% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.)


Barbados	-0.7% (2010 est.) -5.5% (2009 est.) -0.2% (2008 est.)


Belarus	4.8% (2010 est.) 0.2% (2009 est.) 10.2% (2008 est.)


Belgium	1.6% (2010 est.) -2.7% (2009 est.) 0.8% (2008 est.)


Belize	1.5% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.) 3.6% (2008 est.)


Benin	3% (2010 est.) 2.7% (2009 est.) 5.1% (2008 est.)


Bermuda	4.6% (2004 est.)


Bhutan	6.8% (2010 est.) 5.7% (2009 est.) 2.7% (2008 est.)


Bolivia	3.8% (2010 est.) 3.4% (2009 est.) 6.1% (2008 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.1% (2010 est.) -3.2% (2009 est.) 5.7% (2008 est.)


Botswana	3.1% (2010 est.) -5.4% (2009 est.) 2.9% (2008 est.)


Brazil	7.5% (2010 est.) -0.2% (2009 est.) 5.1% (2008 est.)


British Virgin Islands	-0.6% (2008 est.)


Brunei	1% (2010 est.) -1.8% (2009 est.) -1.9% (2008 est.)


Bulgaria	0% (2010 est.) -5% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.)


Burkina Faso	5.2% (2010 est.) 3.2% (2009 est.) 5.2% (2008 est.)


Burma	3.1% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.) 1.1% (2008 est.)


Burundi	3.9% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.) 4.5% (2008 est.)


Cambodia	4.1% (2010 est.) -1.5% (2009 est.) 5% (2008 est.)


Cameroon	2.8% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.) 3.9% (2008 est.)


Canada	3% (2010 est.) -2.5% (2009 est.) 0.5% (2008 est.)


Cape Verde	4.5% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.) 5.9% (2008 est.)


Cayman Islands	1.1% (2008 est.) 0.9% (2004 est.)


Central African Republic	3.7% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.) 2% (2008 est.)


Chad	2% (2010 est.) -1.6% (2009 est.) 10.7% (2008 est.)


Chile	5.3% (2010 est.) -1.5% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.)


China	10.1% (2010 est.) 9.1% (2009 est.) 9% (2008 est.)


Colombia	4.4% (2010 est.) 0.8% (2009 est.) 2.7% (2008 est.)


Comoros	1.7% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.) 1% (2008 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3% (2010 est.) 2.8% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	10.5% (2010 est.) 7.6% (2009 est.) 5.6% (2008 est.)


Cook Islands	0.1% (2005 est.)


Costa Rica	3.5% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.) 2.6% (2008 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	3.6% (2010 est.) 4.2% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.)


Croatia	-1.4% (2010 est.) -5.8% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.)


Cuba	1.5% (2010 est.) 1.4% (2009 est.) 4.1% (2008 est.)


Curacao	3.5% (2008) 2.2% (2007)


Cyprus	0.6% (2010 est.) -1.8% (2009 est.) 3.6% (2008 est.)


Czech Republic	1.8% (2010 est.) -4.1% (2009 est.) 2.5% (2008 est.)


Denmark	1.8% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.) -0.9% (2008 est.)


Djibouti	4.8% (2010 est.) 5% (2009 est.) 5.8% (2008 est.)


Dominica	1.4% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.) 3.2% (2008 est.)


Dominican Republic	4.2% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.) 5.3% (2008 est.)


Ecuador	2.4% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.) 7.2% (2008 est.)


Egypt	5.3% (2010 est.) 4.6% (2009 est.) 7.2% (2008 est.)


El Salvador	1.2% (2010 est.) -3.5% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	2% (2010 est.) 5.3% (2009 est.) 11.3% (2008 est.)


Eritrea	4% (2010 est.) 3.6% (2009 est.) 2% (2008 est.)


Estonia	1.9% (2010 est.) -13.9% (2009 est.) -5.1% (2008 est.)


Ethiopia	7% (2010 est.) 8.7% (2009 est.) 11.6% (2008 est.)


European Union	1.7% (2010 est.) -4% (2009 est.) 0.6% (2008 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%


Faroe Islands	0.5% (2008 est.)


Fiji	1.8% (2010 est.) -2.5% (2009 est.) -0.1% (2008 est.)


Finland	2.1% (2010 est.) -8.1% (2009 est.) 1% (2008 est.)


