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GDP Growth, 1985

1985, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1985 covers 168 countries. Chad is highest, at 21.79277; Kiribati is lowest, at -13.24012. The middle country reads 3.09153. Against 1984, 165 values changed (64 up, 101 down), 3 countries joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1985

HighestChad

21.79277

LowestKiribati

-13.24012

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, 1985, 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 168 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1ChadTCDMiddle Africa21.79277
2MicronesiaFSMMicronesia16.55068
3MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia15.41604
4OmanOMNWestern Asia14.00720
5ChinaCHNEastern Asia13.42848
6MaliMLIWestern Africa13.19176
7Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa12.90518
8BurundiBDIEastern Africa11.78318
9SeychellesSYCEastern Africa10.29374
10SomaliaSOMEastern Africa9.52991
11SyriaSYRWestern Asia9.35081
12São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa9.29989
13Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa8.64209
14Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean8.55007
15Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa8.51736
16LibyaLBYNorthern Africa8.32678
17Saint LuciaLCACaribbean8.28777
18CameroonCMRMiddle Africa8.06316
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia7.93880
20BrazilBRASouth America7.85000
21NigerNERWestern Africa7.71813
22Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean7.64384
23PakistanPAKSouthern Asia7.59211
24BeninBENWestern Africa7.53032
25BotswanaBWASouthern Africa7.12527

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Chad21.79277
  2. 2Micronesia16.55068
  3. 3Maldives15.41604
  4. 4Oman14.00720
  5. 5China13.42848

Lowest

  1. 168Kiribati-13.24012
  2. 167Ethiopia-11.14435
  3. 166Saudi Arabia-7.21180
  4. 165Philippines-6.85838
  5. 164Sudan-6.28104

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.09153. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 165values changed, of 165 in both
  • 64 · 101rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Niger-16.81984 → 7.71813+24.53796
  • Micronesia-3.95250 → 16.55068+20.50317
  • Chad2.04890 → 21.79277+19.74387
  • Syria-7.61063 → 9.35081+16.96144
  • Mali-2.81059 → 13.19176+16.00235

Fell most

+ Isle of Man+ Laos+ Vietnam

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 1985.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 168 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 (1985). GDP Growth, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1985

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1985?

Chad, at 21.79277, of the 168 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1985 cover?

168.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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