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GDP Growth, 1998

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1998 covers 199 countries. Iraq is highest, at 35.0010; Guinea-Bissau is lowest, at -22.4457. The middle country reads 3.7742. Against 1997, 197 values changed (88 up, 109 down), 2 countries joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1998

HighestIraq

35.0010

LowestGuinea-Bissau

-22.4457

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, 1998, 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 199 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1IraqIRQWestern Asia35.0010
2LiberiaLBRWestern Africa30.2081
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa23.7745
4Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe16.6164
5TuvaluTUVPolynesia15.5012
6PalestinePSEWestern Asia14.3341
7Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe13.5000
8Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa12.5173
9GrenadaGRDCaribbean11.7535
10HondurasHNDCentral America11.5762
11QatarQATWestern Asia11.2187
12MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa10.3692
13AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia10.0000
14NigerNERWestern Africa9.9726
15RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.8587
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe8.7661
17BelarusBLREastern Europe8.4000
18PanamaPANCentral America8.3875
19AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe8.3100
20Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean8.1246
21ChinaCHNEastern Asia7.9235
22LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe7.7613
23GreenlandGRLNorthern America7.7580
24MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia7.4947
25San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe7.4656

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Iraq35.0010
  2. 2Liberia30.2081
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea23.7745
  4. 4Bosnia and Herzegovina16.6164
  5. 5Tuvalu15.5012

Lowest

  1. 199Guinea-Bissau-22.4457
  2. 198Indonesia-13.1267
  3. 197Nauru-11.7880
  4. 196Thailand-7.6340
  5. 195Malaysia-7.3594

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.7742. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 88 · 109rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro+ San Marino

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 1998.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 199 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 (1998). GDP Growth, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1998

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1998?

Iraq, at 35.0010, of the 199 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1998 cover?

199.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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