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GDP Growth, 2012

2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 2012 covers 209 countries. Libya is highest, at 86.8267; South Sudan is lowest, at -46.0821. The middle country reads 3.0111. Against 2011, 209 values changed (80 up, 129 down), 1 left.

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GDP Growth · Data for 2012

HighestLibya

86.8267

LowestSouth Sudan

-46.0821

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, 2012, 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 209 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1LibyaLBYNorthern Africa86.8267
2NauruNRUMicronesia24.3590
3ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa16.6654
4IraqIRQWestern Asia13.9364
5AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia12.7523
6MongoliaMNGEastern Asia12.3198
7TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia11.0508
8Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa10.5783
9NigerNERWestern Africa10.5489
10Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa9.9472
11PanamaPANCentral America9.6273
12GhanaGHAWestern Africa9.2928
13MacauMACEastern Asia9.2175
14ChadTCDMiddle Africa9.0618
15OmanOMNWestern Asia8.8631
16DR CongoCODMiddle Africa8.6686
17EthiopiaETHEastern Africa8.6478
18RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.6415
19Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia8.6322
20AngolaAGOMiddle Africa8.5031
21Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa8.3129
22LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia8.0261
23MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa7.9945
24LiberiaLBRWestern Africa7.9938
25ChinaCHNEastern Asia7.8578

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Libya86.8267
  2. 2Nauru24.3590
  3. 3Zimbabwe16.6654
  4. 4Iraq13.9364
  5. 5Afghanistan12.7523

Lowest

  1. 209South Sudan-46.0821
  2. 208Syria-26.3389
  3. 207Sudan-17.0047
  4. 206United States Virgin Islands-14.8125
  5. 205Greece-8.3311

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.0111. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 80 · 129rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • South Sudan-4.6403 → -46.0821−41.4418
  • Syria2.8502 → -26.3389−29.1891
  • Sudan-3.2135 → -17.0047−13.7912
  • Macau21.6223 → 9.2175−12.4048
  • Tuvalu7.5201 → -2.8528−10.3729
− Eritrea

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 2012.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 209 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 (2012). GDP Growth, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/2012

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 2012?

Libya, at 86.8267, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 2012 cover?

209.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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