Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions by country

Percentage change in gross domestic product (GDP), population, and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
4.7%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-4.7%
Saint Martin (French part)
Median
0.9%
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
13,943

What the numbers show

Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 4.7% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -4.7% in Saint Martin (French part).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 1.0%.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 157 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 4,067.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 2,049.1%).

Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 4.7% 2025 down 13.0% volatile
2 Saudi Arabia 4.6% 2025 down 10.7% falling
3 Oman 4.0% 2025 down 11.2% volatile
4 Qatar 3.9% 2025 down 54.3% volatile
5 Syria 3.8% 2025 up 188.1% volatile
6 Chad 3.4% 2025 up 7.2% rising
7 Central African Republic 3.4% 2025 up 2,438.4% volatile
8 Somalia 3.3% 2025 down 3.0% volatile
9 Niger 3.2% 2025 down 12.8% rising
10 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.2% 2025 down 3.0% rising
11 Georgia 3.2% 2025 up 1,920.3% volatile
12 Angola 3.0% 2025 down 16.8% rising
13 Ukraine 2.9% 2025 up 813.5% volatile
14 Mali 2.9% 2025 down 7.3% rising
15 Yemen 2.9% 2025 down 4.9% rising
16 Tanzania 2.9% 2025 down 12.5% falling
17 Mozambique 2.8% 2025 down 1.9% rising
18 Mauritania 2.8% 2025 down 7.6% flat
19 Zambia 2.8% 2025 down 11.2% flat
20 Afghanistan 2.8% 2025 down 11.3% volatile
21 Uganda 2.7% 2025 down 12.1% rising
22 Cameroon 2.6% 2025 down 18.4% rising
23 Malawi 2.6% 2025 down 7.1% falling
24 Ethiopia 2.6% 2025 down 5.0% rising
25 Burundi 2.4% 2025 up 6.1% volatile
26 Cote d'Ivoire 2.4% 2025 down 16.8% falling
27 Benin 2.4% 2025 down 18.7% rising
28 Madagascar 2.4% 2025 down 9.2% falling
29 Equatorial Guinea 2.4% 2025 down 36.8% volatile
30 Sudan 2.4% 2025 down 22.0% falling
31 Congo 2.4% 2025 down 2.2% flat
32 Solomon Islands 2.3% 2025 down 34.5% flat
33 Palestine 2.3% 2025 up 1.5% falling
34 Guinea 2.3% 2025 down 8.7% rising
35 Senegal 2.3% 2025 down 25.2% falling
36 Vanuatu 2.2% 2025 up 0.1% falling
37 Gambia 2.2% 2025 down 18.6% falling
38 Burkina Faso 2.2% 2025 down 25.4% rising
39 Togo 2.2% 2025 up 13.9% falling
40 Rwanda 2.2% 2025 down 9.3% volatile
41 Guinea-Bissau 2.2% 2025 down 15.8% volatile
42 Gabon 2.1% 2025 down 32.2% rising
43 Iraq 2.1% 2025 down 22.9% falling
44 Liberia 2.1% 2025 up 1.2% volatile
45 Nigeria 2.1% 2025 down 18.7% flat
46 Namibia 2.0% 2025 down 22.8% falling
47 Sierra Leone 2.0% 2025 down 12.2% volatile
48 South Sudan 2.0% 2025 up 278.2% volatile
49 Gibraltar 2.0% 2025 up 74.2% volatile
50 Eritrea 2.0% 2025 up 497.6% volatile
51 Sao Tome and Principe 2.0% 2025 up 11.7% rising
52 Kenya 1.9% 2025 down 13.4% falling
54 Zimbabwe 1.9% 2025 up 40.6% falling
55 Uzbekistan 1.9% 2025 up 9.1% falling
56 Comoros 1.9% 2025 down 12.2% falling
57 Cayman Islands 1.8% 2025 down 24.2% falling
58 Ghana 1.8% 2025 down 20.6% falling
59 Tajikistan 1.8% 2025 down 28.4% falling
60 Papua New Guinea 1.7% 2025 down 31.4% rising
61 Armenia 1.7% 2025 up 668.7% volatile
62 Kyrgyzstan 1.7% 2025 down 25.9% falling
63 Honduras 1.7% 2025 down 13.3% falling
64 Turkmenistan 1.6% 2025 down 28.0% falling
66 Botswana 1.6% 2025 up 13.0% volatile
67 Pakistan 1.6% 2025 up 11.2% falling
68 Egypt 1.6% 2025 down 25.9% falling
