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GDP Growth, 1997

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 1997 covers 197 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 149.9730; Bulgaria is lowest, at -14.1154. The middle country reads 4.4009. Against 1996, 197 values changed (117 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP Growth · Data for 1997

HighestEquatorial Guinea

149.9730

LowestBulgaria

-14.1154

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, 1997, 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 197 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa149.9730
2LiberiaLBRWestern Africa106.2798
3Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe36.6411
4QatarQATWestern Asia30.0120
5HondurasHNDCentral America22.4277
6IraqIRQWestern Asia21.2379
7SudanSDNNorthern Africa18.3127
8PalestinePSEWestern Asia14.6676
9TogoTGOWestern Africa14.3774
10RwandaRWAEastern Africa13.8498
11EstoniaESTNorthern Europe13.0500
12SeychellesSYCEastern Africa12.1936
13MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa11.8149
14BelarusBLREastern Europe11.4000
15Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa11.1184
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe11.0218
17GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia10.5208
18TuvaluTUVPolynesia10.0033
19KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia9.9153
20Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa9.6488
21ChinaCHNEastern Asia9.2976
22LatviaLVANorthern Europe9.1715
23AndorraANDSouthern Europe9.0677
24SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe8.9332
25Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean8.8996

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Equatorial Guinea149.9730
  2. 2Liberia106.2798
  3. 3Bosnia and Herzegovina36.6411
  4. 4Qatar30.0120
  5. 5Honduras22.4277

Lowest

  1. 197Bulgaria-14.1154
  2. 196Albania-11.7116
  3. 195Turkmenistan-11.4000
  4. 194Nauru-8.9536
  5. 193Marshall Islands-6.4457

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.4009. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 197 in both
  • 117 · 80rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1997.

  • 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 197 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 (1997). GDP Growth, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/1997

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 1997?

Equatorial Guinea, at 149.9730, of the 197 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 1997 cover?

197.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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