Economy · 2026
GDP growth rate by country, 2026
Real GDP growth strips out inflation. The fastest-growing economy of a million people or more in 2026 is Taiwan (+10.7%); 14 are shrinking.
IMF projection World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Highest
- 1. Taiwan+10.7%
- 2. South Sudan+10.5%
- 3. Ethiopia+9.2%
- 4. Kyrgyzstan+9.0%
- 5. Vietnam+8.4%
Lowest
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Orange: the economy is shrinking or barely growing. Teal: growing; the darker, the faster.
Real GDP growth, % a year
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All 190 economies
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | +22.3% | $40.3B | 841 thousand |
| 2 | Taiwan | +10.7% | $1.02T | 23 million |
| 3 | South Sudan | +10.5% | $8B | 12.4 million |
| 4 | Ethiopia | +9.2% | $127B | 139 million |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | +9.0% | $26.7B | 7.4 million |
| 6 | Vietnam | +8.4% | $542B | 102 million |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | +7.8% | $178B | 37.7 million |
| 8 | Rwanda | +7.4% | $18.7B | 14.9 million |
| 9 | Tajikistan | +7.3% | $21.1B | 11 million |
| 10 | Georgia | +7.2% | $44.1B | 3.8 million |
| 11 | Guinea | +7.2% | $45.3B | 15.4 million |
| 12 | Benin | +7.0% | $27.4B | 15.2 million |
| 13 | Bhutan | +7.0% | $3.9B | 802 thousand |
| 14 | India | +7.0% | $4.06T | 1.48 billion |
| 15 | Niger | +7.0% | $23.4B | 28.8 million |
| 16 | Sudan | +7.0% | $30.9B | 53.3 million |
| 17 | Mongolia | +6.2% | $31.1B | 3.6 million |
| 18 | Uganda | +6.2% | $72.2B | 52.8 million |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | +6.0% | $110B | 33.5 million |
| 20 | Tanzania | +6.0% | $96.2B | 72.6 million |
| 21 | Ghana | +5.7% | $129B | 35.7 million |
| 22 | Djibouti | +5.6% | $4.9B | 1.2 million |
| 23 | Zambia | +5.6% | $42.4B | 22.5 million |
| 24 | Armenia | +5.5% | $33B | 2.9 million |
| 25 | Liberia | +5.5% | $5.7B | 5.9 million |
| 26 | Mali | +5.5% | $34.9B | 25.9 million |
| 27 | DR Congo | +5.2% | $122B | 116 million |
| 28 | Malaysia | +5.2% | $547B | 36.4 million |
| 29 | Egypt | +5.1% | $443B | 120 million |
| 30 | Gambia | +5.1% | $3B | 2.9 million |
| 31 | Indonesia | +5.1% | $1.48T | 288 million |
| 32 | Cabo Verde | +5.0% | $3.4B | 530 thousand |
| 33 | Panama | +5.0% | $96.5B | 4.6 million |
| 34 | Singapore | +5.0% | $668B | 5.9 million |
| 35 | Togo | +5.0% | $13.1B | 9.9 million |
| 36 | Venezuela | +5.0% | $124B | 28.6 million |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | +5.0% | $65.9B | 17.3 million |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | +4.7% | $2.9B | 2.3 million |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | +4.6% | $145B | 11.6 million |
| 40 | China | +4.5% | $21.55T | 1.41 billion |
| 41 | Israel | +4.5% | $747B | 9.6 million |
| 42 | Kenya | +4.5% | $151B | 58.6 million |
| 43 | Laos | +4.5% | $18.4B | 8 million |
| 44 | Morocco | +4.5% | $196B | 38.8 million |
| 45 | Paraguay | +4.5% | $64B | 7.1 million |
| 46 | El Salvador | +4.5% | $39.4B | 6.4 million |
| 47 | Chad | +4.5% | $25.2B | 21.6 million |
| 48 | Angola | +4.4% | $157B | 40.2 million |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | +4.4% | $32.4B | 24.6 million |
| 50 | Botswana | +4.4% | $22.1B | 2.6 million |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | +4.4% | $398B | 21.1 million |
| 52 | Mauritania | +4.4% | $14.3B | 5.5 million |
| 53 | Palau | +4.3% | $0.4B | 18 thousand |
| 54 | Malta | +4.2% | $30.5B | 549 thousand |
| 55 | Nigeria | +4.2% | $387B | 242 million |
| 56 | Oman | +4.1% | $121B | 5.7 million |
| 57 | Guatemala | +4.0% | $132B | 19 million |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | +4.0% | $111B | 23.3 million |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | +4.0% | $8.5B | 9 million |
