Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP growth per capita — Growth rate of real gross domestic product per capita by country

Name: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP growth per capita — Growth rate of real gross domestic product per capita
Creator: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Countries reporting

184

Highest

11.36 Percent per annum

Guyana

Lowest

-8.59 Percent per annum

Afghanistan

Median

2.08 Percent per annum

Years covered

1990–2029

Data points

9,193

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP growth per capita — Growth rate of real gross domestic product per capita is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 11.36 Percent per annum in Guyana; the lowest is -8.59 Percent per annum in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.08 Percent per annum, and the mean is 2.26 Percent per annum.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 45,682.8%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 203.2%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Guyana	11.36 Percent per annum	2029	up 214.9%	volatile
1	Viet Nam	5.99 Percent per annum	2029	down 6.3%	falling
1	Moldova	5.17 Percent per annum	2029	up 10.4%	volatile
2	Bangladesh	6.09 Percent per annum	2029	down 9.0%	rising
2	Ethiopia	4.6 Percent per annum	2029	down 25.5%	volatile
3	Mozambique	5.66 Percent per annum	2029	up 1,054.0%	volatile
4	India	5.66 Percent per annum	2029	up 101.3%	volatile
5	Georgia	5.32 Percent per annum	2029	down 1.9%	volatile
6	Rwanda	5.1 Percent per annum	2029	down 26.0%	volatile
6	Cabo Verde	3.56 Percent per annum	2029	down 39.3%	volatile
7	Philippines	4.98 Percent per annum	2029	up 13.8%	volatile
7	Latvia	3.53 Percent per annum	2029	up 122.3%	volatile
7	Croatia	3.21 Percent per annum	2029	down 23.0%	volatile
8	Ukraine	4.93 Percent per annum	2029	up 31.3%	volatile
9	Serbia	4.7 Percent per annum	2029	down 1.9%	volatile
10	Armenia	4.66 Percent per annum	2029	down 43.4%	volatile
10	Poland	3.29 Percent per annum	2029	down 27.2%	volatile
11	Cambodia	4.59 Percent per annum	2029	down 31.7%	volatile
12	Bhutan	4.5 Percent per annum	2029	up 14.9%	volatile
13	Maldives	4.5 Percent per annum	2029	up 8.1%	volatile
14	Indonesia	4.36 Percent per annum	2029	up 7.9%	volatile
14	Lithuania	3.07 Percent per annum	2029	down 45.7%	volatile
15	Uzbekistan	4.35 Percent per annum	2029	up 1.4%	volatile
16	Uganda	4.29 Percent per annum	2029	up 6.4%	volatile
16	Türkiye	2.98 Percent per annum	2029	up 45,682.8%	volatile
17	Nepal	4.28 Percent per annum	2029	down 21.4%	volatile
18	Dominican Republic	4.27 Percent per annum	2029	up 8.7%	volatile
19	Djibouti	4.16 Percent per annum	2029	up 6.7%	volatile
19	Eswatini	1.53 Percent per annum	2029	down 18.6%	volatile
20	Egypt	4.11 Percent per annum	2029	up 12.0%	volatile
21	Mongolia	4.08 Percent per annum	2029	up 21.2%	volatile
21	Slovenia	2.83 Percent per annum	2029	down 10.9%	volatile
22	Liberia	3.97 Percent per annum	2029	up 190.4%	volatile
22	Lesotho	1.11 Percent per annum	2029	up 126.0%	volatile
23	United Arab Emirates	3.85 Percent per annum	2029	up 1,089.5%	volatile
24	Romania	3.82 Percent per annum	2029	down 11.0%	volatile
24	Estonia	2.48 Percent per annum	2029	down 32.0%	volatile
25	South Sudan	3.82 Percent per annum	2029	up 987.1%	volatile
26	Albania	3.74 Percent per annum	2029	up 70.0%	volatile
26	Equatorial Guinea	0.7967 Percent per annum	2029	up 109.3%	volatile
27	Tanzania, United Republic of	3.67 Percent per annum	2029	down 1.7%	volatile
28	North Macedonia	3.63 Percent per annum	2029	down 6.3%	volatile
28	Mauritania	-0.3933 Percent per annum	2029	down 181.3%	volatile
29	Hungary	3.53 Percent per annum	2029	down 28.1%	volatile
30	Côte d’Ivoire	3.51 Percent per annum	2029	down 13.5%	volatile
31	Bulgaria	3.48 Percent per annum	2029	down 30.3%	volatile
