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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	3.4% (2008 est.) 12.1% (2007 est.) 8.2% (2006 est.)


Albania	6.1% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.) 5.5% (2006 est.)


Algeria	3.5% (2008 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.) 2.1% (2006 est.)


American Samoa	3% (2003)


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


Angola	12.3% (2008 est.) 21.1% (2007 est.) 18.6% (2006 est.)


Anguilla	10.2% (2004 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	2.8% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.) 12.4% (2006 est.)


Argentina	6.8% (2008 est.) 8.7% (2007 est.) 8.5% (2006 est.)


Armenia	6.8% (2008 est.) 13.8% (2007 est.) 13.2% (2006 est.)


Aruba	2.4% (2005 est.)


Australia	2.4% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.) 2.8% (2006 est.)


Austria	2% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.) 3.5% (2006 est.)


Azerbaijan	10.8% (2008 est.) 25% (2007 est.) 34.5% (2006 est.)


Bahamas, The	-1.5% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.) 4.6% (2006 est.)


Bahrain	6.3% (2008 est.) 8.4% (2007 est.) 6.7% (2006 est.)


Bangladesh	5.8% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.) 6.4% (2006 est.)


Barbados	0.7% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.) 3.9% (2006 est.)


Belarus	10% (2008 est.) 8.2% (2007 est.) 9.9% (2006 est.)


Belgium	1% (2008 est.) 2.6% (2007 est.) 3% (2006 est.)


Belize	3% (2008 est.) 1.6% (2007 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)


Benin	4.8% (2008 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.) 3.8% (2006 est.)


Bermuda	4.6% (2004 est.)


Bhutan	21.4% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.) 6.5% (2006 est.)


Bolivia	6.1% (2008 est.) 4.6% (2007 est.) 4.8% (2006 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.5% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.) 6.9% (2006 est.)


Botswana	2.9% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.) 5.1% (2006 est.)


Brazil	5.1% (2008 est.) 5.7% (2007 est.) 4% (2006 est.)


British Virgin Islands	1% (2002 est.)


Brunei	-1.9% (2008 est.) 0.2% (2007 est.) 4.4% (2006 est.)


Bulgaria	6% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.) 6.3% (2006 est.)


Burkina Faso	5% (2008 est.) 3.7% (2007 est.) 5.5% (2006 est.)


Burma	1.1% (2008 est.) 3.4% (2007 est.) 3.4% (2006 est.)


Burundi	4.5% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.) 5.1% (2006 est.)


Cambodia	5% (2008 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.) 10.8% (2006 est.)


Cameroon	3.3% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.) 3.2% (2006 est.)


Canada	0.4% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.) 2.9% (2006 est.)


Cape Verde	5.5% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.) 10.8% (2006 est.)


Cayman Islands	0.9% (2004 est.)


Central African Republic	2.2% (2008 est.) 3.7% (2007 est.) 3.8% (2006 est.)


Chad	-0.2% (2008 est.) 0.2% (2007 est.) 0.2% (2006 est.)


Chile	3.2% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.) 4.6% (2006 est.)


China	9% (2008 est.) 13% (2007 est.) 11.6% (2006 est.)


Colombia	2.4% (2008 est.) 7.5% (2007 est.) 6.9% (2006 est.)


Comoros	0.5% (2008 est.) -1% (2007 est.) 1.3% (2006 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.9% (2008 est.) 7% (2007 est.) 6.4% (2006 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	6.4% (2008 est.) -1.6% (2007 est.) 6.2% (2006 est.)


Cook Islands	0.1% (2005 est.)


Costa Rica	2.6% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.) 8.8% (2006 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	2.3% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.) 0.7% (2006 est.)


Croatia	2.4% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.) 4.7% (2006 est.)


Cuba	4.3% (2008 est.) 7.3% (2007 est.) 12.1% (2006 est.)


Cyprus	3.7% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.) 4.1% (2006 est.)


Czech Republic	2.6% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.) 6.8% (2006 est.)