| 60 | Suriname | +4.0% | $6B | 645 thousand |
| 61 | Timor Leste | +4.0% | $2.2B | 1.4 million |
| 62 | Grenada | +3.9% | $1.6B | 117 thousand |
| 63 | Algeria | +3.8% | $332B | 48 million |
| 64 | Hong Kong | +3.8% | $455B | 7.4 million |
| 65 | Madagascar | +3.8% | $21B | 33.5 million |
| 66 | Nicaragua | +3.8% | $25.4B | 7.1 million |
| 67 | Aruba | +3.7% | $4.7B | 108 thousand |
| 68 | Denmark | +3.7% | $499B | 6 million |
| 69 | Eswatini | +3.7% | $6.1B | 1.3 million |
| 70 | Burundi | +3.6% | $7.6B | 14.7 million |
| 71 | Bangladesh | +3.6% | $506B | 178 million |
| 72 | Nepal | +3.6% | $45.6B | 29.6 million |
| 73 | Pakistan | +3.6% | $450B | 259 million |
| 74 | Albania | +3.5% | $32.8B | 2.8 million |
| 75 | Congo | +3.5% | $19.1B | 6.6 million |
| 76 | North Macedonia | +3.5% | $21.2B | 1.8 million |
| 77 | Vanuatu | +3.5% | $1.4B | 343 thousand |
| 78 | Philippines | +3.4% | $502B | 118 million |
| 79 | Poland | +3.4% | $1.13T | 37.8 million |
| 80 | Tuvalu | +3.4% | $0.1B | 9 thousand |
| 81 | Costa Rica | +3.3% | $115B | 5.2 million |
| 82 | Honduras | +3.3% | $41B | 11.2 million |
| 83 | South Korea | +3.3% | $2.25T | 51.6 million |
| 84 | Libya | +3.3% | $56.9B | 7.5 million |
| 85 | Macao | +3.3% | $54.7B | 723 thousand |
| 86 | Serbia | +3.3% | $111B | 6.6 million |
| 87 | Cameroon | +3.2% | $64.8B | 30.6 million |
| 88 | Slovenia | +3.2% | $88.9B | 2.1 million |
| 89 | Dominica | +3.1% | $0.8B | 66 thousand |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | +3.1% | $36.3B | 10.9 million |
| 91 | Gabon | +3.0% | $26B | 2.6 million |
| 92 | Cambodia | +3.0% | $54.2B | 18.1 million |
| 93 | Kiribati | +3.0% | $0.4B | 138 thousand |
| 94 | Marshall Islands | +3.0% | $0.3B | 35 thousand |
| 95 | Montenegro | +3.0% | $10.1B | 626 thousand |
| 96 | Peru | +3.0% | $400B | 34.9 million |
| 97 | Comoros | +2.9% | $1.7B | 899 thousand |
| 98 | Cyprus | +2.9% | $44.3B | 1.4 million |
| 99 | Central African Republic | +2.7% | $5.1B | 5.7 million |
| 100 | Ecuador | +2.7% | $138B | 18.4 million |
| 101 | Jordan | +2.7% | $64.9B | 11.6 million |
| 102 | Lithuania | +2.7% | $105B | 2.8 million |
| 103 | Mauritius | +2.7% | $16.9B | 1.3 million |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | +2.7% | $1.9B | 858 thousand |
| 105 | Turkey | +2.7% | $1.82T | 87.9 million |
| 106 | Bulgaria | +2.6% | $147B | 6.7 million |
| 107 | Malawi | +2.6% | $18.3B | 22.8 million |
| 108 | Bahamas | +2.5% | $18.3B | 405 thousand |
| 109 | Spain | +2.5% | $2.09T | 47.9 million |
| 110 | Sweden | +2.5% | $745B | 10.7 million |
| 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | +2.4% | $2.4B | 95 thousand |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | +2.4% | $83B | 7.7 million |
| 113 | Tunisia | +2.4% | $62.7B | 12.4 million |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | +2.3% | $37.3B | 3.1 million |
| 115 | Latvia | +2.3% | $53.2B | 1.8 million |
| 116 | Somalia | +2.3% | $14.8B | 20.3 million |
| 117 | United States | +2.3% | $32.64T | 349 million |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | +2.3% | $1.3B | 99 thousand |
| 119 | Brazil | +2.2% | $2.65T | 214 million |
| 120 | Colombia | +2.2% | $573B | 53.9 million |
| 121 | Croatia | +2.2% | $116B | 3.8 million |
| 122 | Argentina | +2.1% | $768B | 46 million |
| 123 | Estonia | +2.1% | $51B | 1.3 million |
| 124 | Nauru | +2.1% | $0.2B | 12 thousand |
| 125 | Portugal | +2.1% | $375B | 10.4 million |
| 126 | Thailand | +2.1% | $599B | 71.6 million |
| 127 | Myanmar | +2.0% | $83.2B | 55.2 million |
| 128 | Namibia | +2.0% | $17.9B | 3.2 million |
| 129 | New Zealand | +2.0% | $273B | 5.3 million |
| 130 | Andorra | +1.9% | $4.9B | 84 thousand |
| 131 | Australia | +1.9% | $2.11T | 27.2 million |
| 132 | Belarus | +1.9% | $108B | 8.9 million |
