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GDP Growth, 1970

1970, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1970 covers 119 countries. Saudi Arabia is highest, at 52.5921; Tanzania is lowest, at -46.4330. The middle country reads 5.6199. Against 1969, 119 values changed (61 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1970

HighestSaudi Arabia

52.5921

LowestTanzania

-46.4330

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, 1970, 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 119 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1970: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia52.5921
2New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia30.9993
3NigeriaNGAWestern Africa25.0072
4ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa22.5652
5BurundiBDIEastern Africa21.3257
6ChinaCHNEastern Asia19.3000
7Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean18.2267
8BotswanaBWASouthern Africa17.1203
9SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia13.9420
10OmanOMNWestern Asia13.8951
11FijiFJIMelanesia12.7027
12JamaicaJAMCaribbean12.0644
13GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia12.0521
14MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa11.9859
15ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia11.4079
16PakistanPAKSouthern Asia11.3535
17IranIRNSouthern Asia10.9276
18Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia10.8428
19Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean10.7459
20BrazilBRASouth America10.4000
21Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa10.3750
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia10.1670
23GhanaGHAWestern Africa9.7235
24BarbadosBRBCaribbean9.5094
25Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9.2067

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Saudi Arabia52.5921
  2. 2New Caledonia30.9993
  3. 3Nigeria25.0072
  4. 4Zimbabwe22.5652
  5. 5Burundi21.3257

Lowest

  1. 119Tanzania-46.4330
  2. 118Bahamas-5.6496
  3. 117Kenya-4.6554
  4. 116Syria-1.7969
  5. 115New Zealand-1.3976

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5.6199. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 119 in both
  • 61 · 58rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Tanzania3.2616 → -46.4330−49.6947
  • Syria18.7679 → -1.7969−20.5648
  • Bahamas8.9817 → -5.6496−14.6313
  • Kenya7.9592 → -4.6554−12.6147
  • Japan12.4779 → 0.3991−12.0788

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 1970.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 119 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 (1970). GDP Growth, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1970

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1970?

Saudi Arabia, at 52.5921, of the 119 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1970 cover?

119.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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