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GDP Growth, 1999

1999, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1999 covers 199 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 25.664015; Timor-Leste is lowest, at -35.452431. The middle country reads 3.300000. Against 1998, 199 values changed (90 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1999

HighestEquatorial Guinea

25.664015

LowestTimor-Leste

-35.452431

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa25.664015
2LiberiaLBRWestern Africa21.741447
3IraqIRQWestern Asia17.580170
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa16.815021
5TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia16.500000
6Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe13.699997
7CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia12.705381
8AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe12.250728
9MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa11.816987
10South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.617263
11HondurasHNDCentral America11.575860
12Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa11.222648
13MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia10.945130
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe10.529886
15LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe10.410923
16BotswanaBWASouthern Africa9.667241
17Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe9.521570
18BelizeBLZCentral America9.423195
19San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe9.049360
20IndiaINDSouthern Asia8.845756
21FijiFJIMelanesia8.799999
22PalestinePSEWestern Asia8.280591
23LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe8.176138
24UgandaUGAEastern Africa8.053948
25Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean8.024818

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Equatorial Guinea25.664015
  2. 2Liberia21.741447
  3. 3Iraq17.580170
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau16.815021
  5. 5Turkmenistan16.500000

Lowest

  1. 199Timor-Leste-35.452431
  2. 198Serbia-10.325506
  3. 197Montenegro-9.399995
  4. 196Gabon-8.932623
  5. 195Bulgaria-8.396088

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.300000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 199values changed, of 199 in both
  • 90 · 109rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Timor-Leste-1.999996 → -35.452431−33.452435
  • Iraq35.000968 → 17.580170−17.420797
  • Tuvalu15.501166 → -1.563871−17.065037
  • Serbia5.342640 → -10.325506−15.668145
  • Montenegro4.900004 → -9.399995−14.299999

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 1999.

  • 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 (1999). GDP Growth, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1999

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1999?

Equatorial Guinea, at 25.664015, of the 199 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1999 cover?

199.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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