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World map showing GDP real growth rates for 2007.

The list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (real) growth rate shows the increase in value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year -- not taking into account purchasing power parity and taking into account inflation. It is a measure of economic development.

1 List
2 5 Fastest Growing On each Continent
3 See also
4 Lists of countries by their GDP
5 Sources
6 External links
7 References

List

All figures are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise specified.

The G-20 major economies are listed in bold. Data are not available for Nauru and Vatican City.

Rank	Country/Region	GDP (real) growth rate (%)	Year.
1	Azerbaijan	23.40	2007 est.
2	Bhutan	22.40	2007 est.
3	Timor-Leste	19.80	2007 est.
4	Angola	16.70	2007 est.
-	Macau	16.60	2006
5	Armenia	13.70	2007 est.
6	Equatorial Guinea	12.40	2007 est.
7	Georgia	12.00	2007 est.
8	People's Republic of China	11.90	2007 est.
9	Afghanistan	11.50	2007 est.
10	Turkmenistan	11.50	2007 est.
11	Panama	11.20	2007 est.
12	Ethiopia	11.10	2007 est.
13	Liechtenstein	11.00	1999 est.
14	Slovakia	10.40	2007 est.
15	Latvia	10.30	2007 est.
16	Anguilla	10.20	2004 est.
17	Sudan	10.20	2007 est.
18	Cambodia	10.10	2007 est.
19	Mongolia	9.90	2007 est.
20	Uzbekistan	9.50	2007 est.
21	Liberia	9.40	2007 est.
22	India	9.00	2007 est.
23	Peru	9.00	2007 est.
24	Lithuania	8.80	2007 est.
25	Argentina	8.70	2007 est.
26	Dominican Republic	8.50	2007 est.
27	Vietnam	8.50	2007 est.
28	Kazakhstan	8.50	2007 est.
29	Qatar	8.40	2007 est.
30	Venezuela	8.40	2007 est.
31	Belarus	8.20	2007 est.
32	Kyrgyzstan	8.20	2007 est.
33	Colombia	8.20	2007 est
34	Russia	8.10	2007 est.
35	Malawi	8.00	2007 est.
36	Tajikistan	7.80	2007 est.
37	Singapore	7.70	2007 est.
38	Ukraine	7.70	2007 est.
39	United Arab Emirates	7.50	2007 est.
40	Montenegro	7.50	2007 est.
41	Laos	7.50	2007 est.
42	Uruguay	7.40	2007 est.
43	Mozambique	7.30	2007 est.
44	Philippines	7.30	2007 est.
45	Tanzania	7.30	2007 est.
46	Serbia	7.30	2007 est.
47	Egypt	7.10	2007 est.
48	Estonia	7.10	2007 est.
49	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	7.00	2007 est.
50	Gibraltar	7.00	2007 est.
51	Sierra Leone	7.00	2007 est.
52	Kenya	7.00	2007 est.
53	Gambia, The	7.00	2007 est.
54	Cape Verde	6.90	2007 est.
55	Sri Lanka	6.80	2007 est.
56	Costa Rica	6.80	2007 est.
57	Bahrain	6.70	2007 est.
58	Czech Republic	6.60	2007 est.
59	Paraguay	6.60	2007 est.
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.60	2007 est.
61	Poland	6.60	2007 est.
62	Maldives	6.60	2007 est.
63	Cuba	6.50	2007 est.
64	Hong Kong	6.40	2007 est.
65	Tunisia	6.30	2007 est.
66	Niue	6.20	2003 est.
67	Bulgaria	6.10	2007 est.
68	Costa Rica	6.10	2007 est.
69	Indonesia	6.10	2007 est.
70	Nigeria	6.10	2007 est.
71	Czech Republic	6.00	2007
72	Honduras	6.00	2007 est.
73	Moldova	6.00	2007 est.
74	Montenegro	6.00	2007 est.
75	Rwanda	6.00	2007 est.
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.00	2007 est.
77	Uganda	6.00	2007 est.
78	Romania	5.90	2007 est.
79	Ghana	5.80	2007 est.
80	Hong Kong	5.80	2007 est.
81	Seychelles	5.80	2007 est.
82	Trinidad and Tobago	5.80	2007 est.
83	Jordan	5.70	2007 est.
84	Malaysia	5.70	2007 est.
85	Malawi	5.70	2007 est.
86	Croatia	5.60	2007 est.
87	Guatemala	5.60	2007 est.
88	Kuwait	5.60	2007 est.
89	Slovenia	5.60	2007 est.
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.50	2007 est.
91	Burundi	5.50	2007 est.
92	Maldives	5.50	2007 est.
93	Mauritius	5.50	2007 est.
94	Palau	5.50	2005 est.