69 Australia 1.5% 2025 up 6.5% falling
70 Guatemala 1.5% 2025 down 17.2% falling
71 Iceland 1.5% 2025 up 45.3% flat
73 Kiribati 1.5% 2025 up 13.3% rising
75 Belize 1.4% 2025 down 33.7% falling
76 Bolivia 1.3% 2025 down 11.1% falling
77 Laos 1.3% 2025 down 9.5% falling
78 Algeria 1.3% 2025 down 35.9% falling
79 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.3% 2025 down 39.1% volatile
80 Nicaragua 1.3% 2025 down 3.3% falling
81 Djibouti 1.3% 2025 down 25.0% volatile
82 East Timor 1.3% 2025 down 34.8% volatile
83 Mongolia 1.2% 2025 down 41.5% falling
84 Panama 1.2% 2025 down 29.3% falling
85 Singapore 1.2% 2025 up 3.1% volatile
86 Bangladesh 1.2% 2025 up 36.1% falling
87 Kazakhstan 1.2% 2025 down 18.8% volatile
88 Paraguay 1.2% 2025 down 17.6% falling
89 Israel 1.2% 2025 down 39.5% falling
90 Cambodia 1.2% 2025 down 19.3% volatile
91 Malaysia 1.2% 2025 down 32.2% falling
92 Andorra 1.2% 2025 up 154.7% volatile
93 South Africa 1.1% 2025 down 42.8% falling
94 Haiti 1.1% 2025 down 21.4% falling
95 Seychelles 1.1% 2025 down 49.4% volatile
96 Lesotho 1.1% 2025 down 6.0% volatile
97 Eswatini 1.1% 2025 up 86.9% volatile
98 Libya 1.0% 2025 down 35.3% volatile
99 Peru 1.0% 2025 down 7.6% falling
100 Spain 1.0% 2025 up 1,346.1% volatile
101 Portugal 1.0% 2025 up 347.5% volatile
102 Colombia 1.0% 2025 up 17.3% falling
103 Switzerland 1.0% 2025 down 15.7% volatile
104 Canada 0.9% 2025 up 23.5% falling
105 Iran 0.9% 2025 down 32.1% volatile
106 New Caledonia 0.9% 2025 up 33.0% volatile
107 Cyprus 0.9% 2025 down 37.5% rising
108 Morocco 0.9% 2025 down 21.9% falling
109 India 0.9% 2025 down 25.6% falling
110 Suriname 0.9% 2025 down 21.3% volatile
111 Ecuador 0.8% 2025 down 40.7% falling
112 Mexico 0.8% 2025 down 22.7% falling
113 Philippines 0.8% 2025 down 45.2% falling
114 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2025 down 29.6% falling
115 Indonesia 0.8% 2025 down 30.1% falling
116 Brunei 0.8% 2025 down 40.3% falling
117 Lebanon 0.7% 2025 down 61.9% volatile
118 Bahrain 0.7% 2025 down 82.3% volatile
119 Aruba 0.7% 2025 down 28.8% volatile
120 Guam 0.7% 2025 up 306.3% volatile
121 Belgium 0.7% 2025 up 20.6% volatile
122 Norway 0.7% 2025 down 30.6% rising
123 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.7% 2025 down 84.2% volatile
124 British Virgin Islands 0.7% 2025 down 85.5% volatile
125 New Zealand 0.7% 2025 down 67.9% volatile
126 Nauru 0.7% 2025 down 66.7% volatile
127 Bhutan 0.6% 2025 down 36.0% volatile
128 Myanmar 0.6% 2025 down 19.9% falling
129 Vietnam 0.6% 2025 down 51.4% falling
130 Samoa 0.6% 2025 down 32.2% volatile
131 Guyana 0.6% 2025 down 2.3% volatile
132 Tunisia 0.6% 2025 down 48.6% falling
133 Denmark 0.5% 2025 down 24.0% volatile
134 United States 0.5% 2025 down 34.5% falling
135 Netherlands 0.5% 2025 up 17.7% falling
136 Chile 0.5% 2025 down 53.0% falling
137 Faroe Islands 0.5% 2025 down 51.0% volatile
138 Finland 0.5% 2025 up 43.0% falling
139 Fiji 0.5% 2025 up 334.0% volatile
140 Cape Verde 0.5% 2025 up 3,407.4% volatile
141 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5% 2025 down 35.7% volatile
142 Micronesia (country) 0.5% 2025 up 56.4% volatile
143 Costa Rica 0.4% 2025 down 57.8% falling
144 Bahamas 0.4% 2025 down 45.2% volatile
145 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2025 down 63.7% falling
146 El Salvador 0.4% 2025 up 28.1% volatile
147 Turkey 0.4% 2025 down 68.5% falling
148 Venezuela 0.4% 2025 down 62.8% volatile
149 San Marino 0.4% 2025 down 47.5% volatile
