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GDP Growth, 1977

1977, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1977 covers 146 countries. São Tomé and Príncipe is highest, at 23.41753; Cambodia is lowest, at -14.67641. The middle country reads 4.04980. Against 1976, 145 values changed (55 up, 90 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1977

HighestSão Tomé and Príncipe

23.41753

LowestCambodia

-14.67641

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GDP Growth, 1977, 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 146 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1977: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa23.41753
2LesothoLSOSouthern Africa21.80903
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia21.43970
4CyprusCYPWestern Asia16.36200
5CameroonCMRMiddle Africa13.73987
6SomaliaSOMEastern Africa13.64533
7Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean13.22941
8BahrainBHRWestern Asia13.01765
9South KoreaKOREastern Asia12.37729
10MaltaMLTSouthern Europe12.18417
11BotswanaBWASouthern Africa12.01204
12Hong KongHKGEastern Asia11.72581
13ParaguayPRYSouth America11.49408
14BurundiBDIEastern Africa11.46945
15MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia11.25235
16ChileCHLSouth America11.14919
17SurinameSURSouth America10.20000
18BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia9.93403
19ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia9.84346
20KenyaKENEastern Africa9.45380
21BahamasBHSCaribbean9.15493
22Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean9.12179
23EgyptEGYNorthern Africa9.00304
24Costa RicaCRICentral America8.90447
25LibyaLBYNorthern Africa8.85272

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1São Tomé and Príncipe23.41753
  2. 2Lesotho21.80903
  3. 3United Arab Emirates21.43970
  4. 4Cyprus16.36200
  5. 5Cameroon13.73987

Lowest

  1. 146Cambodia-14.67641
  2. 145Gabon-12.58209
  3. 144Republic of the Congo-8.95343
  4. 143Qatar-7.30543
  5. 142Guinea-Bissau-7.17007

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.04980. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 145 in both
  • 55 · 90rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Gabon35.62534 → -12.58209−48.20743
  • Seychelles16.27765 → -6.19023−22.46787
  • Iran18.26044 → -2.77358−21.03401
  • Oman20.54012 → 1.00722−19.53290
  • Rwanda19.50458 → 1.99411−17.51047
+ Jordan

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.

The site’s method

  • 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 1977.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 146 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. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1977). GDP Growth, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1977

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1977?

São Tomé and Príncipe, at 23.41753, of the 146 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1977 cover?

146.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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