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GDP Growth, 1981

1981, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1981 covers 161 countries. Cuba is highest, at 19.688334; Brunei is lowest, at -22.384824. The middle country reads 3.321894. Against 1980, 152 values changed (68 up, 84 down), 9 countries joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1981

HighestCuba

19.688334

LowestBrunei

-22.384824

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, 1981, 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 161 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1981: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1CubaCUBCaribbean19.688334
2Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa18.167528
3Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa17.619722
4JordanJORWestern Asia17.178717
5CameroonCMRMiddle Africa17.082682
6OmanOMNWestern Asia17.047078
7BhutanBTNSouthern Asia15.122295
8EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa14.641441
9ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa12.525425
10BurundiBDIEastern Africa12.163276
11MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia11.764706
12DominicaDMACaribbean10.829331
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia10.815923
14BeninBENWestern Africa9.954231
15MicronesiaFSMMicronesia9.723725
16MexicoMEXCentral America9.585841
17Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9.260881
18PanamaPANCentral America9.206809
19ParaguayPRYSouth America9.170459
20BotswanaBWASouthern Africa9.064857
21Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa8.451562
22NepalNPLSouthern Asia8.341974
23IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia7.927157
24PakistanPAKSouthern Asia7.920764
25SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.755344

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Cuba19.688334
  2. 2Guinea-Bissau18.167528
  3. 3Republic of the Congo17.619722
  4. 4Jordan17.178717
  5. 5Cameroon17.082682

Lowest

  1. 161Brunei-22.384824
  2. 160Libya-19.190181
  3. 159Kuwait-18.924731
  4. 158Nigeria-13.127880
  5. 157São Tomé and Príncipe-10.313902

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.321894. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −0countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 152 in both
  • 68 · 84rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iraq24.753727 → -0.728728−25.482454
  • Libya0.685281 → -19.190181−19.875461
  • United Arab Emirates23.874579 → 4.659364−19.215215
  • Togo14.576956 → -3.315186−17.892142
  • Nigeria4.204831 → -13.127880−17.332712
+ Angola+ Albania+ Bulgaria+ Comoros+ Cabo Verde+ Equatorial Guinea+ Mozambique+ Namibia+ Solomon Islands

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 1981.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 161 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 (1981). GDP Growth, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1981

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1981?

Cuba, at 19.688334, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1981 cover?

161.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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