Countries with the highest
GDP growth (annual %)

In 2021, Maldives leads GDP growth (annual %) with 37.51%. Turks and Caicos Islands follows at 29.63%, and the gap between the top two positions is 7.88%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.09.418.828.137.5MaldivesMaldives: 37.51%37.5Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 29.63%29.6LibyaLibya: 28.30%28.3Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 22.46%22.5MonacoMonaco: 22.23%22.2GuyanaGuyana: 20.06%20.1BelizeBelize: 17.99%18.0Bahamas, TheBahamas, The: 17.59%17.6PanamaPanama: 16.47%16.5IrelandIreland: 16.26%16.3ArubaAruba: 14.83%14.8Dominican RepublicDominican Republic: 14.01%14.0

Full table

#CountryValue
151 Cameroon 3.34%
152 Mauritius 3.34%
153 Malaysia 3.32%
154 Egypt, Arab Rep. 3.29%
155 Burundi 3.24%
156 Mali 3.10%
157 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 3.10%
158 Cambodia 3.09%
159 Finland 2.68%
160 Oman 2.58%
161 Viet Nam 2.55%
162 Lao PDR 2.53%
163 Belarus 2.44%
164 Mozambique 2.38%
165 Lesotho 2.27%
166 Marshall Islands 2.16%
167 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.09%
168 Guam 2.06%
169 Comoros 2.04%
170 Australia 2.01%
171 Sao Tome and Principe 1.90%
172 Syrian Arab Republic 1.79%
173 Kuwait 1.67%
174 Mongolia 1.64%
175 Greenland 1.63%
176 Qatar 1.63%
177 Thailand 1.56%
178 Iraq 1.50%
179 Gabon 1.47%
180 Cuba 1.25%
181 Niger 1.12%
182 Nigeria 1.11%
183 Angola 1.09%
184 Congo, Rep. 1.02%
185 Central African Republic 0.98%
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.86%
187 Mauritania 0.74%
188 Venezuela, RB 0.63%
189 Seychelles 0.55%
190 Puerto Rico (US) 0.39%
191 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.37%
192 Chad 0.29%
193 Tuvalu 0.00%
194 Solomon Islands -0.23%
195 Papua New Guinea -0.51%
196 Trinidad and Tobago -0.72%
197 American Samoa -0.78%
198 Tonga -0.93%
199 Vanuatu -1.16%
200 Brunei Darussalam -1.59%

Analytical takeaways

  • Maldives leads the global ranking for GDP growth (annual %) in 2021, with a lead of 7.88% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Dominican Republic at 14.01%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.