| 133 | Belize | +1.9% | $3.4B | 429 thousand |
| 134 | Brunei | +1.9% | $18.9B | 470 thousand |
| 135 | Switzerland | +1.9% | $1.14T | 9 million |
| 136 | Fiji | +1.9% | $6.6B | 937 thousand |
| 137 | Hungary | +1.9% | $266B | 9.6 million |
| 138 | Barbados | +1.8% | $8.3B | 283 thousand |
| 139 | Czechia | +1.8% | $428B | 10.5 million |
| 140 | Greece | +1.8% | $305B | 9.9 million |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | +1.8% | $1.1B | 47 thousand |
| 142 | Tonga | +1.8% | $0.7B | 103 thousand |
| 143 | Azerbaijan | +1.7% | $89.2B | 10.5 million |
| 144 | Finland | +1.7% | $339B | 5.6 million |
| 145 | Moldova | +1.5% | $22.2B | 3 million |
| 146 | Mexico | +1.5% | $2.18T | 133 million |
| 147 | Netherlands | +1.5% | $1.42T | 18.4 million |
| 148 | Norway | +1.5% | $652B | 5.7 million |
| 149 | Micronesia | +1.4% | $0.5B | 114 thousand |
| 150 | Iceland | +1.4% | $42.8B | 402 thousand |
| 151 | Germany | +1.3% | $5.47T | 83.6 million |
| 152 | United Kingdom | +1.3% | $4.27T | 69.9 million |
| 153 | San Marino | +1.3% | $2.4B | 34 thousand |
| 154 | Uruguay | +1.3% | $95.2B | 3.4 million |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | +1.2% | $2.8B | 180 thousand |
| 156 | Canada | +1.1% | $2.49T | 40.5 million |
| 157 | Lesotho | +1.1% | $3.1B | 2.4 million |
| 158 | Luxembourg | +1.1% | $108B | 687 thousand |
| 159 | Liechtenstein | +1.0% | $9.6B | 40 thousand |
| 160 | Maldives | +1.0% | $8.1B | 532 thousand |
| 161 | Mozambique | +1.0% | $24.8B | 36.6 million |
| 162 | Seychelles | +1.0% | $2.4B | 135 thousand |
| 163 | Ukraine | +1.0% | $229B | 39.5 million |
| 164 | South Africa | +1.0% | $489B | 65.5 million |
| 165 | Russia | +0.9% | $2.86T | 143 million |
| 166 | Italy | +0.8% | $2.7T | 58.9 million |
| 167 | Slovakia | +0.8% | $167B | 5.5 million |
| 168 | Belgium | +0.7% | $773B | 11.8 million |
| 169 | Japan | +0.7% | $4.34T | 122 million |
| 170 | Austria | +0.6% | $617B | 9.1 million |
| 171 | Chile | +0.6% | $402B | 19.9 million |
| 172 | France | +0.4% | $3.55T | 66.7 million |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | +0.4% | $1.1B | 245 thousand |
| 174 | Samoa | +0.4% | $1.3B | 221 thousand |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | +0.2% | $26.8B | 1.5 million |
| 176 | Jamaica | 0.0% | $23.9B | 2.8 million |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | −0.1% | $133B | 3.2 million |
| 178 | Romania | −0.5% | $470B | 18.8 million |
| 179 | Ireland | −1.0% | $710B | 5.4 million |
| 180 | Yemen | −1.5% | $11B | 43 million |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | −1.7% | $14.3B | 2 million |
| 182 | Haiti | −1.7% | $39.4B | 12 million |
| 183 | Bolivia | −3.0% | $53.8B | 12.7 million |
| 184 | Saudi Arabia | −3.3% | $1.34T | 35.2 million |
| 185 | United Arab Emirates | −3.9% | $661B | 11.6 million |
| 186 | Iran | −7.6% | $312B | 93.2 million |
| 187 | Bahrain | −11.3% | $46B | 1.7 million |
| 188 | Qatar | −15.6% | $203B | 3.2 million |
| 189 | Iraq | −16.0% | $245B | 48 million |
| 190 | Kuwait | −16.7% | $147B | 5.1 million |
T = trillion, B = billion US dollars. Countries with a full page are linked. Figures for 2026 and later are IMF projections; earlier years are IMF estimates from national data.
Questions
Which economy is growing fastest in 2026?
Taiwan (+10.7%), then South Sudan (+10.5%), Ethiopia (+9.2%), Kyrgyzstan (+9.0%), among countries of a million people or more.
Which major economy is growing fastest?
Among trillion-dollar economies, Taiwan (+10.7%), then India (+7.0%) and Indonesia (+5.1%).
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Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026). Reused with credit to the IMF. Figures are in current US dollars (or international dollars at purchasing power parity) unless stated.