France	1.6% (2010 est.) -2.5% (2009 est.) 0.1% (2008 est.)


French Polynesia	2.7% (2005) 5.1% (2002)


Gabon	5.4% (2010 est.) -1.4% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.)


Gambia, The	5% (2010 est.) 5.6% (2009 est.) 6.3% (2008 est.)


Gaza Strip	see entry for West Bank


Georgia	4.3% (2010 est.) -3.9% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.)


Germany	3.3% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.) 1% (2008 est.)


Ghana	4.7% (2010 est.) 4.1% (2009 est.) 7.3% (2008 est.)


Gibraltar	3.7% (2006) 7% (2005 est.)


Greece	-4.8% (2010 est.) -2% (2009 est.) 2% (2008 est.)


Greenland	1.5% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.) 2.6% (2006 est.)


Grenada	0.8% (2010 est.) -7.7% (2009 est.) 2.2% (2008 est.)


Guam	NA%


Guatemala	2.2% (2010 est.) 0.6% (2009 est.) 3.3% (2008 est.)


Guernsey	3% (2005 est.)


Guinea	3% (2010 est.) -3.5% (2009 est.) 4.7% (2008 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	1.8% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.)


Guyana	2.5% (2010 est.) 2.3% (2009 est.) 3% (2008 est.)


Haiti	-8% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.) 0.8% (2008 est.)


Honduras	2.5% (2010 est.) -2.1% (2009 est.) 4.2% (2008 est.)


Hong Kong	5.7% (2010 est.) -2.8% (2009 est.) 2.2% (2008 est.)


Hungary	0.8% (2010 est.) -6.3% (2009 est.) 0.6% (2008 est.)


Iceland	-3.4% (2010 est.) -6.8% (2009 est.) 1% (2008 est.)


India	8.3% (2010 est.) 7.4% (2009 est.) 7.4% (2008 est.)


Indonesia	6% (2010 est.) 4.5% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.)


Iran	3% (2010 est.) 1.5% (2009 est.) 2.5% (2008 est.)


Iraq	5.5% (2010 est.) 4.5% (2009 est.) 7.8% (2008 est.)


Ireland	-0.6% (2010 est.) -7.6% (2009 est.) -3.5% (2008 est.)


Isle of Man	5.2% (2005)


Israel	3.4% (2010 est.) 0.2% (2009 est.) 4.4% (2008 est.)


Italy	1.1% (2010 est.) -5.1% (2009 est.) -1.3% (2008 est.)


Jamaica	-0.8% (2010 est.) -2.8% (2009 est.) -0.9% (2008 est.)


Japan	3% (2010 est.) -5.2% (2009 est.) -1.2% (2008 est.)


Jersey	NA%


Jordan	3.2% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.) 5.8% (2008 est.)


Kazakhstan	4.9% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.) 3.3% (2008 est.)


Kenya	4% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.) 1.7% (2008 est.)


Kiribati	1.5% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.) -1.1% (2008 est.)


Korea, North	-0.9% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.)


Korea, South	6.1% (2010 est.) 0.2% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.)


Kosovo


Kuwait	3.2% (2010 est.) -4.6% (2009 est.) 8.5% (2008 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	-3.5% (2010 est.) 2.3% (2009 est.) 8.4% (2008 est.)


Laos	7% (2010 est.) 6.5% (2009 est.) 7.2% (2008 est.)


Latvia	-1.8% (2010 est.) -18% (2009 est.) -4.2% (2008 est.)


Lebanon	7.2% (2010 est.) 6.9% (2009 est.) 9.3% (2008 est.)


Lesotho	3.5% (2010 est.) 1.6% (2009 est.) 3.9% (2008 est.)


Liberia	6% (2010 est.) 4.6% (2009 est.) 8.6% (2008 est.)


Libya	3.3% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.) 2.7% (2008 est.)


Liechtenstein	3.1% (2007 est.)


Lithuania	0.4% (2010 est.) -14.8% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.)


Luxembourg	3.2% (2010 est.) -3.7% (2009 est.) 1.4% (2008 est.)


Macau	1% (2009 est.) 12.9% (2008) 26% (2007)


Macedonia	1.5% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.) 4.8% (2008 est.)


Madagascar	1.5% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.) 7% (2008 est.)