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.47 Percent per annum	2029	down 15.1%	volatile
33	China	3.46 Percent per annum	2029	down 38.2%	falling
34	Benin	3.42 Percent per annum	2029	down 10.5%	volatile
35	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.39 Percent per annum	2029	up 9.4%	falling
36	Yemen	3.38 Percent per annum	2029	up 1,073.0%	volatile
37	Guinea	3.36 Percent per annum	2029	up 13.1%	volatile
38	Malta	3.35 Percent per annum	2029	down 26.5%	volatile
39	Mauritius	3.31 Percent per annum	2029	up 17.5%	volatile
39	Timor-Leste	1.67 Percent per annum	2029	up 181.5%	volatile
40	Kenya	3.28 Percent per annum	2029	up 7.3%	volatile
41	Togo	3.25 Percent per annum	2029	up 34.1%	volatile
41	Netherlands	1.39 Percent per annum	2029	down 7.2%	volatile
42	Ghana	3.15 Percent per annum	2029	down 26.7%	volatile
43	Seychelles	3.15 Percent per annum	2029	down 25.6%	volatile
43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.8929 Percent per annum	2029	down 26.1%	volatile
44	Montenegro	3.15 Percent per annum	2029	down 25.8%	volatile
45	Pakistan	3.11 Percent per annum	2029	up 111.0%	volatile
46	Malaysia	3.04 Percent per annum	2029	down 2.6%	volatile
47	Thailand	2.97 Percent per annum	2029	up 59.9%	volatile
48	Tajikistan	2.83 Percent per annum	2029	down 43.4%	volatile
49	Panama	2.82 Percent per annum	2029	up 72.1%	volatile
50	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.74 Percent per annum	2029	down 34.1%	volatile
51	Costa Rica	2.74 Percent per annum	2029	up 78.3%	volatile
52	Trinidad and Tobago	2.73 Percent per annum	2029	up 522.9%	volatile
53	Gambia	2.69 Percent per annum	2029	down 23.4%	volatile
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.61 Percent per annum	2029	up 160.3%	volatile
55	Kyrgyzstan	2.6 Percent per annum	2029	down 11.6%	volatile
56	Morocco	2.57 Percent per annum	2029	up 41.2%	volatile
57	Sierra Leone	2.55 Percent per annum	2029	down 9.9%	volatile
58	Burkina Faso	2.54 Percent per annum	2029	down 5.0%	volatile
59	Botswana	2.52 Percent per annum	2029	up 141.6%	volatile
60	Honduras	2.52 Percent per annum	2029	up 167.1%	volatile
61	Brunei Darussalam	2.48 Percent per annum	2029	down 16.7%	volatile
62	Burundi	2.45 Percent per annum	2029	up 271.8%	volatile
63	Cyprus	2.45 Percent per annum	2029	down 47.6%	volatile
64	Guatemala	2.43 Percent per annum	2029	down 1.2%	volatile
65	Guinea-Bissau	2.42 Percent per annum	2029	up 16.1%	volatile
66	Paraguay	2.42 Percent per annum	2029	up 240.2%	volatile
67	Colombia	2.41 Percent per annum	2029	up 83.5%	volatile
68	Antigua and Barbuda	2.34 Percent per annum	2029	down 38.2%	volatile
69	Czechia	2.31 Percent per annum	2029	down 23.2%	volatile
70	Zambia	2.31 Percent per annum	2029	up 247.5%	volatile
71	Nicaragua	2.29 Percent per annum	2029	up 154.1%	volatile
72	Grenada	2.29 Percent per annum	2029	up 4,646.8%	volatile
73	Saudi Arabia	2.26 Percent per annum	2029	up 290.2%	volatile
74	Eritrea	2.25 Percent per annum	2019	down 75.9%	volatile
75	Suriname	2.22 Percent per annum	2029	up 3,768.2%	volatile
76	Uruguay	2.2 Percent per annum	2029	up 147.9%	volatile
77	Portugal	2.18 Percent per annum	2029	down 18.7%	volatile
78	Niger	2.18 Percent per annum	2029	down 1.8%	volatile
79	Comoros	2.14 Percent per annum	2029	up 1,789.1%	volatile
80	Israel	2.14 Percent per annum	2029	up 9.1%	volatile
81	Sudan	2.1 Percent per annum	2029	up 139.7%	volatile
82	Malawi	2.07 Percent per annum	2029	down 22.2%	volatile
83	Dominica	2.07 Percent per annum	2029	down 55.1%	volatile
84	Azerbaijan	2.06 Percent per annum	2029	up 22.6%	volatile
85	Cameroon	2.05 Percent per annum	2029	up 246.7%	volatile
86	Jordan	2.05 Percent per annum	2029	up 493.9%	volatile
87	Chile	2.04 Percent per annum	2029	up 277.2%	volatile
88	Singapore	1.99 Percent per annum	2029	up 343.6%	volatile
89	Bahrain	1.99 Percent per annum	2029	up 17.0%	volatile
90	Barbados	1.99 Percent per annum	2029	up 1,170.8%	volatile
