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GDP Growth, 1972

1972, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1972 covers 142 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 39.07964; Bangladesh is lowest, at -13.97373. The middle country reads 4.92216. Against 1971, 142 values changed (71 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1972

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

39.07964

LowestBangladesh

-13.97373

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, 1972, 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 142 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1972: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia39.07964
2AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa27.42397
3BotswanaBWASouthern Africa26.36194
4Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean25.83149
5SyriaSYRWestern Asia25.66072
6Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia18.78512
7JamaicaJAMCaribbean18.00856
8TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa17.74272
9KenyaKENEastern Africa17.08243
10SomaliaSOMEastern Africa14.88095
11IranIRNSouthern Asia14.49902
12SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia13.31556
13IsraelISRWestern Asia12.14655
14KiribatiKIRMicronesia12.07923
15BrazilBRASouth America11.94035
16GabonGABMiddle Africa11.33697
17QatarQATWestern Asia11.07939
18BahrainBHRWestern Asia11.07206
19Hong KongHKGEastern Asia10.61205
20Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean10.39416
21BelizeBLZCentral America10.21830
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe10.16015
23OmanOMNWestern Asia9.82522
24MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia9.38844
25ZambiaZMBEastern Africa9.20887

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United Arab Emirates39.07964
  2. 2Algeria27.42397
  3. 3Botswana26.36194
  4. 4Saint Vincent and the Grenadines25.83149
  5. 5Syria25.66072

Lowest

  1. 142Bangladesh-13.97373
  2. 141Burundi-6.40396
  3. 140Niger-5.16627
  4. 139Sudan-5.07099
  5. 138French Polynesia-4.69508

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.92216. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 142values changed, of 142 in both
  • 71 · 71rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • French Polynesia12.00241 → -4.69508−16.69749
  • Samoa13.51351 → 1.58730−11.92621
  • Nigeria14.23753 → 3.36426−10.87327
  • Niger5.67932 → -5.16627−10.84559
  • Chile9.57107 → -0.71237−10.28344

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 1972.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 142 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 (1972). GDP Growth, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1972

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1972?

United Arab Emirates, at 39.07964, of the 142 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1972 cover?

142.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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