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GDP Growth, 1973

1973, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1973 covers 142 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 76.620155; Niger is lowest, at -17.047584. The middle country reads 5.378535. Against 1972, 142 values changed (79 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1973

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

76.620155

LowestNiger

-17.047584

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia76.620155
2MicronesiaFSMMicronesia33.930008
3Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia33.922760
4LesothoLSOSouthern Africa26.404881
5Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia22.495102
6BotswanaBWASouthern Africa21.303184
7KiribatiKIRMicronesia20.909883
8South KoreaKOREastern Asia14.974691
9BrazilBRASouth America13.968722
10EcuadorECUSouth America13.950682
11BahrainBHRWestern Asia13.924051
12Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean12.895764
13Hong KongHKGEastern Asia12.279630
14MauritiusMUSEastern Africa11.981686
15MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia11.701082
16FijiFJIMelanesia11.612868
17PortugalPRTSouthern Europe11.200672
18QatarQATWestern Asia10.784895
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia10.603003
20ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia10.236433
21GabonGABMiddle Africa10.182434
22GambiaGMBWestern Africa9.250329
23SeychellesSYCEastern Africa9.054186
24EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa9.018674
25PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia8.782009

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United Arab Emirates76.620155
  2. 2Micronesia33.930008
  3. 3Marshall Islands33.922760
  4. 4Lesotho26.404881
  5. 5Saudi Arabia22.495102

Lowest

  1. 142Niger-17.047584
  2. 141Oman-14.252058
  3. 140Somalia-12.149366
  4. 139New Caledonia-11.199309
  5. 138Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-11.101335

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5.378535. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 142values changed, of 142 in both
  • 79 · 63rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1973.

  • 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 (1973). GDP Growth, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1973

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1973?

United Arab Emirates, at 76.620155, of the 142 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1973 cover?

142.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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