91	Ireland	1.96 Percent per annum	2029	down 50.6%	volatile
92	Iceland	1.96 Percent per annum	2029	up 661.8%	volatile
93	Oman	1.93 Percent per annum	2029	up 265.8%	volatile
94	El Salvador	1.92 Percent per annum	2029	down 18.8%	volatile
95	Lebanon	1.87 Percent per annum	2022	up 2,581.1%	volatile
96	Mali	1.87 Percent per annum	2029	up 21.1%	volatile
97	Kuwait	1.82 Percent per annum	2029	up 225.8%	volatile
98	Congo	1.79 Percent per annum	2029	up 245.5%	volatile
99	Spain	1.77 Percent per annum	2029	up 42.1%	volatile
100	Jamaica	1.76 Percent per annum	2029	up 95.8%	volatile
101	Argentina	1.73 Percent per annum	2029	up 163.4%	volatile
102	New Zealand	1.71 Percent per annum	2029	up 197.0%	volatile
103	Palau	1.69 Percent per annum	2029	up 58.6%	volatile
104	Greece	1.67 Percent per annum	2029	down 32.0%	volatile
105	United States of America	1.63 Percent per annum	2029	down 9.4%	volatile
106	Sweden	1.62 Percent per annum	2029	up 73.3%	volatile
107	OECD	1.62 Percent per annum	2028	down 10.2%	volatile
108	Brazil	1.56 Percent per annum	2029	up 247.2%	volatile
109	Russian Federation	1.54 Percent per annum	2029	down 27.8%	volatile
110	Ecuador	1.54 Percent per annum	2029	up 188.8%	volatile
111	Senegal	1.53 Percent per annum	2029	down 16.1%	volatile
112	Somalia	1.52 Percent per annum	2029	up 2,259.0%	volatile
113	Belarus	1.52 Percent per annum	2029	down 9.2%	volatile
114	Finland	1.48 Percent per annum	2029	up 33.2%	volatile
115	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.48 Percent per annum	2029	up 135.8%	volatile
116	Papua New Guinea	1.47 Percent per annum	2029	down 31.4%	volatile
117	Luxembourg	1.47 Percent per annum	2029	up 60.7%	volatile
118	Myanmar	1.44 Percent per annum	2029	down 75.9%	volatile
119	Iraq	1.44 Percent per annum	2029	down 50.5%	volatile
120	Mexico	1.43 Percent per annum	2029	up 229.4%	volatile
121	Sao Tome and Principe	1.41 Percent per annum	2029	up 202.0%	volatile
122	San Marino	1.38 Percent per annum	2029	down 29.9%	volatile
123	Australia	1.36 Percent per annum	2029	up 357.2%	volatile
124	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	1.36 Percent per annum	2025	up 118.8%	volatile
125	Peru	1.35 Percent per annum	2029	up 340.4%	volatile
126	Kazakhstan	1.35 Percent per annum	2029	down 59.1%	volatile
127	Libya	1.31 Percent per annum	2029	up 110.6%	volatile
128	Saint Lucia	1.31 Percent per annum	2029	up 322.5%	volatile
129	Tuvalu	1.31 Percent per annum	2029	down 89.9%	volatile
130	Andorra	1.28 Percent per annum	2029	up 435.8%	volatile
131	Belize	1.27 Percent per annum	2029	down 46.0%	volatile
132	Turkmenistan	1.23 Percent per annum	2029	up 124.0%	volatile
133	Italy	1.18 Percent per annum	2029	up 61.3%	volatile
134	France	1.18 Percent per annum	2029	down 28.4%	volatile
135	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1.14 Percent per annum	2029	up 1.9%	volatile
136	Namibia	1.07 Percent per annum	2029	up 142.7%	volatile
137	Belgium	1.04 Percent per annum	2029	down 38.5%	volatile
138	Nigeria	1.04 Percent per annum	2029	up 493.5%	volatile
139	Japan	1.03 Percent per annum	2029	up 3,077.7%	volatile
140	Zimbabwe	1.02 Percent per annum	2029	up 112.5%	volatile
141	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	0.9744 Percent per annum	2029	up 32.1%	volatile
142	Algeria	0.9727 Percent per annum	2029	up 207.2%	volatile
143	Denmark	0.9574 Percent per annum	2029	down 2.4%	volatile
144	Bahamas	0.9419 Percent per annum	2029	up 167.5%	volatile
145	Qatar	0.9074 Percent per annum	2029	up 218.7%	volatile
146	Solomon Islands	0.9064 Percent per annum	2029	up 245.1%	volatile
147	Canada	0.8812 Percent per annum	2029	up 50.7%	volatile
148	Gabon	0.8121 Percent per annum	2029	down 44.9%	volatile
149	Austria	0.801 Percent per annum	2029	down 19.9%	volatile
150	Germany	0.7761 Percent per annum	2029	up 1.5%	volatile
151	Angola	0.7535 Percent per annum	2029	up 118.8%	volatile
