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GDP Growth, 1984

1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1984 covers 165 countries. Maldives is highest, at 26.955475; Niger is lowest, at -16.819835. The middle country reads 3.820738. Against 1983, 165 values changed (112 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1984

HighestMaldives

26.955475

LowestNiger

-16.819835

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, 1984, 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 165 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia26.955475
2OmanOMNWestern Asia16.711594
3ChinaCHNEastern Asia15.192135
4BahamasBHSCaribbean14.171149
5KiribatiKIRMicronesia13.918487
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia10.636605
7Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean10.165230
8Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9.973864
9EgyptEGYNorthern Africa9.745763
10NepalNPLSouthern Asia9.681130
11VanuatuVUTMelanesia9.574991
12Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa9.481727
13Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa9.109223
14Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean8.865807
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8.792286
16CyprusCYPWestern Asia8.757894
17GhanaGHAWestern Africa8.647569
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa8.545384
19MacauMACEastern Asia8.459040
20FijiFJIMelanesia8.393024
21Costa RicaCRICentral America8.024108
22BeninBENWestern Africa7.929840
23CubaCUBCaribbean7.929717
24MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia7.761790
25GabonGABMiddle Africa7.508902

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Maldives26.955475
  2. 2Oman16.711594
  3. 3China15.192135
  4. 4Bahamas14.171149
  5. 5Kiribati13.918487

Lowest

  1. 165Niger-16.819835
  2. 164Syria-7.610630
  3. 163Iran-7.139850
  4. 162Philippines-7.039378
  5. 161Mozambique-6.500000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.820738. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 165values changed, of 165 in both
  • 112 · 53rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran11.086717 → -7.139850−18.226567
  • Chad15.678718 → 2.048899−13.629819
  • Niger-3.863628 → -16.819835−12.956207
  • Marshall Islands15.508004 → 3.866025−11.641979
  • Ethiopia8.235006 → -2.848021−11.083027

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 1984.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 165 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 (1984). GDP Growth, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1984

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1984?

Maldives, at 26.955475, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1984 cover?

165.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

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

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