IMF Real GDP Growth Forecast 2025: Country-Wise Data & Key Trends

Name: IMF GDP Growth Forecast 2025 (Country-wise Data)
Creator: Factodata
Published: 2025-10-16
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According to the IMF 2025 World Economic Outlook, the world economy is expected to grow by 3.2% in 2025, supported by recovery in emerging markets and improving global trade conditions.

India is projected to be the fastest growing major economy, with a real GDP growth of 6.6%, driven by strong domestic consumption, infrastructure investment, and reform measures. Among smaller economies, Libya, Guyana, and South Sudan are also expected to have high growth rates.

South Asia and emerging economies in Asia will continue to grow the fastest, while advanced economies are projected to see moderate growth. This indicates the ongoing shift in global economic momentum towards high growth emerging markets.

What is Real GDP Growth Rate

The Real GDP Growth Rate measures the annual percentage increase in a country’s GDP (Gross Domestic product) or economic output, adjusted for inflation. it is different from nominal GDP which simply reflects the total value of goods and services at current prices. real GDP accounts for price changes over time, giving a more accurate picture of an economy’s true growth.

Why it matters?

Shows whether an economy is expanding or contracting in real terms.
Helps Government, policymakers, investors, and analysts understand economic health.
Enables country comparisons, as it removes distortions caused by inflation.

Real GDP Growth rate of Major Economies in 2025

Country	GDP Growth rate(2025)
USA	2.0%
China	4.8%
India	6.6%
Japan	1.1%
Germany	0.2%
UK	1.3%
France	0.7%
Brazil	2.4%
Russia	0.6%

Source: IMF

India is the fastest growing major economy in the world with 6.6% real GDP growth. following by Asian giant China with 4.8% growth rate.

