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GDP per capita growth

% change per person, real

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53 of 54 have data · 1 without data
Period
Latest figures range from 2015 to 2025: 52 countries report 2025; 1 reports an earlier year (2015).
Source
World Bank · annual

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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GDP per capita growth: Highest to lowest
Rank Country Value (%) Year Change from previous figure Compare
1 🇱🇾 Libya+ compare 12.19% ↑ 11.33 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 11.33 pts + compare
2 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare 7.03% ↑ 2.07 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.07 pts + compare
3 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare 7.01% ↑ 2.14 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.14 pts + compare
4 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare 6.09% ↑ 6.21 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 6.21 pts + compare
5 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare 5.8% ↓ 0.67 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.67 pts + compare
6 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare 5.51% ↑ 0.67 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.67 pts + compare
7 🇩🇯 Djibouti+ compare 5.11% ↓ 0.42 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.42 pts + compare
8 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare 4.99% ↑ 2.14 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.14 pts + compare
9 🇸🇨 Seychelles+ compare 4.61% ↑ 2.61 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.61 pts + compare
10 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare 4.26% ↑ 0.24 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.24 pts + compare
11 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare 4.03% ↑ 0.15 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.15 pts + compare
12 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare 4.02% ↓ 0.19 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.19 pts + compare
13 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare 3.97% ↑ 0.5 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.5 pts + compare
14 🇲🇦 Morocco+ compare 3.63% ↑ 0.86 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.86 pts + compare
15 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare 3.61% ↓ 1.21 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 1.21 pts + compare
16 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare 3.56% ↑ 0.39 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.39 pts + compare
17 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare 3.55% ↑ 1.42 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 1.42 pts + compare
18 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare 3.5% ↑ 0.32 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.32 pts + compare
19 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare 3.32% ↓ 1.87 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 1.87 pts + compare
20 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare 3.09% ↑ 1.08 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 1.08 pts + compare
21 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare 2.99% ↑ 0.49 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.49 pts + compare
22 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare 2.89% ↑ 0.34 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.34 pts + compare
23 🇱🇷 Liberia+ compare 2.85% ↑ 1.05 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 1.05 pts + compare
24 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare 2.78% ↑ 2.14 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.14 pts + compare
25 🇰🇪 Kenya+ compare 2.63% ↑ 0 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0 pts + compare
26 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare 2.58% ↑ 0.61 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.61 pts + compare
27 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare 2.5% ↑ 0.4 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.4 pts + compare
28 🇩🇿 Algeria+ compare 2.46% ↑ 0.2 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.2 pts + compare
29 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare 2.43% ↓ 0.29 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.29 pts + compare
30 🇹🇩 Chad+ compare 2.05% ↑ 2.16 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.16 pts + compare
31 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare 1.9% ↑ 0.92 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.92 pts + compare
32 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare 1.89% ↓ 0.04 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.04 pts + compare
33 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare 1.85% ↑ 0.48 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.48 pts + compare
34 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare 1.76% ↑ 0.3 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.3 pts + compare
35 🇲🇷 Mauritania+ compare 1.18% ↓ 2.11 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 2.11 pts + compare
36 🇨🇫 Central African Republic+ compare 1.04% ↑ 2.93 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.93 pts + compare
37 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare 0.92% ↓ 0.02 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.02 pts + compare
38 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare 0.86% ↓ 3.19 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 3.19 pts + compare
39 🇨🇬 Congo+ compare 0.67% ↑ 0.99 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.99 pts + compare
40 🇸🇩 Sudan+ compare 0.64% ↑ 15.3 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 15.3 pts + compare
41 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare 0.59% ↓ 0.26 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.26 pts + compare
42 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare 0.56% ↓ 1.25 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 1.25 pts + compare
43 🇬🇦 Gabon+ compare 0.33% ↓ 0.86 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.86 pts + compare
44 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare 0.08% ↓ 1.72 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 1.72 pts + compare
45 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare -0.04% ↑ 0.67 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.67 pts + compare
46 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare -0.33% ↓ 1.81 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 1.81 pts + compare
47 🇸🇴 Somalia+ compare -0.39% ↓ 0.94 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.94 pts + compare
48 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare -0.69% ↑ 0.23 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 0.23 pts + compare
49 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare -0.96% ↓ 0.42 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 0.42 pts + compare
50 🇧🇼 Botswana+ compare -2.32% ↑ 2.04 pts from previous figure 2025 ↑ 2.04 pts + compare
51 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare -3.31% ↓ 2.52 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 2.52 pts + compare
52 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea+ compare -8.08% ↓ 6.09 pts from previous figure 2025 ↓ 6.09 pts + compare
53 🇸🇸 South Sudan+ compare -9.77% ↓ 12.51 pts from previous figure 2015 ↓ 12.51 pts + compare
Median 2.5% median of shown

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

1 country has no figure and is not ranked

Eritrea

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