World in the Balance
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Student Handout
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Growth Rates Worldwide
The following are 10-year compounded growth rates for countries worldwide. The
10-year growth rate is based on annual growth rates for 2003 from the U.S.
Bureau of the Census International Database. The countries, islands, and
territories are grouped by continents.
North
America, Central America,
and the Caribbean
|
Country |
10-year
growth rate
|
Belize |
0.273 |
Canada |
0.098 |
Costa
Rica
|
0.167 |
El
Salvador
|
0.196 |
Guatemala |
0.300 |
Honduras |
0.258 |
Mexico |
0.126 |
Nicaragua |
0.223 |
Panama |
0.144 |
United
States of America
|
0.096 |
Islands and
Territories
|
10-year
growth rate
|
Anguilla |
0.244 |
Antigua
and Barbuda
|
0.066 |
Aruba |
0.056 |
Bahamas |
0.079 |
Barbados |
0.039 |
Bermuda |
0.075 |
Cayman
Is.
|
0.317 |
Cuba |
0.037 |
Dominica |
-0.061 |
Dominican
Republic
|
0.145 |
Greenland |
0.001 |
Grenada |
0.008 |
Guadeloupe |
0.104 |
Haiti |
0.180 |
Jamaica |
0.063 |
Martinique |
0.088 |
Montserrat |
0.553 |
Netherlands
Antilles
|
0.093 |
Puerto
Rico
|
0.052 |
St.
Kitts & Nevis
|
0.013 |
St.
Lucia
|
0.133 |
St.
Vincent & the Grenadines
|
0.035 |
Trinidad
& Tobago
|
-0.066 |
Turks
& Caicos Is.
|
0.363 |
Virgin
Is. (U.S.)
|
-0.002 |
Virgin
Is. (British)
|
0.231 |
|
South America
|
Country |
10-year
growth rate |
Argentina |
0.110 |
Bolivia |
0.175 |
Brazil |
0.121 |
Chile |
0.110 |
Colombia |
0.168 |
Ecuador |
0.209 |
Guyana |
0.045 |
Paraguay |
0.285 |
Peru |
0.173 |
Suriname |
0.038 |
Uruguay |
0.082 |
Venezuela |
0.158 |
|
Europe
|
Country |
10-year
growth rate |
Albania |
0.053 |
Andorra |
0.111 |
Austria |
0.016 |
Belarus |
-0.012 |
Belgium |
0.018 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
0.049 |
Bulgaria |
-0.091 |
Croatia |
0.032 |
Czech
Republic
|
-0.005 |
Denmark |
0.036 |
Estonia |
-0.048 |
Finland |
0.021 |
France |
0.042 |
Germany |
0.004 |
Gibraltar |
0.022 |
Greece |
0.021 |
Hungary |
-0.025 |
Iceland |
0.050 |
Ireland |
0.121 |
Italy |
0.011 |
Latvia |
-0.071 |
Liechtenstein |
0.093 |
Lithuania |
-0.022 |
Luxembourg |
0.138 |
Macedonia |
0.040 |
Malta |
0.075 |
Moldova |
0.013 |
Monaco |
0.045 |
Netherlands |
0.062 |
Norway |
0.044 |
Poland |
0.000 |
Portugal |
0.018 |
Romania |
-0.011 |
San
Marino
|
0.146 |
Serbia
& Montenegro
|
0.007 |
Slovakia |
0.013 |
Slovenia |
0.014 |
Spain |
0.016 |
Sweden |
0.018 |
Switzerland |
0.062 |
Ukraine |
-0.067 |
United
Kingdom
|
0.030 |
Islands
and
Territories
|
10-year
growth rate |
Faroe
Is.