152	Norway	0.7416 Percent per annum	2029	up 67.1%	volatile
153	Switzerland	0.6894 Percent per annum	2029	up 58.4%	volatile
154	Samoa	0.6345 Percent per annum	2029	down 81.2%	volatile
155	Kiribati	0.6343 Percent per annum	2029	down 60.8%	volatile
156	Marshall Islands	0.6305 Percent per annum	2029	down 95.3%	volatile
157	Tunisia	0.5829 Percent per annum	2029	down 4.1%	volatile
158	South Africa	0.4836 Percent per annum	2029	up 146.9%	volatile
159	Haiti	0.3989 Percent per annum	2029	up 113.3%	volatile
160	Tonga	0.3875 Percent per annum	2029	down 56.8%	volatile
161	Naoero	0.2806 Percent per annum	2029	down 95.8%	volatile
162	Vanuatu	0.2699 Percent per annum	2029	down 67.5%	volatile
163	Chad	-0.2407 Percent per annum	2029	down 107.7%	volatile
164	Central African Republic	-0.5324 Percent per annum	2029	down 175.4%	volatile
165	Sri Lanka	-8.07 Percent per annum	2022	down 203.2%	volatile
166	Afghanistan	-8.59 Percent per annum	2022	down 191.2%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 4.96 Percent per annum
World outside Africa, least developed countries 4.88 Percent per annum
ASEAN 4.04 Percent per annum
Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 4.35 Percent per annum
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 3.66 Percent per annum
Asia (excluding high income countries) 3.84 Percent per annum
Least developed countries 3.64 Percent per annum
East Africa (African Union) 3.58 Percent per annum
Low income countries (World Bank) 3.39 Percent per annum
Small island developing States 3.04 Percent per annum
Africa, low income countries (World Bank) 3.3 Percent per annum
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 2.89 Percent per annum
Slovak Republic 2.82 Percent per annum
Africa, land locked developing countries 3.28 Percent per annum
World outside Africa 2.51 Percent per annum
World outside Africa, fragile states 3.23 Percent per annum
Fiji 2.38 Percent per annum
World outside Africa, small island developing states 3.1 Percent per annum
World 2.23 Percent per annum
Korea 2.2 Percent per annum
East African Community 3.07 Percent per annum
Madagascar 2.19 Percent per annum
Africa 1.96 Percent per annum
Africa, least developed countries 2.97 Percent per annum
Latin America and the Caribbean 1.86 Percent per annum
World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 2.97 Percent per annum
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1.76 Percent per annum
Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 2.92 Percent per annum
North Africa (African Union) 2.85 Percent per annum
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 1.35 Percent per annum
Resource-rich countries 1.32 Percent per annum
Fragile states 2.66 Percent per annum
World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 2.59 Percent per annum
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 1.09 Percent per annum
Central Africa (African Union) 0.9143 Percent per annum
Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) 2.44 Percent per annum
Southern African Development Community (SADC) 0.8939 Percent per annum
Africa, fragile states 2.32 Percent per annum
Non-resource-rich countries 2.32 Percent per annum
Southern Africa (African Union) 0.6405 Percent per annum

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Indicator: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP growth per capita — Growth rate of real gross domestic product per capita
Unit: Percent per annum
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 240 places, 9,193 data points, 1990–2029
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 4 shows the full time series of annual real GDP growth per capta, up to present, and including projected real GDP growth rates over the next five years calculated using the real GDP growth and population growth figures reported in the AfDD Statistical Annex.