Denmark	-1.2% (2008 est.) 1.6% (2007 est.) 3.3% (2006 est.)


Djibouti	5.9% (2008 est.) 5.3% (2007 est.) 4.8% (2006 est.)


Dominica	3.2% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.) 3.8% (2006 est.)


Dominican Republic	5.3% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.) 10.7% (2006 est.)


Ecuador	6.5% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.) 3.9% (2006 est.)


Egypt	7.2% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.) 6.8% (2006 est.)


El Salvador	2.5% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.) 4.2% (2006 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	10.6% (2008 est.) 22.5% (2007 est.) 1.2% (2006 est.)


Eritrea	2% (2008 est.) 1% (2007 est.) -1% (2006 est.)


Estonia	-3.6% (2008 est.) 7.2% (2007 est.) 10% (2006 est.)


Ethiopia	11.6% (2008 est.) 11.1% (2007 est.) 10.9% (2006 est.)


European Union	0.9% (2008 est.) 3% (2007 est.) 3.4% (2006 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA%


Faroe Islands	2.4% (2005 est.)


Fiji	0.2% (2008 est.) -6.6% (2007 est.) 3.4% (2006 est.)


Finland	0.8% (2008 est.) 4.1% (2007 est.) 4.9% (2006 est.)


France	0.3% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.) 2.4% (2006 est.)


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


Gabon	2% (2008 est.) 5.6% (2007 est.) 1.2% (2006 est.)


Gambia, The	5.9% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.) 6.5% (2006 est.)


Gaza Strip	0.8% (2008 est.) -8% (2006 est.) 4.9% (2005 est.)


Georgia	2.1% (2008 est.) 12.3% (2007 est.) 9.4% (2006 est.)


Germany	1.3% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.) 3.2% (2006 est.)


Ghana	7.3% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.) 6.4% (2006 est.)


Gibraltar	7% (2005 est.)


Greece	2.9% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.) 4.5% (2006 est.)


Greenland	2% (2005 est.)


Grenada	2.2% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.) -2.3% (2006 est.)


Guam	NA%


Guatemala	4% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.) 5.4% (2006 est.)


Guernsey	3% (2005 est.)


Guinea	4.5% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.) 2.2% (2006 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	3.3% (2008 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.) 0.6% (2006 est.)


Guyana	3% (2008 est.) 5.4% (2007 est.) 5.1% (2006 est.)


Haiti	1.3% (2008 est.) 3.4% (2007 est.) 2.3% (2006 est.)


Honduras	4% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.) 6.6% (2006 est.)


Hong Kong	2.4% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.) 7% (2006 est.)


Hungary	0.6% (2008 est.) 1.2% (2007 est.) 3.9% (2006 est.)


Iceland	1.3% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.) 4.5% (2006 est.)


India	7.4% (2008 est.) 9% (2007 est.) 9.7% (2006 est.)


Indonesia	6.1% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.) 5.5% (2006 est.)


Iran	6.5% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.) 5.8% (2006 est.)


Iraq	7.8% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.) 6.2% (2006 est.)


Ireland	-3% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.) 5.4% (2006 est.)


Isle of Man	5.2% (2005)


Israel	4.2% (2008 est.) 5.2% (2007 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)


Italy	-1% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.) 2.1% (2006 est.)


Jamaica	-0.6% (2008 est.) 1.4% (2007 est.) 2.7% (2006 est.)


Japan	-0.7% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.) 2% (2006 est.)


Jersey	NA%


Jordan	5.6% (2008 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.) 8% (2006 est.)


Kazakhstan	2.4% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.) 10.6% (2006 est.)


Kenya	1.7% (2008 est.) 7% (2007 est.) 6.4% (2006 est.)


Kiribati	3.4% (2008 est.) -0.5% (2007 est.) 3.2% (2006 est.)


Korea, North	3.7% (2008 est.)


Korea, South	2.2% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.) 5.2% (2006 est.)


Kosovo	5.1% (2007 est.)


Kuwait	8.5% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.) 6.3% (2006 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	7.6% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.) 3.1% (2006 est.)


