China vs Japan: GDP growth Comparison

Compare the same 2024 observation in annual %, then explore both economies' history. A high growth rate can follow a small starting economy or a rebound from a downturn. Negative values indicate a contraction; rankings order the reported rates, not overall economic strength.

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GDP growth comparison in 2024, using annual %
Economy	GDP growth (annual %)	Year	Rank among reporting economies
China	4.96%	2024	46 / 201
Japan	-0.24%	2024	182 / 201

China reports 4.96% and Japan reports -0.24% in 2024. The difference (China minus Japan) is 5.20 percentage points. Both ranks use the same 201 reporting economies.

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GDP growth · annual %

-43.82%-21.91%0.00%21.91%43.82%

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198520242025Year Speed

World Bank WDI + Taiwan patch · Snapshot retrieved 6 Oct 2026 · Exact-year observations

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Country rankings · 2024

201 reporting economies; 17 without data. Ranks use the selected indicator and year.

218 economies shown

GDP growth rankings for 2024; missing values appear last. All money values use the stated unit.
Rank	Economy		GDP per capitacurrent US$	Populationpeople	Inflationannual %
1	Guyana	43.82%	$29.68K	831.09K	2.90%
2	Palau	12.01%	$18.17K	17.7K	2.23%
3	Kyrgyz Republic	11.54%	$2.52K	7.22M	5.00%
4	Georgia	9.68%	$8.97K	3.81M	1.11%
5	Monaco	8.51%	$288K	38.63K	Not reported
6	Tajikistan	8.40%	$1.36K	10.59M	Not reported
7	Niger	8.32%	$730	27.03M	9.07%
8	Macao	7.85%	$72.01K	687K	0.67%
9	Ethiopia	7.61%	$1.13K	132.06M	21.04%
10	Bhutan	7.50%	$4.23K	791.52K	2.76%
11	Benin	7.45%	$1.49K	14.46M	1.16%
12	Rwanda	7.23%	$1.06K	14.26M	1.77%
13	India	7.10%	$2.59K	1.45B	4.95%
14	Viet Nam	7.04%	$4.72K	100.99M	3.62%
15	Cabo Verde	6.99%	$5.17K	524.88K	1.05%
16	Djibouti	6.98%	$3.55K	1.17M	2.11%
17	Aruba	6.81%	$38.59K	108K	Not reported
18	Uzbekistan	6.68%	$3.34K	36.36M	9.63%
19	Togo	6.53%	$1.27K	8.41M	2.86%
20	Senegal	6.46%	$1.74K	18.5M	0.80%
21	Mauritania	6.31%	$2.11K	5.17M	2.49%
22	Turkmenistan	6.28%	$5.9K	7.49M	Not reported
23	Malta	6.21%	$44.02K	568.85K	1.65%
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.10%	$693	109.28M	Not reported
25	Uganda	6.06%	$1.08K	50.02M	3.32%
26	Cambodia	6.02%	$2.63K	17.64M	0.81%
26	Côte d’Ivoire	6.02%	$2.73K	31.93M	3.45%
28	Armenia	5.90%	$8.56K	3.03M	0.27%
29	Ghana	5.85%	$2.42K	34.43M	22.85%
30	Philippines	5.71%	$3.99K	115.84M	3.21%
31	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.64%	$37.51K	46.54K	Not reported
32	Gambia	5.55%	$871	2.76M	11.56%
33	Tanzania	5.53%	$1.19K	68.56M	3.06%
