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GDP Growth, 2018

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP Growth, 2018 covers 211 countries. Cambodia is highest, at 8.77622; Venezuela is lowest, at -19.64286. The middle country reads 3.14920. Against 2017, 210 values changed (103 up, 107 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP Growth · Data for 2018

HighestCambodia

8.77622

LowestVenezuela

-19.64286

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, 2018, 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 211 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP Growth, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia8.77622
2MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia8.56896
3RwandaRWAEastern Africa8.07084
4LibyaLBYNorthern Africa7.94137
5MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.74488
6IrelandIRLNorthern Europe7.68866
7NepalNPLSouthern Asia7.62238
8TajikistanTJKCentral Asia7.60000
9VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia7.46501
10BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia7.31941
11GambiaGMBWestern Africa7.23489
12MaltaMLTSouthern Europe7.18921
13Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean7.09752
14NigerNERWestern Africa6.89458
15EthiopiaETHEastern Africa6.81615
16ChinaCHNEastern Asia6.75781
17Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean6.75265
18Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean6.71200
19BeninBENWestern Africa6.69725
20Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa6.60457
21IndiaINDSouthern Asia6.45385
22MacauMACEastern Asia6.35917
23GuineaGINWestern Africa6.35849
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia6.34149
25UgandaUGAEastern Africa6.30392

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Cambodia8.77622
  2. 2Maldives8.56896
  3. 3Rwanda8.07084
  4. 4Libya7.94137
  5. 5Mongolia7.74488

Lowest

  1. 211Venezuela-19.64286
  2. 210Northern Mariana Islands-19.49733
  3. 209Saint Martin-8.00000
  4. 208Sint Maarten-6.85698
  5. 207Equatorial Guinea-6.23654

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.14920. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 103 · 107rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ New Caledonia

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 2018.

  • 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 211 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 (2018). GDP Growth, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-growth/2018

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07Questions

GDP Growth, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP growth in GDP Growth, 2018?

Cambodia, at 8.77622, of the 211 countries in the file.

What year does GDP Growth, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does GDP Growth, 2018 cover?

211.

Where can I download GDP Growth, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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