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GDP Growth, 1987

1987, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1987 covers 171 countries. Bhutan is highest, at 29.054324; Gabon is lowest, at -17.146042. The middle country reads 3.454630. Against 1986, 169 values changed (86 up, 83 down), 2 countries joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1987

HighestBhutan

29.054324

LowestGabon

-17.146042

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, 1987, 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 171 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1987: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1BhutanBTNSouthern Asia29.054324
2CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia21.531519
3ArubaABWCaribbean16.078431
4MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa14.700000
5EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa14.606590
6MacauMACEastern Asia14.293217
7SudanSDNNorthern Africa14.220885
8EthiopiaETHEastern Africa13.859330
9Hong KongHKGEastern Asia13.398458
10South KoreaKOREastern Asia12.892209
11TuvaluTUVPolynesia12.256900
12BotswanaBWASouthern Africa11.881928
13ChinaCHNEastern Asia11.655266
14SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia10.797932
15BelizeBLZCentral America10.726959
16BahrainBHRWestern Asia10.399009
17Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean10.117367
18SomaliaSOMEastern Africa10.087719
19Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe9.896347
20PeruPERSouth America9.726146
21ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia9.518946
22TürkiyeTURWestern Asia9.485539
23Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia9.363754
24IraqIRQWestern Asia9.305281
25LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe9.230768

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bhutan29.054324
  2. 2Cambodia21.531519
  3. 3Aruba16.078431
  4. 4Mozambique14.700000
  5. 5Eswatini14.606590

Lowest

  1. 171Gabon-17.146042
  2. 170Libya-14.702053
  3. 169Fiji-6.615020
  4. 168Suriname-6.200000
  5. 167Central African Republic-4.938988

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.454630. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 169values changed, of 169 in both
  • 86 · 83rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Aruba+ Kyrgyzstan

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 1987.

  • 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 171 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 (1987). GDP Growth, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1987

0665 held

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1987?

Bhutan, at 29.054324, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1987 cover?

171.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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