34	Venezuela	5.52%	$4.24K	28.41M	Not reported
35	Guinea	5.35%	$1.7K	14.75M	8.12%
36	Singapore	5.34%	$94.9K	6.04M	2.39%
37	Taiwan	5.30%	$34.25K	23.4M	2.20%
38	Lesotho	5.23%	$1.02K	2.34M	6.11%
39	Mongolia	5.12%	$6.75K	3.52M	6.20%
40	Malaysia	5.11%	$11.87K	35.56M	1.83%
41	Curacao	5.03%	$22.83K	155.97K	Not reported
41	Indonesia	5.03%	$4.93K	283.49M	2.18%
43	Mali	5.02%	$1.09K	24.48M	3.21%
44	Kazakhstan	5.00%	$14.16K	20.59M	8.69%
45	Sri Lanka	4.99%	$4.55K	21.92M	-0.43%
46	China	4.96%	$13.29K	1.41B	0.22%
47	Angola	4.95%	$2.72K	37.89M	28.24%
47	Chad	4.95%	$981	20.3M	8.90%
47	Dominican Republic	4.95%	$10.88K	11.43M	3.30%
47	Mauritius	4.95%	$11.99K	1.25M	3.60%
51	Russian Federation	4.92%	$14.96K	143.67M	8.43%
52	Burkina Faso	4.83%	$982	23.55M	4.19%
53	St. Lucia	4.77%	$14.49K	179.74K	-0.67%
54	Samoa	4.75%	$5.39K	218.02K	2.17%
55	Kiribati	4.70%	$2.55K	134.52K	2.46%
56	Paraguay	4.67%	$6.46K	6.93M	3.84%
57	Kenya	4.66%	$2.13K	56.43M	4.49%
58	Kosovo	4.57%	$7.03K	1.59M	1.62%
59	Guinea-Bissau	4.41%	$998	2.2M	3.77%
60	Belarus	4.35%	$8.61K	9.13M	5.79%
61	Madagascar	4.32%	$550	31.96M	7.61%
62	Sierra Leone	4.29%	$807	8.64M	28.63%
63	Bangladesh	4.22%	$2.59K	173.56M	10.47%
64	Azerbaijan	4.16%	$7.3K	10.2M	2.21%
65	Lao PDR	4.13%	$2.12K	7.77M	23.13%
66	Burundi	4.11%	$216	14.05M	20.21%
66	Somalia	4.11%	$630	19.01M	Not reported
68	Costa Rica	4.08%	$18.85K	5.13M	-0.41%
69	Nigeria	4.07%	$1.08K	232.68M	33.24%
70	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4.06%	$11.5K	100.62K	3.63%
71	Albania	4.05%	$11.37K	2.38M	2.22%
71	Brunei Darussalam	4.05%	$33.15K	462.72K	-0.39%
73	Liberia	4.02%	$851	5.61M	8.21%
74	United Arab Emirates	3.99%	$50.27K	10.99M	1.66%
75	Serbia	3.95%	$13.68K	6.59M	4.67%
76	Cyprus	3.94%	$38.67K	1.36M	1.80%
77	Papua New Guinea	3.89%	$2.91K	10.58M	0.60%
78	Andorra	3.85%	$49.36K	81.94K	Not reported
79	Croatia	3.83%	$24.05K	3.87M	2.97%
80	Zambia	3.82%	$1.19K	21.31M	14.99%
81	Morocco	3.79%	$4.15K	38.08M	0.99%
82	Namibia	3.78%	$4.5K	3.03M	4.24%
83	Vanuatu	3.77%	$3.96K	327.78K	1.14%
84	Cayman Islands	3.76%	$104.29K	74.46K	Not reported
85	Guatemala	3.72%	$6.15K	18.41M	2.87%
86	Algeria	3.70%	$5.75K	46.81M	4.05%
87	Nepal	3.68%	$1.46K	29.65M	4.69%
88	Iran	3.66%	$5.19K	91.57M	32.46%
89	Honduras	3.63%	$3.42K	10.83M	4.61%
90	Nicaragua	3.58%	$2.85K	6.92M	4.62%
91	Fiji	3.53%	$6.43K	928.78K	3.89%
92	Cameroon	3.52%	$1.83K	29.12M	4.53%
92	Peru	3.52%	$8.53K	34.22M	2.01%
94	Belize	3.50%	$7.68K	417.07K	3.29%
95	Maldives	3.49%	$13.38K	527.8K	1.41%
96	Denmark	3.48%	$71.03K	5.98M	1.37%
97	Spain	3.46%	$35.33K	48.85M	2.75%
98	Brazil	3.42%	$10.31K	212M	4.37%
99	Bulgaria	3.39%	$17.6K	6.44M	2.45%
99	Gabon	3.39%	$8.23K	2.54M	1.17%
99	Tuvalu	3.39%	$5.88K	9.65K	Not reported
102	Bahamas	3.38%	$39.46K	401.28K	0.41%