150 Brazil 0.4% 2025 down 51.6% falling
151 Maldives 0.4% 2025 down 89.7% falling
152 Argentina 0.3% 2025 down 67.6% falling
153 Austria 0.3% 2025 down 70.7% volatile
154 United Kingdom 0.3% 2025 down 58.9% volatile
155 North Korea 0.3% 2025 down 44.0% volatile
156 Croatia 0.3% 2025 up 121.6% volatile
157 Sweden 0.3% 2025 down 76.0% volatile
158 France 0.2% 2025 down 30.9% falling
159 French Polynesia 0.2% 2025 down 56.3% volatile
160 Saint Lucia 0.2% 2025 down 48.8% falling
161 Curacao 0.2% 2025 down 85.6% volatile
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2% 2025 up 4,067.3% volatile
163 Slovenia 0.2% 2025 up 124.0% volatile
164 Greece 0.1% 2025 up 112.9% volatile
165 Grenada 0.1% 2025 down 82.8% volatile
166 Barbados 0.1% 2025 down 76.0% volatile
167 Lithuania 0.0% 2025 up 101.9% volatile
168 Greenland -0.0% 2025 up 97.3% volatile
169 Germany -0.0% 2025 down 103.5% volatile
170 Trinidad and Tobago -0.0% 2025 down 113.0% volatile
171 Isle of Man -0.0% 2025 up 86.0% volatile
172 Uruguay -0.1% 2025 down 116.2% volatile
173 Italy -0.1% 2025 up 58.4% volatile
174 Montenegro -0.1% 2025 down 143.7% volatile
175 Thailand -0.1% 2025 down 114.6% volatile
176 Jamaica -0.1% 2025 down 123.5% volatile
177 Russia -0.1% 2025 down 139.0% volatile
178 Nepal -0.1% 2025 down 120.4% falling
179 Bermuda -0.1% 2025 down 22.5% volatile
180 Bulgaria -0.1% 2025 up 90.1% volatile
181 South Korea -0.1% 2025 down 124.4% volatile
182 Slovakia -0.2% 2025 down 260.3% volatile
183 Macao -0.2% 2025 down 104.8% volatile
184 Mauritius -0.2% 2025 down 223.7% volatile
185 Romania -0.2% 2025 up 64.8% volatile
186 Czechia -0.2% 2025 down 184.7% volatile
187 China -0.2% 2025 down 129.2% volatile
188 Palau -0.2% 2025 down 158.4% volatile
189 North Macedonia -0.2% 2025 up 29.3% volatile
190 Jordan -0.3% 2025 down 103.4% volatile
191 Hong Kong -0.3% 2025 down 139.4% volatile
192 Poland -0.3% 2025 down 407.2% volatile
193 Cuba -0.4% 2025 down 309.3% volatile
194 Tonga -0.4% 2025 up 13.8% volatile
195 Estonia -0.4% 2025 down 753.5% volatile
196 Japan -0.5% 2025 down 363.7% volatile
197 Hungary -0.5% 2025 down 39.5% volatile
198 Dominica -0.5% 2025 down 1,062.2% volatile
199 Belarus -0.5% 2025 down 485.4% volatile
200 Puerto Rico -0.6% 2025 up 60.5% volatile
201 United States Virgin Islands -0.6% 2025 down 256.4% volatile
202 Serbia -0.6% 2025 down 11.1% volatile
203 Kuwait -0.7% 2025 down 114.6% volatile
204 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.7% 2025 down 28.7% volatile
205 Sri Lanka -0.7% 2025 down 179.7% volatile
206 Monaco -0.8% 2025 down 143.7% volatile
207 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.8% 2025 up 41.4% volatile
208 Latvia -1.0% 2025 down 20.6% volatile
209 Albania -1.2% 2025 up 24.5% volatile
210 American Samoa -1.6% 2025 down 43.4% volatile
211 Tuvalu -1.6% 2025 down 741.0% volatile
212 Northern Mariana Islands -1.7% 2025 down 31.1% volatile
213 Moldova -1.8% 2025 down 128.7% volatile
214 Marshall Islands -3.4% 2025 down 69.8% volatile
215 Saint Martin (French part) -4.7% 2025 down 2,049.1% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions
Unit
annual %
Source
United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, Eurostat, and United Nations Statistical Division, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 13,943 data points, 1961–2025
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Percentage change in gross domestic product (GDP), population, and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions.