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Data for 2016

GDP Growth, 2016

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 2016 covers 210 countries. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 29.2121; Venezuela is lowest, at -17.1123. The middle country reads 3.0830. Against 2015, 210 values changed (109 up, 101 down), 1 left.

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GDP Growth · Data for 2016

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

29.2121

LowestVenezuela

-17.1123

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, 2016, 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 210 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia29.2121
2IraqIRQWestern Asia13.7874
3SeychellesSYCEastern Africa12.1175
4GuineaGINWestern Africa10.8206
5EthiopiaETHEastern Africa9.4335
6PalestinePSEWestern Asia8.8646
7IranIRNSouthern Asia8.8151
8BhutanBTNSouthern Asia8.4759
9IndiaINDSouthern Asia8.2563
10SamoaWSMPolynesia7.9839
11CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia7.9055
12Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean7.2512
13BotswanaBWASouthern Africa7.2044
14Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.1728
15PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia7.1495
16DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa7.1234
17BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia7.1135
18KiribatiKIRMicronesia7.0880
19SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.0349
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia7.0228
21Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe6.9523
22TajikistanTJKCentral Asia6.9000
23TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa6.8671
24ChinaCHNEastern Asia6.7737
25Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean6.7197

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Northern Mariana Islands29.2121
  2. 2Iraq13.7874
  3. 3Seychelles12.1175
  4. 4Guinea10.8206
  5. 5Ethiopia9.4335

Lowest

  1. 210Venezuela-17.1123
  2. 209Yemen-9.3751
  3. 208Equatorial Guinea-8.8164
  4. 207Republic of the Congo-8.6852
  5. 206Trinidad and Tobago-7.5364

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.0830. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 109 · 101rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− South Sudan

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 2016.

  • 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 210 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 (2016). GDP Growth, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/2016

0665 held

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 2016?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 29.2121, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 2016 cover?

210.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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