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GDP Growth, 1979

1979, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1979 covers 151 countries. Bahamas is highest, at 26.13930; Nicaragua is lowest, at -26.47879. The middle country reads 4.35123. Against 1978, 151 values changed (70 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1979

HighestBahamas

26.13930

LowestNicaragua

-26.47879

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1BahamasBHSCaribbean26.13930
2BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia24.33839
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia20.92349
4IraqIRQWestern Asia20.86926
5JordanJORWestern Asia20.80291
6São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa16.34316
7SeychellesSYCEastern Africa15.79434
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia13.89921
9FijiFJIMelanesia12.22482
10BotswanaBWASouthern Africa12.14859
11RwandaRWAEastern Africa11.86991
12ParaguayPRYSouth America11.86215
13Hong KongHKGEastern Asia11.55679
14HondurasHNDCentral America11.53026
15Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia10.96391
16SamoaWSMPolynesia10.90909
17MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia10.66421
18MaltaMLTSouthern Europe10.49077
19MaliMLIWestern Africa10.39568
20ArgentinaARGSouth America10.22276
21CyprusCYPWestern Asia9.90557
22MadagascarMDGEastern Africa9.85465
23Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa9.81322
24MexicoMEXCentral America9.69817
25SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia9.55445

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bahamas26.13930
  2. 2Brunei24.33839
  3. 3United Arab Emirates20.92349
  4. 4Iraq20.86926
  5. 5Jordan20.80291

Lowest

  1. 151Nicaragua-26.47879
  2. 150Chad-21.44109
  3. 149Dominica-18.35929
  4. 148New Caledonia-13.60001
  5. 147Cambodia-12.82856

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.35123. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 151values changed, of 151 in both
  • 70 · 81rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Dominica10.53575 → -18.35929−28.89503
  • New Caledonia9.80001 → -13.60001−23.40001
  • Chad-0.46963 → -21.44109−20.97145
  • Nicaragua-7.83880 → -26.47879−18.63999
  • Togo11.04543 → -5.16774−16.21318

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 1979.

  • 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 (1979). GDP Growth, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1979

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1979?

Bahamas, at 26.13930, of the 151 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1979 cover?

151.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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