APP.2-10 Growth Rate of GDP
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database.           (%)
Country or Area Average Annual Real
Growth Rate
1990 2000 2003 2004 2005
1991-2000 2001-2005
World ① 3.4 4.0 3.0 4.9 4.1 5.3 4.9
Advanced Countries 2.8 2.1 3.1 3.9 1.9 3.2 2.6
 European Union 2.2 1.8 2.6 3.9 1.4 2.4 1.8
 Euro Area  2.1② 1.4   3.9 0.8 2.1 1.3
 Major Advanced Countries 2.5 1.9 2.8 3.6 1.8 3.0 2.4
 Newly Industrialized Asian 6.2 4.0 7.3 7.9 3.2 5.9 4.5
 Other advanced Economies③  4.5 3.2 4.4 5.9 2.5 4.6 3.7
Developing Countries 4.3 6.3 2.8 6.1 6.7 7.7 7.4
 Africa 2.2 4.7 2.3 3.1 4.6 5.5 5.4
  SubSahara Africa 2.2 4.7 2.1 3.4 4.1 5.6 5.8
 Central and Eastern Europe 1.6 4.3 -1.5 5.1 4.7 6.5 5.4
 Independent -4.4 6.9 1.1 9.0 7.9 8.4 6.5
  States and Mongolia            
 Developing Asia 7.6 7.9 5.3 7.0 8.4 8.8 9.0
  ASEAN-4④ 4.3 4.7 7.6 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.1
  Middle East 4.0 4.9 8.2 5.3 6.4 5.5 5.7
 Western Hemisphere 3.4 2.5 0.2 3.9 2.2 5.7 4.3
China 10.4 9.5 3.8 8.4 10.0 10.1 10.2
Hong Kong, China 4.5 4.3 4.0 10.0 3.2 8.6 7.3
Afghanistan         15.7 8.0 14.0⑤
Albania 1.3 5.4 -10.0 7.3 5.7 5.9⑤ 5.5⑤
Algeria 1.6 4.9 1.3 2.2 6.9 5.2 5.3⑤
Angola 1.3 10.3 -3.5 3.0⑤ 3.3⑤ 11.2⑤  20.6⑤
Antigua and Barbuda 3.4 3.6 2.3 3.3 4.3 5.2 5.0
Argentina 4.2 2.0 -1.3 -0.8 8.8 9.0 9.2⑤
Armenia 2.8⑥ 12.1   6.0 13.9 10.1 13.9
Australia 3.4 3.1 1.7 3.3 3.1 3.5 2.5⑤
Austria 2.6 1.4 4.6 3.4 1.1 2.4 2.0
Azerbaijan -3.5⑥ 11.7   6.2 10.4 10.2 24.3
Bahamas 2.1 1.8 -1.6 1.9 1.4 1.8 2.7⑤
Bahrain 4.6 5.9 7.3 5.2 7.2 5.4 6.9⑤
Bangladesh 4.9 5.5 4.6 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.2
Barbados 1.2 1.7 -3.3 2.3 1.9 4.8 3.9
Belarus -0.2⑥ 7.4   5.8 7.0 11.4 9.3
Belgium 2.3 1.5 3.1 3.7 0.9 2.4 1.5⑤
Belize 6.0 5.5 11.2 13.0 9.3 4.6 3.5⑤
Benin 4.5 4.1 9.0 4.9 3.9 3.1 2.9⑤
Bhutan 5.2 7.5 2.4 9.5 7.1 7.5⑤ 7.4⑤
Bolivia 3.8 3.0 4.6 2.5 2.9 3.9 4.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina   5.0   5.4 4.4 6.2 5.0
Botswana 6.2 5.8 6.8 8.3 6.3 6.0⑤ 6.2⑤
Brazil 2.7 2.2 -4.2 4.4 0.5 4.9 2.3
Brunei Darussalam 2.2 2.1 1.1 2.9 2.9 0.5 0.4
Bulgaria -4.0 4.9 -9.1 5.4 4.5 5.7 5.5
Burkina Faso 5.4 6.2 10.1 3.3⑤ 7.9⑤ 4.0⑤ 7.1⑤
Burundi -1.7 2.2 3.5 -0.9⑤ -1.2⑤ 4.8⑤ 0.9⑤
Cambodia 7.1 9.2 1.1 8.4 8.6 10.0 13.4⑤
Cameroon 1.4 3.8 -6.2 4.2 4.0 3.7 2.6⑤