103	Barbados	3.37%	$26.9K	282.47K	1.45%
104	Seychelles	3.35%	$18.37K	121.35K	0.31%
105	Turkiye	3.33%	$15.89K	85.52M	58.51%
105	Uruguay	3.33%	$24.31K	3.39M	4.85%
107	Comoros	3.30%	$1.86K	866.63K	5.05%
107	Marshall Islands	3.30%	$7.59K	37.55K	Not reported
109	Ukraine	3.25%	$5.39K	37.86M	6.50%
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.23%	$9.4K	3.16M	Not reported
111	Puerto Rico (US)	3.18%	$39.35K	3.2M	Not reported
112	Montenegro	3.16%	$13.27K	623.53K	3.34%
113	Qatar	3.11%	$75.69K	2.86M	1.27%
114	Pakistan	3.08%	$1.48K	251.27M	12.63%
115	Eswatini	3.03%	$3.91K	1.24M	Not reported
115	Lithuania	3.03%	$29.6K	2.89M	0.72%
115	Poland	3.03%	$25.1K	36.56M	3.79%
118	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.00%	$41.47K	43.35K	Not reported
118	Solomon Islands	3.00%	$1.93K	819.2K	4.32%
120	North Macedonia	2.99%	$9.29K	1.82M	3.49%
121	Thailand	2.95%	$7.39K	71.67M	0.40%
122	Bahrain	2.90%	$29.72K	1.59M	0.92%
123	Chile	2.81%	$16.66K	19.76M	4.30%
124	United States	2.79%	$86.17K	340M	2.95%
125	Panama	2.75%	$19.16K	4.52M	0.69%
126	Saudi Arabia	2.65%	$35.53K	35.3M	1.69%
127	Hong Kong	2.63%	$54.28K	7.52M	1.73%
128	Ireland	2.60%	$112.9K	5.4M	2.11%
129	El Salvador	2.59%	$5.5K	6.34M	0.85%
130	Jordan	2.56%	$5.07K	11.55M	1.56%
131	Antigua and Barbuda	2.54%	$23.06K	93.77K	6.20%
132	Trinidad and Tobago	2.51%	$18.73K	1.37M	0.53%
133	Egypt	2.40%	$3.34K	116.54M	28.27%
133	Grenada	2.40%	$11.53K	117.21K	1.09%
135	Micronesia	2.30%	$4.25K	113.16K	Not reported
136	Portugal	2.21%	$29.33K	10.69M	2.42%
137	Mozambique	2.15%	$657	34.63M	4.08%
138	Republic of the Congo	2.10%	$2.48K	6.33M	3.09%
139	Greece	2.09%	$24.63K	10.41M	2.74%
140	Canada	2.05%	$55.02K	41.26M	2.38%
140	Dominica	2.05%	$10.41K	66.21K	2.74%
142	South Korea	2.00%	$36.24K	51.75M	2.32%
143	Slovak Republic	1.94%	$25.99K	5.42M	2.76%
144	Libya	1.90%	$6.57K	7.38M	2.13%
145	Bermuda	1.89%	$142.25K	64.64K	Not reported
146	Afghanistan	1.87%	$417	42.65M	-6.60%
147	Slovenia	1.73%	$34.3K	2.13M	1.97%
148	Suriname	1.72%	$6.96K	634.43K	16.23%
148	Tonga	1.72%	$6.22K	104.18K	3.18%
150	Zimbabwe	1.68%	$2.5K	16.63M	Not reported
151	Malawi	1.67%	$522	21.66M	32.18%
152	Oman	1.63%	$20.29K	5.28M	0.59%
153	Tunisia	1.61%	$4.19K	12.28M	7.21%
154	Central African Republic	1.50%	$516	5.33M	1.48%
155	Colombia	1.49%	$7.95K	52.89M	6.61%
156	Sao Tome and Principe	1.48%	$3.5K	235.54K	14.35%
157	Nauru	1.45%	$14.05K	11.95K	Not reported
158	Norway	1.42%	$89.89K	5.57M	3.15%
159	Switzerland	1.39%	$107.7K	9.01M	1.06%
160	Australia	1.37%	$64.61K	27.19M	3.17%
161	Mexico	1.35%	$13.99K	130.86M	4.72%
162	Czechia	1.25%	$31.83K	10.91M	2.44%
163	France	1.19%	$46.1K	68.55M	2.00%
164	French Polynesia	1.13%	$22.44K	281.81K	Not reported