|
0.072 |
Guernsey |
0.035 |
Isle
of Man
|
0.054 |
Jersey |
0.041 |
|
Africa
|
Country |
10-year
growth rate |
Algeria |
0.177 |
Angola |
0.216 |
Benin |
0.337 |
Botswana |
-0.054 |
Burkina
Faso
|
0.293 |
Burundi |
0.241 |
Cameroon |
0.221 |
Central
African Republic
|
0.174 |
Chad |
0.353 |
Congo
(Brazzaville)
|
0.164 |
Congo
(Kinshasa)
|
0.331 |
Cote
d'Ivoire
|
0.237 |
Djibouti |
0.235 |
Egypt |
0.204 |
Equatorial
Guinea
|
0.273 |
Eritrea |
0.136 |
Ethiopia |
0.215 |
French
Guiana
|
0.268 |
Gabon |
0.285 |
Gambia |
0.348 |
Ghana |
0.155 |
Guinea |
0.264 |
Guinea-Bissau |
0.221 |
Kenya |
0.134 |
Lesotho |
0.020 |
Liberia |
0.181 |
Libya |
0.267 |
Madagascar |
0.348 |
Malawi |
0.244 |
Mali |
0.321 |
Mauritania |
0.333 |
Morocco |
0.177 |
Mozambique |
0.148 |
Namibia |
0.160 |
Niger |
0.307 |
Nigeria |
0.283 |
Rwanda |
0.200 |
Sao
Tome & Principe
|
0.368 |
Senegal |
0.287 |
Sierra
Leone
|
0.336 |
Somalia |
0.402 |
South
Africa
|
0.001 |
Sudan |
0.307 |
Swaziland |
0.086 |
Tanzania |
0.186 |
Togo |
0.264 |
Tunisia |
0.115 |
Uganda |
0.339 |
Western
Sahara
|
0.254 |
Zambia |
0.163 |
Zimbabwe |
0.086 |
Islands
and
Territories
|
10-year
growth rate |
Cape
Verde Is.
|
0.082 |
Comoros |
0.339 |
Mauritius |
0.087 |
Mayotte |
0.516 |
Reunion |
0.157 |
St.
Helena
|
0.069 |
Seychelles |
0.047 |
|
Asia
|
Country |
10-year
growth rate |
Afghanistan |
0.394 |
Armenia |
-0.007 |
Azerbaijan |
0.045 |
Bahrain |
0.173 |
Bangladesh |
0.226 |
Bhutan |
0.235 |
Brunei |
0.219 |
Burma |
0.053 |
Cambodia |
0.196 |
China |
0.062 |
Cyprus |
0.057 |
East
Timor
|
0.235 |
Gaza
Strip
|
0.464 |
Georgia |
-0.051 |
India |
0.157 |
Indonesia |
0.163 |
Iran |
0.114 |
Iraq |
0.316 |
Israel |
0.147 |
Japan |
0.011 |
Jordan |
0.316 |
Kazakhstan |
0.017 |
Korea
(North)
|
0.112 |
Korea
(South)
|
0.068 |
Kuwait |
0.389 |
Kyrgyzstan |
0.156 |
Laos |
0.274 |
Lebanon |
0.142 |
Malaysia |
0.202 |
Mongolia |
0.152 |
Nepal |
0.251 |
Oman |
0.394 |
Pakistan |
0.220 |
Philippines |
0.209 |
Qatar |
0.327 |
Russia |
-0.030 |
Saudi
Arabia
|
0.379 |
Singapore |
0.400 |
Sri
Lanka
|
0.086 |
Syria |
0.274 |
Taiwan |
0.067 |
Tajikistan |
0.234 |
Thailand |
0.099 |
Turkey |
0.123 |
Turkmenistan |
0.198 |
United
Arab Emirates
|
0.168 |
Uzbekistan |
0.175 |
Vietnam |
0.137 |
Yemen |
0.400 |
West
Bank
|
0.383 |
Islands
and
Territories
|
10-year
growth rate |
Maldives |
0.332 |
Special
Admistrative Regions
| 10-year
growth rate |
Hong
Kong S.A.R. (China)
|
0.128 |
Macau
S.A.R. (China)
|
0.088 |
|
Australia
and Oceania
|
Country |
10-year
growth rate |
Australia |
0.097 |
New
Zealand
|
0.114 |
Papua
New Guinea
|
0.261 |
Islands
and
Territories
|
10-year
growth rate |
American
Samoa
|
0.017 |
Cook
Is.
|
0.172 |
Fiji |
0.151 |
French
Polynesia
|
0.174 |
Guam |
0.164 |
Kiribati |
0.251 |
Marshall
Is.
|
0.255 |
Micronesia,
Fed. States of
|
0.004 |
Nauru |
0.207 |
New
Caledonia
|
0.147 |
Northern
Mariana Is.
|
0.317 |
Palau |
0.165 |
Samoa |
-0.026 |
Solomon
Is.
|
0.322 |
Tonga |
0.207 |
Tuvalu |
0.152 |
Vanuatu |
0.174 |
Wallis
& Futuna Is.
|
0.107 |
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