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GDP Growth, 1974

1974, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1974 covers 142 countries. Kiribati is highest, at 45.302753; Bahamas is lowest, at -16.754229. The middle country reads 5.339188. Against 1973, 142 values changed (59 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1974

HighestKiribati

45.302753

LowestBahamas

-16.754229

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1KiribatiKIRMicronesia45.302753
2GabonGABMiddle Africa39.487095
3SyriaSYRWestern Asia25.795773
4LibyaLBYNorthern Africa22.193437
5French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia18.001049
6IraqIRQWestern Asia16.113367
7Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia16.099675
8MicronesiaFSMMicronesia15.327277
9Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia15.323142
10United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia14.498041
11NicaraguaNICCentral America14.192425
12BelizeBLZCentral America13.559985
13New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia12.701115
14MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa12.162611
15OmanOMNWestern Asia11.498806
16SudanSDNNorthern Africa11.445289
17EcuadorECUSouth America11.208510
18NigeriaNGAWestern Africa11.160675
19LesothoLSOSouthern Africa10.980089
20CameroonCMRMiddle Africa10.734262
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe10.036404
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia9.648909
23BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia9.591956
24HondurasHNDCentral America9.411176
25PeruPERSouth America9.386835

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kiribati45.302753
  2. 2Gabon39.487095
  3. 3Syria25.795773
  4. 4Libya22.193437
  5. 5French Polynesia18.001049

Lowest

  1. 142Bahamas-16.754229
  2. 141Kuwait-12.991320
  3. 140Samoa-10.679612
  4. 139Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-8.820592
  5. 138Greece-6.438241

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5.339188. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 142values changed, of 142 in both
  • 59 · 83rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Syria-10.469855 → 25.795773+36.265628
  • Gabon10.182434 → 39.487095+29.304662
  • Niger-17.047584 → 8.775238+25.822822
  • Oman-14.252058 → 11.498806+25.750864
  • Kiribati20.909883 → 45.302753+24.392870

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 1974.

  • 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 (1974). GDP Growth, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1974

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1974?

Kiribati, at 45.302753, of the 142 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1974 cover?

142.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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