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GDP Growth, 1978

1978, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1978 covers 151 countries. Cameroon is highest, at 22.003005; Gabon is lowest, at -24.049206. The middle country reads 5.271942. Against 1977, 146 values changed (82 up, 64 down), 5 countries joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1978

HighestCameroon

22.003005

LowestGabon

-24.049206

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, 1978, 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 151 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1978: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1CameroonCMRMiddle Africa22.003005
2SeychellesSYCEastern Africa21.151693
3LesothoLSOSouthern Africa18.316875
4IraqIRQWestern Asia17.056965
5MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia14.684723
6JordanJORWestern Asia14.679566
7BotswanaBWASouthern Africa14.332802
8BahamasBHSCaribbean14.179520
9NigerNERWestern Africa13.472612
10Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa13.126043
11HondurasHNDCentral America12.938312
12ParaguayPRYSouth America12.028730
13ChinaCHNEastern Asia11.326954
14MaltaMLTSouthern Europe11.161158
15South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.069456
16TogoTGOWestern Africa11.045435
17Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa10.909454
18DominicaDMACaribbean10.535746
19Saint LuciaLCACaribbean10.311941
20ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia10.295747
21Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean10.016480
22SyriaSYRWestern Asia9.942590
23French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia9.892559
24New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia9.800007
25PanamaPANCentral America9.792644

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Cameroon22.003005
  2. 2Seychelles21.151693
  3. 3Lesotho18.316875
  4. 4Iraq17.056965
  5. 5Maldives14.684723

Lowest

  1. 151Gabon-24.049206
  2. 150Iran-12.840857
  3. 149Nicaragua-7.838800
  4. 148Sudan-5.930987
  5. 147Nigeria-5.764158

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5.271942. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +5 / −0countries joined / left
  • 146values changed, of 146 in both
  • 82 · 64rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Dominica+ Grenada+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ Saint Lucia

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 1978.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 151 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 (1978). GDP Growth, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1978

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1978?

Cameroon, at 22.003005, of the 151 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1978 cover?

151.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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