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Emerging Countries
Qatar has the highest GDP Growth in 2026 (8.6%), followed by Vietnam (7.1%) and India (6.5%). Kuwait has the lowest (0.6%).
Economics39 countries · 6 metricsUpdated Dec 28, 2023Original page
12 sources
- Real GDP growth rate - The World Factbook
- Emerging market - Wiki
- World Economic Outlook - International Monetary Fund
- Emerging Market Economies—the BRIC - The Balance
- Emerging Markets Report 2022: Reinventing Global Value Chains - Cornell University
- Emerging Market Global Players (EMGP) - Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment
- S&P Dow Jones Indices’ 2018 Country Classification Consultation - S&P
- Emerging Markets Bond Index Monitor March 2016 - JP Morgan
- Gross Domestic Product: An Economy's All - International Monetary Fund
- What Is GDP and Why Is It So Important to Economists and Investors? - Investopedia
- War Slows Recovery, Global Outlook 2022 - IMF
- Top Emerging Markets 2022 - Serviap Group
GDP GrowthBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
39 of 235 countriesGDP Growth, 2026
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
3.4%
Middle half 1.95% – 4.3%
Average
3.39%
39 countries
Highest
8.6%
Qatar
Lowest
0.6%
Kuwait
Over time · 1990–2026
The top 5 in 2026, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Qatar
- Vietnam
- India
- Iran
- Taiwan
Data
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39 countries · # = rank by GDP Growth
| # | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Qatar | 8.6% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 2 |  Vietnam | 7.1% | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| 3 |  India | 6.5% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 4 |  Iran | 6.1% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 |  Taiwan | 5.2% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 6 |  Indonesia | 5% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 7 |  Morocco | 4.9% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 8 |  Bangladesh | 4.7% | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 8 |  Malaysia | 4.7% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 10 |  China | 4.4% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 11 |  Egypt | 4.2% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 12 |  Nigeria | 4.1% | Yes | — | — | Yes | — |
| 12 |  Philippines | 4.1% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 14 |  Venezuela | 4% | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 15 |  Pakistan | 3.6% | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 16 |  Argentina | 3.5% | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 16 |  Israel | 3.5% | — | — | — | Yes | — |
| 16 |  Oman | 3.5% | — | — | — | Yes | — |
| 19 |  Turkey | 3.4% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 19 |  Mauritius | 3.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 |  Poland | 3.3% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 22 |  Saudi Arabia | 3.1% | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| 22 |  United Arab Emirates | 3.1% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 24 |  Peru | 2.8% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 24 |  Bulgaria | 2.8% | — | — | — | — | Yes |
| 26 |  Chile | 2.4% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 27 |  Colombia | 2.3% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 28 |  Czechia | 2.2% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 29 |  Ukraine | 2% | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 30 |  Brazil | 1.9% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 30 |  South Korea | 1.9% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 |  Greece | 1.8% | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| 33 |  Hungary | 1.7% | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 34 |  Mexico | 1.6% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 35 |  Thailand | 1.5% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 36 |  Russia | 1.1% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 37 |  South Africa | 1% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 38 |  Romania | 0.7% | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| 39 |  Kuwait | 0.6% | — | — | Yes | — | — |
What correlates with GDP Growth (2026)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest GDP Growth?
- Qatar has the highest GDP Growth in 2026, at 8.6%, followed by Vietnam (7.1%) and India (6.5%).
- Which country has the lowest GDP Growth?
- Kuwait has the lowest GDP Growth in 2026, at 0.6%.
- What is the median GDP Growth across countries?
- The median is 3.4% across the 39 countries with data in 2026.
- Where does this emerging countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Real GDP growth rate - The World Factbook; Emerging market - Wiki; World Economic Outlook - International Monetary Fund; Emerging Market Economies—the BRIC - The Balance.