95	Samoa	5.50	2005 est.
96	Brazil	5.40	2007 est.
97	Iran	5.40	2007 est.
98	Libya	5.40	2007 est.
99	Oman	5.30	2007 est.
100	Ireland	5.30	2007 est.
101	Zambia	5.30	2007 est.
102	Chile	5.20	2007 est.
103	Isle of Man	5.20	2005
104	French Polynesia	5.10	2002
105	Israel	5.10	2007 est.
106	Saint Lucia	5.10	2005 est.
107	Suriname	5.10	2007 est.
107	Turkey	4.50	2007 est.
108	Albania	5.00	2007 est.
109	Iraq	5.00	2007 est.
110	Luxembourg	5.00	2007 est.
111	South Africa	5.10	2007 est.
112	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.90	2000 est.
113	Lesotho	4.80	2007 est.
114	South Korea	5.00	2007 est.
115	Botswana	4.70	2007 est.
116	Algeria	4.60	2007 est.
117	Bermuda	4.60	2004 est.
118	FYROM	5.10	2007 est.
119	San Marino	4.60	2004 est.
120	Senegal	4.60	2007 est.
121	Taiwan	4.60	2007 est.
122	Benin	4.50	2007 est.
123	Gabon	4.50	2007 est.
124	Guyana	4.50	2007 est.
125	Namibia	4.50	2007 est.
126	Niger	4.50	2007 est.
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.40	2007 est.
128	Solomon Islands	4.40	2005 est.
129	Mali	4.30	2007 est.
130	Thailand	4.30	2007 est.
131	Burkina Faso	4.20	2007 est.
132	Australia	4.30	2007 est.
133	Barbados	4.00	2007 est.
134	Bolivia	4.00	2007 est.
135	Central African Republic	4.00	2007 est.
136	Paraguay	4.00	2007 est.
137	Papua New Guinea	4.00	2007 est.
138	Finland	3.90	2007 est.
139	Antigua and Barbuda	3.80	2007 est.
140	Spain	3.80	2007 est.
141	Greece	3.70	2007 est.
142	Guinea-Bissau	3.70	2007 est.
143	Andorra	3.50	2007 est.
144	Burma	3.50	2007 est.
145	Haiti	3.50	2007 est.
146	Marshall Islands	3.50	2007 est.
147	Netherlands	3.50	2007
148	Saudi Arabia	3.50	2007
149	Syria	3.50	2007 est.
150	El Salvador	3.40	2007 est.
151	Malta	3.40	2007 est.
152	Sweden	3.40	2007 est.
153	Austria	3.30	2007 est.
154	Cameroon	3.20	2007 est.
155	Djibouti	3.20	2005 est.
156	Dominica	3.20	2007 est.
157	Yemen	3.20	2007 est.
158	Norway	3.10	2007 est.
159	American Samoa	3.00	2003
160	Belize	3.00	2007 est.
-	European Union	3.00	2007 est.
162	Guernsey	3.00	2005 est.
163	Mexico	3.00	2007 est.
164	New Zealand	3.00	2007 est.
165	Nicaragua	2.90	2007 est.
166	United Kingdom	3.10	2007
167	Bahamas	2.80	2007 est.
168	Republic of the Congo	2.80	2007 est.
169	Belgium	2.70	2007 est.
170	Canada	2.70	2007 est.
171	Germany	2.50	2007 est.
172	Somalia	2.60	2007 est.
173	Switzerland	2.60	2007 est.
174	Nepal	2.50	2007 est.
175	Togo	2.50	2007 est.
176	Aruba	2.40	2005 est.
177	Faroe Islands	2.40	2005 est..
178	Tonga	2.40	2005 est.
179	Morocco	2.20	2007 est.
180	United States	2.00	2007 est.
181	Eritrea	2.00	2007 est.
182	Greenland	2.00	2005 est.
183	United States Virgin Islands	2.00	2002 est.
184	Italy	1.40	2007 est.
185	Japan	2.00	2007 est.
186	Portugal	1.90	2007 est.
187	Ecuador	1.80	2007 est.
188	France	2.10	2007 est.
189	Iceland	1.80	2007 est.
190	Denmark	1.70	2007 est.
191	Hungary	1.70	2007 est.
192	North Korea	1.60	2006 est.
193	Swaziland	1.60	2007 est.
194	Guinea	1.50	2007 est.
195	Jamaica	1.50	2007 est.
196	Mauritania	1.50	2007 est.
197	Côte d'Ivoire	1.40	2007 est.
198	Tuvalu	1.20	2002 est.
199	British Virgin Islands	1.00	2002 est.
200	Netherlands Antilles	1.00	2004 est.
201	Cayman Islands	0.90	2004 est.
202	Grenada	0.90	2005 est.
203	Monaco	0.90	2000 est.
204	Brunei	0.40	2005 est.
205	Federated States of Micronesia	0.30	2005 est.
206	Kiribati	0.30	2005
207	Lebanon	0.30	2007 est.
208	Cook Islands	0.10	2005 est.
209	Comoros	-1.00	2007 est.
210	Montserrat	-1.00	2002 est.
211	Puerto Rico	-1.20	2007 est.
212	Chad	-1.30	2007 est.
213	Fiji	-3.10	2007 est.
214	Zimbabwe	-6.00	2007 est.