List of countries by real GDP growth forecast in 2025

S.N.	Country	GDP growth rate (2024)	GDP growth rate (2025)
1	Afghanistan	1.7	no data
2	Albania	4	3.4
3	Algeria	3.7	3.4
4	Andorra	3.4	2.4
5	Angola	4.4	2.1
6	Antigua and Barbuda	3.7	2.5
7	Argentina	-1.3	4.5
8	Armenia	5.9	4.8
9	Aruba	6.8	2
10	Australia	1	1.8
11	Austria	-1	0.3
12	Azerbaijan	4.1	3
13	Bahamas, The	3.4	2.2
14	Bahrain	2.6	2.9
15	Bangladesh	4.2	3.8
16	Barbados	4	2.7
17	Belarus	4	2.1
18	Belgium	1	1.1
19	Belize	3.5	1.5
20	Benin	7.5	7
21	Bhutan	4.2	6.8
22	Bolivia	0.7	0.6
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2.4
24	Botswana	-3	-0.9
25	Brazil	3.4	2.4
26	Brunei Darussalam	4.1	1.8
27	Bulgaria	2.8	3
28	Burkina Faso	4.8	4
29	Burundi	3.5	4.4
30	Cabo Verde	7.2	5.2
31	Cambodia	6	4.8
32	Cameroon	3.5	3.8
33	Canada	1.6	1.2
34	Central African Republic	1.9	3
35	Chad	3.5	3.3
36	Chile	2.6	2.5
37	China, People’s Republic of	5	4.8
38	Colombia	1.6	2.5
39	Comoros	3.3	3.8
40	Congo, Dem. Rep. of the	6.5	5.3
41	Congo, Republic of	2.1	2.7
42	Costa Rica	4.3	3.6
43	Croatia	3.9	3.1
44	Cyprus	3.4	2.9
45	Czech Republic	1.2	2.3
46	Côte d’Ivoire	6	6.4
47	Denmark	3.5	1.8
48	Djibouti	6.5	6
49	Dominica	3.5	4.2
50	Dominican Republic	5	3
51	Ecuador	-2	3.2
52	Egypt	2.4	4.3
53	El Salvador	2.6	2.5
54	Equatorial Guinea	0.9	-1.6
55	Eritrea	no data	no data
56	Estonia	-0.1	0.5
57	Eswatini	2.8	4.3
58	Ethiopia	8.1	7.2
59	Fiji	3.5	3.2
60	Finland	0.4	0.5
61	France	1.1	0.7
62	Gabon	3.4	1.9
63	Gambia, The	5.3	6
64	Georgia	9.4	7.2
65	Germany	-0.5	0.2
66	Ghana	5.7	4
67	Greece	2.3	2
68	Grenada	3.3	3.3
69	Guatemala	3.7	3.8
70	Guinea	6.1	7.2
71	Guinea-Bissau	4.8	5.1
72	Guyana	43.6	10.3
73	Haiti	-4.2	-3.1
74	Honduras	3.6	3.8
75	Hong Kong SAR	2.5	2.4
76	Hungary	0.5	0.6
77	Iceland	-1	1.4
78	India	6.5	6.6
79	Indonesia	5	4.9
80	Iran	3.7	0.6
81	Iraq	-0.2	0.5
82	Ireland	2.6	9.1
83	Israel	1	2.5
84	Italy	0.7	0.5
85	Jamaica	-0.5	2.1
86	Japan	0.1	1.1
87	Jordan	2.5	2.7
88	Kazakhstan	4.8	5.9
89	Kenya	4.7	4.8
90	Kiribati	5.3	3.9
91	Korea, Republic of	2	0.9
92	Kosovo	4.6	3.9
93	Kuwait	-2.6	2.6
94	Kyrgyz Republic	9	8
95	Lao P.D.R.	4.3	3.5
96	Latvia	-0.4	1
97	Lebanon	-7.5	no data
98	Lesotho	2.2	1.4
99	Liberia	4	4.6
100	Libya	1.9	15.6
101	Liechtenstein	1.5	1
102	Lithuania	2.7	2.7
103	Luxembourg	0.4	1.2
104	Macao SAR	8.8	2.6
105	Madagascar	4.2	3.8
106	Malawi	1.8	2.4
107	Malaysia	5.1	4.5
108	Maldives	3.3	4.8
109	Mali	4.7	5
110	Malta	6.8	3.9
111	Marshall Islands	3	2.5
112	Mauritania	6.3	4
113	Mauritius	4.9	3.2
114	Mexico	1.4	1
115	Micronesia, Fed. States of	0.7	1
116	Moldova	0.1	1.7
117	Mongolia	5.1	5.5
118	Montenegro	3.2	3.2
119	Morocco	3.8	4.4
120	Mozambique	2.1	2.5
121	Myanmar	-1.1	-2.7
122	Namibia	3.7	3.6
123	Nauru	1.6	2.1
124	Nepal	3.7	4.3
125	Netherlands	1.1	1.4
126	New Zealand	-0.6	0.8
127	Nicaragua	3.6	3
128	Niger	10.3	6.6
129	Nigeria	4.1	3.9
130	North Macedonia	2.8	3.4
131	Norway	2.1	1.2
132	Oman	1.7	2.9
133	Pakistan	2.5	2.7
134	Palau	12	4.5
135	Panama	2.7	4
136	Papua New Guinea	3.8	4.7
137	Paraguay	4.2	4.4
138	Peru	3.3	2.9
139	Philippines	5.7	5.4
140	Poland	2.9	3.2
141	Portugal	1.9	1.9
142	Puerto Rico	3.2	-0.8
143	Qatar	2.4	2.9
144	Romania	0.8	1
145	Russian Federation	4.3	0.6
146	Rwanda	8.9	7.1
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	1.7
148	Saint Lucia	4.7	2.4
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.2	4.4
150	Samoa	4.6	2.7
151	San Marino	0.7	1
152	Saudi Arabia	2	4
153	Senegal	6.4	6
154	Serbia	3.9	2.4
155	Seychelles	2.9	3.9
156	Sierra Leone	4.4	4.4
157	Singapore	4.4	2.2
158	Slovak Republic	2.1	0.9
159	Slovenia	1.7	1.1
160	Solomon Islands	2.5	2.7
161	Somalia	4.1	3
162	South Africa	0.5	1.1
163	South Sudan, Republic of	-26.1	24.3
164	Spain	3.5	2.9
165	Sri Lanka	5	no data
166	Sudan	-23.4	3.2
167	Suriname	3	2.7
168	Sweden	0.8	0.7
169	Switzerland	1.4	0.9
170	Syria	no data	no data
171	São Tomé and Príncipe	1.1	2.9
172	Taiwan Province of China	4.8	3.7
173	Tajikistan	8.4	7.5
174	Tanzania	5.5	6
175	Thailand	2.5	2
176	Timor-Leste	4.1	3.9
177	Togo	5.3	5.2
178	Tonga	2.1	2.7
179	Trinidad and Tobago	2.5	1
180	Tunisia	1.6	2.5
181	Turkmenistan	3	2.3
182	Tuvalu	3.1	3
183	Türkiye, Republic of	3.3	3.5
184	Uganda	6.3	6.4
185	Ukraine	2.9	2
186	United Arab Emirates	4	4.8
187	United Kingdom	1.1	1.3
188	United States	2.8	2
189	Uruguay	3.1	2.5
190	Uzbekistan	6.5	6.8
191	Vanuatu	0.9	1.7
192	Venezuela	5.3	0.5
193	Vietnam	7.1	6.5
194	West Bank and Gaza	-26.6	no data
195	Yemen	-1.5	-1.5
196	Zambia	4	5.8
197	Zimbabwe	1.7	6
	WORLD	3.3	3.2