Laos	7.5% (2008 est.) 7.5% (2007 est.) 8.3% (2006 est.)


Latvia	-4.6% (2008 est.) 10% (2007 est.) 12.2% (2006 est.)


Lebanon	6.3% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.) -4.3% (2006 est.)


Lesotho	6.8% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.) 6.2% (2006 est.)


Liberia	7.1% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.) 7.8% (2006 est.)


Libya	5.9% (2008 est.) 5.6% (2007 est.) 5.9% (2006 est.)


Liechtenstein	3.1% (2007 est.)


Lithuania	3% (2008 est.) 8.9% (2007 est.) 7.8% (2006 est.)


Luxembourg	-0.9% (2008 est.) 5.2% (2007 est.) 6.4% (2006 est.)


Macau	15% (2008) 16.6% (2006)


Macedonia	5.3% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.) 3.7% (2006 est.)


Madagascar	7% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.) 5% (2006 est.)


Malawi	9.7% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.) 8.2% (2006 est.)


Malaysia	4.6% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.) 5.8% (2006 est.)


Maldives	5.8% (2008 est.) 7.2% (2007 est.) 18% (2006 est.)


Mali	5.1% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)


Malta	2.3% (2008 est.) 4.2% (2007 est.) 3.5% (2006 est.)


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


Mauritania	3.5% (2008 est.) 1% (2007 est.) 11.4% (2006 est.)


Mauritius	5.3% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.) 5.1% (2006 est.)


Mayotte	NA%


Mexico	1.3% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.) 5.1% (2006 est.)


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


Moldova	7.2% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.) 4.8% (2006 est.)


Monaco	0.9% (2000 est.)


Mongolia	9% (2008 est.) 9.9% (2007 est.) 8.6% (2006 est.)


Montenegro	7.5% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.) 8.6% (2006 est.)


Montserrat	-1% (2002 est.)


Morocco	6.2% (2008 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.) 7.8% (2006 est.)


Mozambique	6.8% (2008 est.) 7.4% (2007 est.) 8.5% (2006 est.)


Namibia	2.9% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.) 7.1% (2006 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	5.3% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.) 3.4% (2006 est.)


Netherlands	2% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.) 3.4% (2006 est.)


Netherlands Antilles	1% (2004 est.)


New Caledonia	NA%


New Zealand	0% (2008 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.) 1.9% (2006 est.)


Nicaragua	3.2% (2008 est.) 3.2% (2007 est.) 3.9% (2006 est.)


Niger	9.5% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.) 5.8% (2006 est.)


Nigeria	5.3% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.) 6.2% (2006 est.)


Niue	6.2% (2003 est.)


Northern Mariana Islands	NA%


Norway	2.5% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.) 4.4% (2006 est.)


Oman	6.4% (2008 est.) 5.8% (2007 est.) 7.5% (2006 est.)


Pakistan	3.4% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.) 6% (2006 est.)


Palau	5.5% (2005 est.)


Panama	9.2% (2008 est.) 11.5% (2007 est.) 8.5% (2006 est.)


Papua New Guinea	7% (2008 est.) 5.6% (2007 est.) 2.3% (2006 est.)


Paraguay	5.8% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.) 4.3% (2006 est.)


Peru	9.8% (2008 est.) 8.9% (2007 est.) 7.7% (2006 est.)


Philippines	3.8% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)


Poland	5% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.) 6.2% (2006 est.)


Portugal	0% (2008 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.) 1.4% (2006 est.)


Puerto Rico	-2.5% (2008 est.) -1.8% (2007 est.) 0.5% (2006 est.)


Qatar	13.4% (2008 est.) 17.3% (2007 est.) 12.2% (2006 est.)


Romania	7.1% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.) 7.9% (2006 est.)


Russia	5.6% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.) 7.7% (2006 est.)


Rwanda	11.2% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.) 7.3% (2006 est.)


