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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

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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
201 Haiti -1.80%
202 Sudan -1.87%
203 New Caledonia -2.10%
204 Suriname -2.44%
205 Fiji -4.35%
206 Samoa -5.04%
207 Lebanon -7.00%
208 Palau -11.91%
209 Myanmar -12.02%
210 Afghanistan -20.74%

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.