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GDP Growth, 1982

1982, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1982 covers 163 countries. Republic of the Congo is highest, at 23.597700; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at -16.109091. The middle country reads 1.810846. Against 1981, 161 values changed (53 up, 108 down), 2 countries joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1982

HighestRepublic of the Congo

23.597700

LowestSaudi Arabia

-16.109091

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, 1982, 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 163 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1982: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa23.597700
2IranIRNSouthern Asia23.171246
3BotswanaBWASouthern Africa12.165532
4OmanOMNWestern Asia11.569837
5EgyptEGYNorthern Africa9.907171
6Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa9.562197
7ChinaCHNEastern Asia9.024343
8MoroccoMARNorthern Africa8.957372
9CubaCUBCaribbean8.918235
10South KoreaKOREastern Asia8.468270
11MongoliaMNGEastern Asia8.342136
12SenegalSENWestern Africa8.010384
13Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa7.715784
14CameroonCMRMiddle Africa7.516203
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia7.102145
16JordanJORWestern Asia7.025943
17BahamasBHSCaribbean6.698898
18PakistanPAKSouthern Asia6.537487
19AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.400004
20CyprusCYPWestern Asia6.021709
21SudanSDNNorthern Africa5.958666
22MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia5.943152
23MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia5.603876
24MauritiusMUSEastern Africa5.497076
25ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia5.352349

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Republic of the Congo23.597700
  2. 2Iran23.171246
  3. 3Botswana12.165532
  4. 4Oman11.569837
  5. 5Egypt9.907171

Lowest

  1. 163Saudi Arabia-16.109091
  2. 162Tuvalu-16.009098
  3. 161Guyana-13.190134
  4. 160Kuwait-11.749103
  5. 159Chile-11.502062

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.810846. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 161values changed, of 161 in both
  • 53 · 108rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Saudi Arabia2.982745 → -16.109091−19.091835
  • Tuvalu2.600303 → -16.009098−18.609401
  • Chile6.718639 → -11.502062−18.220701
  • Maldives11.764706 → -3.012212−14.776918
  • Guyana1.496166 → -13.190134−14.686300
+ Mongolia+ Tonga

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 1982.

  • 162 distinct values among 163

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 163 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 (1982). GDP Growth, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1982

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1982?

Republic of the Congo, at 23.597700, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1982 cover?

163.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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