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GDP Growth

65 years, 1961–2025 · 186 countries

GDP growth is the annual percentage change in a country’s real output, measured at constant local prices so inflation is out of it. It is the number governments are judged on quarterly — and the one that says least about a country on its own.

This site holds every year from 1961 to 2025, read from World Bank Group’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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GDP Growth · the file

Newest
GDP Growth, 2025
Held
65 years · 11,408 rows
Licence
CC BY 4.0

0165 years

Every year

Every year comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.

1961bar height: countries covered, up to 2112025
Every year of GDP Growth held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
GDP Growth, 2025Newest186−14September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2024200−4September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2023204−5September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2022209−1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2021210±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2020210±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2019210−1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2018211+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2017210±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2016210−1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2015211+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2014210+1September 6, 2026CSV
Show all 65 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
GDP Growth, 2013209±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2012209−1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2011210±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2010210+2 −1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2009209+3September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2008206+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2007205+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2006204±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2005204±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2004204±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2003204+4September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2002200±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2001200+2 −1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 2000199±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1999199±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1998199+2September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1997197±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1996197+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1995196+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1994195±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1993195+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1992194±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1991194+18September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1990176+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1989175+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1988174+3September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1987171+2September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1986169+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1985168+3September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1984165±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1983165+2September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1982163+2September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1981161+9September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1980152+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1979151±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1978151+5September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1977146+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1976145+2September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1975143+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1974142±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1973142±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1972142±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1971142+23September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1970119±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1969119±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1968119+1September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1967118+3September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1966115+3September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1965112±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1964112±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1963112±0September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1962112+5September 6, 2026CSV
GDP Growth, 1961107—September 6, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: gdp-growth-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

023 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of GDP Growth: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2025DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1860
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1860
GDP growth (annual %)gdp_growthHeadlineThe headline figure: GDP growth (annual %).Number · up to 16 decimals-5.8468Equatorial Guinea19.3360Guyanamiddle 3.39611860

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.

03214 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of GDP Growth, by continent.
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Africa535352525252525252525252
Americas444545454545454544434235
Asia494949494948484848474744
Europe464646464646464646464341
Oceania181818181919191919161614
All210211210210211210210210209204200186

The newest 12 of 65 years.

Who joined and who left

  • 2025
    − Aruba− Afghanistan− United Arab Emirates− Bahamas− Bermuda− Cuba− Curaçao− Cayman Islands− Faroe Islands− Lebanon− Monaco− New Caledonia− French Polynesia− Turks and Caicos Islands
  • 2024
    − Channel Islands− Greenland− Isle of Man− San Marino
  • 2023
    − American Samoa− Guam− Northern Mariana Islands− Syria− United States Virgin Islands
  • 2022
    − Saint Martin
  • 2019
    − Yemen
  • 2018
    + New Caledonia
  • 2016
    − South Sudan
  • 2015
    + Saint Martin

Not in this dataset · 11 places this site covers

World Bank Group gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AnguillaBritish Virgin IslandsCook IslandsGibraltarMontserratNiueNorth KoreaNorthern CyprusSomalilandTaiwanVatican City

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    World Bank Group

    data.worldbank.org

  2. 2 · Their file

    GDP Growth 2025

    NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 6, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    65 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as gdp-growth-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/gdp-growth

Precision

The headline is stored to 16 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG). One year of growth is not a verdict on a country, so this is left out of the Country Index.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 6, 2026

CC BY 4.0

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed

Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

A credit line

Source: World Bank Group, GDP Growth, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

World Bank Group. GDP Growth, 1961–2025 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth

The publisher’s own citation: World Bank. World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Questions

GDP Growth: questions and answers

What is the GDP Growth?

GDP growth is the annual percentage change in a country’s real output, measured at constant local prices so inflation is out of it. It is the number governments are judged on quarterly — and the one that says least about a country on its own.

Which years of the GDP Growth can I download?

All 65, from 1961 to 2025, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does World Bank Group rank countries on it?

No. World Bank Group publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to World Bank Group. The licence text is linked on this page.

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