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GDP Growth, 1986

1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1986 covers 169 countries. Marshall Islands is highest, at 24.54250; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -14.95777. The middle country reads 3.56779. Against 1985, 168 values changed (92 up, 76 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1986

HighestMarshall Islands

24.54250

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-14.95777

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, 1986, 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 169 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia24.54250
2TuvaluTUVPolynesia22.58550
3Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe19.10554
4Saint LuciaLCACaribbean14.40202
5French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia13.54779
6EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa12.26448
7South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.50299
8Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean11.49367
9BhutanBTNSouthern Asia11.39220
10Hong KongHKGEastern Asia11.05610
11Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean10.85699
12LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe9.98394
13MauritiusMUSEastern Africa9.74203
14EthiopiaETHEastern Africa9.66161
15PeruPERSouth America9.42596
16MongoliaMNGEastern Asia9.37499
17MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia9.36059
18MoroccoMARNorthern Africa9.27111
19ChinaCHNEastern Asia8.94375
20UruguayURYSouth America8.80981
21KuwaitKWTWestern Asia8.56771
22BotswanaBWASouthern Africa8.17292
23MicronesiaFSMMicronesia7.97935
24Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa7.95536
25FijiFJIMelanesia7.74991

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Marshall Islands24.54250
  2. 2Tuvalu22.58550
  3. 3Isle of Man19.10554
  4. 4Saint Lucia14.40202
  5. 5French Polynesia13.54779

Lowest

  1. 169United Arab Emirates-14.95777
  2. 168Libya-11.35251
  3. 167Iran-9.78491
  4. 166Georgia-8.17567
  5. 165Syria-7.95293

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.56779. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 168values changed, of 168 in both
  • 92 · 76rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Tajikistan

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 1986.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 169 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 (1986). GDP Growth, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1986

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1986?

Marshall Islands, at 24.54250, of the 169 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1986 cover?

169.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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