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GDP Growth, 1966

1966, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1966 covers 115 countries. Suriname is highest, at 19.2000; Syria is lowest, at -7.6591. The middle country reads 4.7708. Against 1965, 112 values changed (48 up, 64 down), 3 countries joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1966

HighestSuriname

19.2000

LowestSyria

-7.6591

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GDP Growth, 1966, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 115 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1966: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America19.2000
2LibyaLBYNorthern Africa18.5922
3KenyaKENEastern Africa14.7286
4BermudaBMUNorthern America14.3636
5SeychellesSYCEastern Africa13.8965
6Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean13.4633
7MalawiMWIEastern Africa13.2490
8South KoreaKOREastern Asia12.0080
9TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa11.6437
10Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa11.5774
11IranIRNSouthern Asia11.5024
12ChileCHLSouth America11.4634
13TürkiyeTURWestern Asia11.2128
14ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia11.1225
15ChinaCHNEastern Asia10.6500
16JapanJPNEastern Asia10.6386
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia10.1801
18French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia9.5766
19TogoTGOWestern Africa9.4087
20SomaliaSOMEastern Africa9.0987
21BahamasBHSCaribbean9.0719
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe8.7507
23PeruPERSouth America8.2389
24Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia8.1811
25MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia7.8167

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname19.2000
  2. 2Libya18.5922
  3. 3Kenya14.7286
  4. 4Bermuda14.3636
  5. 5Seychelles13.8965

Lowest

  1. 115Syria-7.6591
  2. 114Zambia-5.5703
  3. 113Myanmar-4.8518
  4. 112Algeria-4.8050
  5. 111Ghana-4.2583

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.7708. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 112values changed, of 112 in both
  • 48 · 64rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ New Caledonia+ French Polynesia+ El Salvador

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1966.

  • 114 distinct values among 115

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: 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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1966). GDP Growth, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1966

0665 held

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1966?

Suriname, at 19.2000, of the 115 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1966 cover?

115.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1966?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is GDP Growth, 1966 the newest?

No. The newest held here is GDP Growth, 2025.

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