Source: IMF Real GDP Forecast

IMF GDP Growth Forecast 2025 by Region

S.N.	Region	GDP Growth Rate(2024)	GDP Growth Rate(2025)
1	Africa (Region)	3.4	4.2
2	Asia and Pacific	4.5	4.5
3	Australia and New Zealand	0.8	1.7
4	Caribbean	12.1	3.6
5	Central America	3.9	3.4
6	Central Asia and the Caucasus	4.1	4.3
7	East Asia	4.1	4
8	Eastern Europe	3.3	1.4
9	Europe	1.8	1.3
10	Middle East (Region)	2	2.7
11	North Africa	2.8	4.4
12	North America	2.6	1.8
13	Pacific Islands	3.6	4.2
14	South America	2.3	2.7
15	South Asia	5.9	6
16	Southeast Asia	4.8	4.3
17	Sub-Saharan Africa (Region)	3.7	4.1
18	Western Europe	1	1.2
19	Western Hemisphere (Region)	2.6	2.1
20	ASEAN-5	4.6	4.2
21	Advanced economies	1.8	1.6
22	Emerging and Developing Asia	5.3	5.2
23	Emerging and Developing Europe	3.5	1.8
24	Emerging market and developing economies	4.3	4.2
25	Euro area	0.9	1.2
26	European Union	1.1	1.4
27	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.4	2.4
28	Major advanced economies (G7)	1.7	1.4
29	Middle East and Central Asia	2.6	3.5
30	Other advanced economies	2.3	1.8
31	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.1	4.1
32	World	3.3	3.2

Source: IMF Real GDP Forecast

Quick Summary

Word GDP to be grow by 3.2% in 2025, down from 3.3% in 2024.
South Asian region to be grow fastest at 6.0% mainly due to India’s growth of 6.6%.
Euro Are to be grow slowest by just 1.2% in 2025 as per IMF real GDP Growth forecast.
Germany, France, Russia’s GDP to grow negligible in 2025.
India and China, two Asian giants to grow the fastest making the region with highest economic growth.

Source: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLD?year=2025

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