165	Belgium	1.10%	$56.58K	11.86M	3.14%
166	United Kingdom	1.08%	$53.34K	69.28M	3.27%
167	Netherlands	1.07%	$67.47K	17.99M	3.35%
168	Sweden	1.02%	$57.22K	10.57M	2.84%
169	Israel	0.95%	$54.22K	10M	3.07%
170	Romania	0.92%	$20.08K	19.05M	5.72%
171	Faroe Islands	0.84%	$74.18K	54.64K	Not reported
172	Italy	0.78%	$40.43K	58.95M	0.98%
173	Hungary	0.71%	$23.31K	9.56M	3.70%
174	South Africa	0.53%	$6.27K	64.01M	4.36%
175	Equatorial Guinea	0.40%	$7K	1.89M	2.92%
176	Finland	0.37%	$53.16K	5.62M	1.57%
177	Luxembourg	0.36%	$137.78K	677.01K	2.05%
178	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.31%	$23.96K	46.84K	Not reported
179	Moldova	0.27%	$7.58K	2.4M	4.68%
180	Latvia	-0.04%	$23.58K	1.87M	1.27%
181	Estonia	-0.09%	$31.43K	1.37M	3.52%
182	Japan	-0.24%	$33.8K	123.98M	2.74%
183	Germany	-0.50%	$56.1K	83.52M	2.26%
184	Jamaica	-0.54%	$7.75K	2.84M	5.41%
185	Austria	-0.66%	$58.27K	9.18M	2.94%
186	New Zealand	-0.87%	$49.43K	5.29M	2.92%
187	Myanmar	-0.97%	$1.36K	54.5M	Not reported
188	Cuba	-1.06%	Not reported	10.98M	Not reported
189	Bolivia	-1.12%	$4.42K	12.41M	5.10%
190	Iceland	-1.28%	$85.86K	386.51K	5.86%
191	Argentina	-1.34%	$13.97K	45.7M	219.88%
192	Kuwait	-1.47%	$32.86K	4.9M	2.90%
193	Iraq	-1.55%	$6.07K	46.04M	2.61%
194	Ecuador	-1.94%	$6.83K	18.14M	1.55%
195	Botswana	-2.78%	$7.65K	2.52M	2.82%
196	Haiti	-4.18%	$2.06K	11.77M	26.95%
197	Lebanon	-7.08%	$4.47K	5.81M	45.24%
198	Timor-Leste	-9.10%	$1.33K	1.4M	2.06%
199	New Caledonia	-13.50%	$29.21K	292.64K	Not reported
200	Sudan	-13.96%	$985	50.45M	Not reported
201	West Bank and Gaza	-22.86%	$3.03K	5.29M	53.67%
—	American Samoa	Not reported	Not reported	46.77K	Not reported
—	Channel Islands	Not reported	Not reported	168.13K	Not reported
—	Eritrea	Not reported	Not reported	3.54M	Not reported
—	Gibraltar	Not reported	Not reported	39.33K	Not reported
—	Greenland	Not reported	Not reported	56.84K	Not reported
—	Guam	Not reported	Not reported	167.78K	Not reported
—	Isle of Man	Not reported	Not reported	84.16K	Not reported
—	Liechtenstein	Not reported	$220.17K	40.45K	Not reported
—	St. Martin (French part)	Not reported	Not reported	26.13K	Not reported
—	Northern Mariana Islands	Not reported	Not reported	44.28K	Not reported
—	North Korea	Not reported	Not reported	26.5M	Not reported
—	San Marino	Not reported	Not reported	33.98K	1.24%
—	South Sudan	Not reported	Not reported	11.94M	91.44%
—	Syrian Arab Republic	Not reported	Not reported	24.67M	Not reported
—	British Virgin Islands	Not reported	Not reported	39.47K	Not reported
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Not reported	Not reported	104.38K	Not reported
—	Yemen	Not reported	Not reported	40.58M	Not reported

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