Saint Helena	NA%


Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.4% (2008 est.) 0.9% (2007 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)


Saint Lucia	0.7% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.) 5% (2006 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA%


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.9% (2008 est.) 7% (2007 est.) 7.6% (2006 est.)


Samoa	-3.4% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.) 1.9% (2006 est.)


San Marino	4.3% (2007 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	5.5% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.) 6.7% (2006 est.)


Saudi Arabia	4.4% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.) 3.1% (2006 est.)


Senegal	2.5% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.) 2.3% (2006 est.)


Serbia	5.4% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.) 5.2% (2006 est.)


Seychelles	-0.9% (2008 est.) 9.7% (2007 est.) 9.3% (2006 est.)


Sierra Leone	5.5% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.) 7.4% (2006 est.)


Singapore	1.1% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.) 8.4% (2006 est.)


Slovakia	6.4% (2008 est.) 10.4% (2007 est.) 8.5% (2006 est.)


Slovenia	3.5% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.) 5.9% (2006 est.)


Solomon Islands	7.3% (2008 est.) 10.3% (2007 est.) 6.1% (2006 est.)


Somalia	2.6% (2008 est.) 2.6% (2007 est.) 2.6% (2006 est.)


South Africa	3.1% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)


Spain	0.9% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.) 4% (2006 est.)


Sri Lanka	6% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.) 7.7% (2006 est.)


Sudan	6.6% (2008 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.) 11.3% (2006 est.)


Suriname	6% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.) 4.8% (2006 est.)


Svalbard	NA%


Swaziland	2.7% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.) 2.8% (2006 est.)


Sweden	-0.4% (2008 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.) 4.5% (2006 est.)


Switzerland	1.8% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.) 3.6% (2006 est.)


Syria	5.1% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.) 5.2% (2006 est.)


Taiwan	0.1% (2008 est.) 5.7% (2007 est.) 4.8% (2006 est.)


Tajikistan	7.9% (2008 est.) 7.8% (2007 est.) 7% (2006 est.)


Tanzania	7.1% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.) 6.7% (2006 est.)


Thailand	2.6% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.) 5.2% (2006 est.)


Timor-Leste	12.8% (2008 est.) 8.4% (2007 est.) -5.8% (2006 est.)


Togo	1.1% (2008 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.) 3.9% (2006 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	0.8% (2008 est.) -0.3% (2007 est.) 3.2% (2006 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	3.5% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.) 12.1% (2006 est.)


Tunisia	4.4% (2008 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.) 5.3% (2006 est.)


Turkey	0.9% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.) 6.9% (2006 est.)


Turkmenistan	9.8% (2008 est.) 11.6% (2007 est.) 11.4% (2006 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4.9% (2000 est.)


Tuvalu	3% (2006 est.)


Uganda	8.3% (2008 est.) 8.2% (2007 est.) 7.1% (2006 est.)


Ukraine	2.1% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.) 7.3% (2006 est.)


United Arab Emirates	7.4% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.) 14.9% (2006 est.)


United Kingdom	0.7% (2008 est.) 2.6% (2007 est.) 2.9% (2006 est.)


United States	0.4% (2008 est.) 2.1% (2007 est.) 2.7% (2006 est.)


Uruguay	8.9% (2008 est.) 7.4% (2007 est.) 7% (2006 est.)


Uzbekistan	9% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.) 7.3% (2006 est.)


Vanuatu	6.6% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.) 7.2% (2006 est.)


Venezuela	4.8% (2008 est.) 8.2% (2007 est.) 9.9% (2006 est.)


Vietnam	6.2% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.) 8.2% (2006 est.)


Virgin Islands	2% (2002 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	NA%


West Bank	0.8% (2008 est.)


Western Sahara	NA%


World	2.9% (2008 est.) 5% (2007 est.) 5% (2006 est.)


Yemen	3.2% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.) 3.2% (2006 est.)


Zambia	6% (2008 est.) 6.2% (2007 est.) 6.2% (2006 est.)


Zimbabwe	-14.4% (2008 est.) -5.6% (2007 est.) -4.6% (2006 est.)

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