5 Fastest Growing On each Continent

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North America

North America, even though one of the slowest growing continents, has stable growth. Most of the faster growing economies are in the Caribbean.

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
Anguilla	10.20%	2004 est.	13	1
Panama	7.80%	2007 est.	29	2
Dominican Republic	7.20%	2007 est.	37	3
Honduras	6.00%	2007 est.	70	4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.00%	2007 est.	74	5

South America

South America has a Boom and Bust growth with high followed by recession growth, most notable in Brazil, however growth has been stabilizing and the whole continent is growing.

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
Argentina	8.70%	2007 est.	20	1
Venezuela	8.30%	2007 est.	25	2
Peru	7.50%	2007 est.	33	3
Uruguay	7.20%	2007 est.	40	4
Colombia	6.50%	2007 est.	53	5

Africa

Africa has seen some of the fastest growing economies in the world, but also some of the slowest, including several in decline. Angola, bolstered by oil fields, is the 3rd fastest-growing economy in the world. This contrasts with Zimbabwe, which is experiencing a precipitous decline. Oil in Africa has created "wealth spots" where a few countries have exceeded their neighbors in wealth. Three of the world's ten fastest-growing economies were African, with some having been at time the fastest-growing in the world. Equatorial Guinea, for example, reached 75% growth in 2004 because of oil production.

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
Angola	16.30%	2007 est.	4	1
Sudan	12.80%	2007 est.	6	2
Equatorial Guinea	12.70%	2007 est.	7	3
Ethiopia	11.4%	2007 est.	10	4
Liberia	8.50%	2007 est.	21	5

Europe

Europe has had one of the most stable growth rates in the world. The east especially has seen an increase in GDP after the fall of Communism. If the Caucasus were included, Europe would be one of the fastest growing continents in the world.¹. Most countries are growing at a medium speed; however, many smaller countries exceed 7% and grow much faster than their neighbors. Out of the 10 fastest growing countries in the world, one is in Europe.²

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
Liechtenstein	11.00%	2007 est.	10	1
Cyprus (if considered part of Europe: part of EU)	10.60%	2007 est.	11	2
Slovakia	10.40%	2007 est.	15	3
Russia	8.10%	2007 est.	26	4
Lithuania	8.00%	2007 est.	28	5

Eurasia

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
Azerbaijan	31.00%	2007 est.	1	1
Armenia	13.70%	2007 est.	5	2
Georgia	12.00%	2007 est.	8	3
Turkmenistan	11.50%	2007 est.	10	4
Kazakhstan	8.50%	2007 est.	21	5

Middle East

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
United Arab Emirates	8.50%	2007 est.	24	1
Egypt	7.20%	2007 est.	39	2
Bahrain	6.60%	2007 est.	54	3
Jordan	5.70%	2007 est.	82	4
Kuwait	5.60%	2007 est.	87	5

Oceania

The only exceptional growth in Oceania has been on Vanuatu.³. ⁴.

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
Vanuatu	6.80%	2007 est.	52	1
Niue	6.50%	2007 est.	65	2
Palau	5.50%	2007 est.	94	4
Samoa	5.50%	2007 est.	94	4
French Polynesia	5.10%	2007 est.	103	5

Asia

Overall in the 20th century, Asia was seen as the area with most growth. The trend is expected to continue into the 21st century, with the majority of economic growth in the region being powered by the rapidly expanding economies of China and India, coupled with significant growth occurring in certain parts of South, South-East and especially East Asia. Out of the 10 fastest growing countries in the world, half of that number are located in Asia⁵.

Country	% Growth	Date of information	World Rank	Continent Rank
Bhutan	22.40%	2007 est.	2	1
Timor-Leste (East Timor)	19.80%	2007 est.	3	2
People's Republic of China	11.90%<