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GDP Growth, 1989

1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1989 covers 175 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 25.892857; Lebanon is lowest, at -42.451118. The middle country reads 3.767731. Against 1988, 174 values changed (70 up, 104 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1989

HighestKuwait

25.892857

LowestLebanon

-42.451118

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, 1989, 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 175 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.892857
2LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia14.190637
3BotswanaBWASouthern Africa13.059406
4BelizeBLZCentral America13.010842
5EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa12.911104
6United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia12.338371
7ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia12.190506
8ArubaABWCaribbean12.129841
9OmanOMNWestern Asia11.756862
10New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia10.999999
11ChileCHLSouth America10.358357
12SeychellesSYCEastern Africa10.285655
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia10.158829
14AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe9.836549
15LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe9.798062
16MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia9.326808
17MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia9.059601
18Saint LuciaLCACaribbean8.981004
19SudanSDNNorthern Africa8.931394
20GabonGABMiddle Africa8.545310
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe8.179106
22CyprusCYPWestern Asia7.947426
23IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia7.456587
24FijiFJIMelanesia7.438632
25VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia7.364513

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kuwait25.892857
  2. 2Laos14.190637
  3. 3Botswana13.059406
  4. 4Belize13.010842
  5. 5Eswatini12.911104

Lowest

  1. 175Lebanon-42.451118
  2. 174Liberia-26.668449
  3. 173Venezuela-14.010989
  4. 172Syria-13.647282
  5. 171Peru-12.312041

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.767731. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 174values changed, of 174 in both
  • 70 · 104rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Syria18.011140 → -13.647282−31.658422
  • Kiribati22.045415 → -7.292442−29.337857
  • Liberia-2.041898 → -26.668449−24.626551
  • New Caledonia34.600001 → 10.999999−23.600001
  • Tuvalu19.306998 → -1.947797−21.254795
+ Lebanon

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 1989.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 175 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 (1989). GDP Growth, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1989

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1989?

Kuwait, at 25.892857, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1989 cover?

175.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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