Definition: This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Asian Economies To Outperform In 2013; ASEAN Countries’ GDP Growth In The Spotlight
International Business Times - 5/22/2013 5:41:25 AM
Growth momentum in Asia was solid at the end of 2012 and economists at Standard Chartered Bank are confident that 2013 will be stronger than last year, supported by increased confidence, domestic spending and intra-regional trade. Although growth could be ...
S&P Cuts GDP Growth Forecast For China, India And Other Asia Pacific Countries
International Business Times - 5/19/2013 12:01:23 AM
particularly on real estate prices, of the stimulus they initiated in late 2008-2009," Palmer added. S&Ps reduced India’s growth rate despite the positive pro-economy measures, including FDI in key sectors and a hike in diesel prices, announced by the ...
Nigerian Poverty Should Be Lower Given Growth Rate, IMF Says (2)
Businessweek - 5/20/2013 3:02:09 PM
Scott Rogers, the senior resident representative of the ... Okonjo-Iweala said in a May 10 interview. Annual negotiations between lawmakers and the government over what the benchmark price should be aren’t “meaningful” as long as funds ...
Impact of the financial crisis on world economies
MENAFN - 5/18/2013 11:54:14 PM
The real economy is rapidly affected, with its social impact related to increased unemployment. For the up coming year, until recently, the world GDP growth rate for the developing countries was projected around 6.4 percent. After the crisis, the growth ...
UN expects global economy to gain momentum slowly
Xinhua News Agency - 5/24/2013 1:42:50 AM
Shamshad Akhtar, Assistant Secretary-General of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), speaks during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 23, 2013. The DESA released its mid-year World Economic ...
Kenya's global economic growth rate drops
demotix.com - 5/24/2013 6:22:00 AM
She noted the economy's growth rate in the global economy dropped from 3.9 percent ... the ongoing economic turmoil in the euro zone, slowed growth in emerging markets and developing economies due to weak demand from advanced economies are major causes ...
Economy: UN report says global economic growth still sluggish
Afriquejet - 5/24/2013 7:33:35 AM
Global economic growth still sluggish - A UN report, released on Thursday, said global economic growth would continue to be “below potential” this year, noting that, 'job creation will be vital to spur recovery'. The report, entitled: 'The UN World ...
Economic Growth in Foreign Regions and U.S. Export Growth
econintersect.com - 5/20/2013 2:23:22 AM
... and its relationship to economic growth in the rest of the world depends on the composition of U.S. exports, the major trading partners of the United States, and the variation in U.S. exports by destination and over time. The United States exports ...
Saudi Arabia real GDP growth seen at 3% in 2013
MENAFN - 5/17/2013 11:55:25 PM
The main drivers of private sector growth had been the nonoil industrial and construction sectors that posted growth rates of 8.3 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively. The bank projects real GDP growth ... announced that his country will increase its ...
Japan to outperform Korea in GDP growth
The Korea Herald - 5/19/2013 11:57:13 AM
Improved consumer spending and exports boosted Japan’s first-quarter GDP growth. The so-called “Abenomics” aimed at restoring growth through aggressive monetary easing and inflation led the country to revise its growth forecast upward to 2.9 percent ...
UAE growth at fastest rate since 2006
Peninsula - 5/19/2013 8:25:27 PM
Abu Dhabi, home of one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, is the key driver of the hydrocarbon sector, producing almost all of the UAE’s crude oil. It makes up roughly 65 percent of the UAE economy. Growth in real estate and business ...
As Japan's Growth Returns, Will Europe Learn?
CNBC - 5/17/2013 1:51:08 AM
For years, Japan and Europe have been the sick men of the world economy. This week, their paths diverged. Even as Europe fell deeper into what just became its longest recession since World War II, Japan posted an unexpectedly robust growth rate of 3.5 ...
Thailand ETF Embodies New World Order
Marketwatch - 5/20/2013 6:08:15 PM
In theory, it should not be good news for a high-flying emerging markets ETF when the market tracked by the fund reports first-quarter GDP growth that was 2.2 percent below what was seen in the fourth quarter. Perhaps it should be even worse that the ...
As Japan Courts Growth, Europe Keeps Up Its Love Affair With Austerity
New York Times - 5/16/2013 11:56:36 PM
Even as Europe fell deeper into what just became its longest recession since World War II, Japan posted an unexpectedly robust growth rate of 3.5 percent under the bold new ... Japan may have found the recipe for successful economic stimulus ...
The 5 Richest Countries in the World
Daily Finance - 5/19/2013 11:50:03 AM
No. 4: United Arab Emirates, $49,883 per person A few Middle Eastern nations have profited in a big way from ... For all the hits the U.S. economy has taken throughout its slow recovery from the depths of the recession, the average American still lives ...