Malawi	6.5% (2010 est.) 7.6% (2009 est.) 9.8% (2008 est.)


Malaysia	7.1% (2010 est.) -1.7% (2009 est.) 4.7% (2008 est.)


Maldives	3.4% (2010 est.) -3.1% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.)


Mali	5.2% (2010 est.) 4.4% (2009 est.) 5% (2008 est.)


Malta	2% (2010 est.) -1.2% (2009 est.) 1.5% (2008 est.)


Marshall Islands	-0.3% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2005 est.)


Mauritania	5% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.) 3.5% (2008 est.)


Mauritius	3.6% (2010 est.) 3.1% (2009 est.) 5.1% (2008 est.)


Mayotte	NA%


Mexico	5% (2010 est.) -6.5% (2009 est.) 1.5% (2008 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	NA% 0.3% (2005 est.)


Moldova	3.1% (2010 est.) -6.5% (2009 est.) 7.8% (2008 est.)


Monaco	NA% (2000 est.)


Mongolia	7% (2010 est.) -1.6% (2009 est.) 8.9% (2008 est.)


Montenegro	-1.8% (2010 est.) -5.7% (2009 est.) 6.9% (2008 est.)


Montserrat	-1% (2002 est.)


Morocco	4.2% (2010 est.) 4.9% (2009 est.) 5.6% (2008 est.)


Mozambique	8.3% (2010 est.) 6.3% (2009 est.) 6.8% (2008 est.)


Namibia	4.1% (2010 est.) -0.8% (2009 est.) 4.3% (2008 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	3.5% (2010 est.) 4.7% (2009 est.) 5.3% (2008 est.)


Netherlands	1.7% (2010 est.) -3.9% (2009 est.) 1.9% (2008 est.)


Netherlands Antilles	1% (2004 est.)


New Caledonia	NA%


New Zealand	2.1% (2010 est.) -1.7% (2009 est.) -0.2% (2008 est.)


Nicaragua	2.8% (2010 est.) -1.5% (2009 est.) 2.8% (2008 est.)


Niger	3.5% (2010 est.) -1.2% (2009 est.) 9.3% (2008 est.)


Nigeria	6.8% (2010 est.) 5.6% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.)


Niue	6.2% (2003 est.)


Northern Mariana Islands	NA%


Norway	1.5% (2010 est.) -1.4% (2009 est.) 1.8% (2008 est.)


Oman	3.6% (2010 est.) 2% (2009 est.) 12.8% (2008 est.)


Pakistan	2.7% (2010 est.) 4.3% (2009 est.) 3.6% (2008 est.)


Palau	NA% (2009) 5.5% (2005 est.)


Panama	5.1% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.) 10.7% (2008 est.)


Papua New Guinea	6.2% (2010 est.) 5.5% (2009 est.) 6.7% (2008 est.)


Paraguay	6.5% (2010 est.) -3.8% (2009 est.) 5.8% (2008 est.)


Peru	7.8% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.) 9.8% (2008 est.)


Philippines	6.7% (2010 est.) 1.1% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.)


Poland	3.3% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.) 5.1% (2008 est.)


Portugal	1% (2010 est.) -2.6% (2009 est.) 0% (2008 est.)


Puerto Rico	-5.8% (2010 est.) -3.7% (2009 est.) -2.8% (2008 est.)


Qatar	19.4% (2010 est.) 9.5% (2009 est.) 11.7% (2008 est.)


Romania	-1.9% (2010 est.) -7.1% (2009 est.) 7.1% (2008 est.)


Russia	3.8% (2010 est.) -7.9% (2009) 5.2% (2008)


Rwanda	6% (2010 est.) 4.5% (2009 est.) 11.2% (2008 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA%


Saint Kitts and Nevis	-1.5% (2010 est.) -5.5% (2009 est.) 4.6% (2008 est.)


Saint Lucia	1.1% (2010 est.) -5.2% (2009 est.) 0.7% (2008 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA%


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.5% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.) -0.6% (2008 est.)


Samoa	-2% (2010 est.) -3.5% (2009 est.) -3.4% (2008 est.)


San Marino	4.3% (2007 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	6% (2010 est.) 4% (2009 est.) 5.8% (2008 est.)


Saudi Arabia	3.8% (2010 est.) 0.1% (2009 est.) 4.3% (2008 est.)


Senegal	3.9% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.) 3.3% (2008 est.)


Serbia	1.8% (2010 est.) -3% (2009 est.) 5.5% (2008 est.)


Seychelles	3.5% (2010 est.) 0.7% (2009 est.) -1.3% (2008 est.)


Sierra Leone	5.2% (2010 est.) 4.4% (2009 est.) 5.5% (2008 est.)


Singapore	14.6% (2010 est.) -1.3% (2009 est.) 1.8% (2008 est.)


Sint Maarten	1.6% (2008 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)


Slovakia	4% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.) 6.2% (2008 est.)


Slovenia	1% (2010 est.) -8.1% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.)


Solomon Islands	2.8% (2010 est.) -2.3% (2009 est.) 7.4% (2008 est.)


Somalia	2.6% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.) 2.6% (2008 est.)


South Africa	3% (2010 est.) -1.8% (2009 est.) 3.7% (2008 est.)


Spain	-0.4% (2010 est.) -3.7% (2009 est.) 0.9% (2008 est.)


Sri Lanka	6.9% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.) 6% (2008 est.)


Sudan	5.2% (2010 est.) 4.2% (2009 est.) 6.6% (2008 est.)


Suriname	3.5% (2010 est.) 2% (2009 est.) 7% (2008 est.)


Svalbard	NA%


Swaziland	2% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.) 2.4% (2008 est.)


Sweden	4.1% (2010 est.) -5.1% (2009 est.) -0.6% (2008 est.)


Switzerland	2.8% (2010 est.) -1.9% (2009 est.) 1.9% (2008 est.)


Syria	4% (2010 est.) 5% (2009 est.) 4.3% (2008 est.)


Taiwan	8.3% (2010 est.) -1.9% (2009 est.) 0.7% (2008 est.)


Tajikistan	5.5% (2010 est.) 3.4% (2009 est.) 7.9% (2008 est.)


Tanzania	6.4% (2010 est.) 6% (2009 est.) 7.4% (2008 est.)


Thailand	7.6% (2010 est.) -2.2% (2009 est.) 2.5% (2008 est.)


Timor-Leste	8% (2010 est.) 7.5% (2009 est.) 12.8% (2008 est.)


Togo	3.3% (2010 est.) 3.1% (2009 est.) 1.8% (2008 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	-0.5% (2010 est.) -0.5% (2009 est.) 1.2% (2008 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	2.1% (2010 est.) -3.2% (2009 est.) 3.5% (2008 est.)


Tunisia	3.4% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.) 4.6% (2008 est.)


Turkey	7.3% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.) 0.7% (2008 est.)


Turkmenistan	11% (2010 est.) 6.1% (2009 est.) 10.5% (2008 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4.9% (2000 est.)


Tuvalu	3% (2006 est.)


Uganda	5.8% (2010 est.) 7.2% (2009 est.) 8.7% (2008 est.)


Ukraine	4.3% (2010 est.) -15.1% (2009 est.) 2.1% (2008 est.)


United Arab Emirates	2.6% (2010 est.) -2.7% (2009 est.) 7.4% (2008 est.)


United Kingdom	1.6% (2010 est.) -5% (2009 est.) -0.1% (2008 est.)


United States	2.8% (2010 est.) -2.6% (2009 est.) 0% (2008 est.)


Uruguay	7.1% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.) 8.5% (2008 est.)


Uzbekistan	8.2% (2010 est.) 8.1% (2009 est.) 9% (2008 est.)


Vanuatu	4.1% (2010 est.) 3.8% (2009 est.) 6.6% (2008 est.)


Venezuela	-2.8% (2010 est.) -3.3% (2009 est.) 4.8% (2008 est.)


Vietnam	6.8% (2010 est.) 5.3% (2009 est.) 6.3% (2008 est.)


Virgin Islands	2% (2002 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	NA%


West Bank	7% (2009 est.) 2.3% (2008 est.)


Western Sahara	NA%


World	4.6% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.) 2.7% (2008 est.)


Yemen	5.2% (2010 est.) 3.8% (2009 est.) 3.2% (2008 est.)


Zambia	7% (2010 est.) 6.3% (2009 est.) 5.7% (2008 est.)


Zimbabwe	4.1% (2010 est.) -1.3% (2009 est.) -14.4% (2008 est.)

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