US (2024)
+2.8%
% real GDP growth
vs. +2.9% in 2023
China (2024)
+5.0%
% real GDP growth
vs. +5.2% in 2023
India (2024)
+6.5%
% real GDP growth
Fastest in G20
Germany (2024)
-0.5%
% real GDP growth
Second consecutive contraction

Data

YearUSUKGermanyFranceJapanChinaIndiaBrazilS. KoreaAustraliaMexicoTurkey
20242.81.1-0.51.20.156.53.421.41.43.3
20232.90.3-0.91.41.55.49.23.21.63.63.45
20222.55.11.82.70.93.17.632.74.33.75.4
20216.18.53.96.92.78.69.74.84.62611.8
2020-2.2-10-4.1-7.4-4.22.3-5.8-3.3-0.7-0.1-8.41.8
20192.61.312-0.46.13.91.22.32.2-0.41.3
201831.61.11.60.66.86.51.83.22.923.5
20172.532.82.11.76.96.81.33.42.31.97.8
20161.82.22.20.90.86.88.3-3.33.22.81.83.3
20152.92.11.71.11.678-3.52.92.22.75.8
20142.53.22.210.37.57.40.53.22.62.54.6
20132.11.70.40.827.86.433.32.70.98.5
20122.31.50.50.21.47.95.51.92.543.64.8
20111.60.93.82.409.55.243.72.43.411
20102.72.34.124.110.68.57.572.258.5
2009-2.6-4.6-5.5-2.8-5.79.47.9-0.10.82-6.3-4.9
20080.100.90.4-1.29.73.15.133.60.90.9
200722.92.92.51.514.17.76.15.83.82.15.1
20062.82.23.92.71.412.78.145.22.84.87.1
20053.52.80.91.91.811.57.93.24.43.22.19.1

About this Analysis

This page tracks annual real GDP growth for 12 major economies — the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, China, India, Brazil, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, and Turkey — using World Bank national accounts data (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG). The chart shows an unweighted average across these economies. The table shows each country individually from 2005 to 2024.

The spread across these economies is often as informative as the average. In 2020, every economy contracted simultaneously for the first time in modern history. By 2021–2022, the recoveries diverged sharply: China and India bounced back faster; Germany and Japan lagged. Use the table to track those divergences year by year.

Frequently Asked Questions

India led G20 economies in 2024 with approximately 6.4% real GDP growth, driven by domestic consumption and manufacturing investment. China maintained the 5% target it set for 2023–24. The US posted a resilient 2.8% despite elevated interest rates. Germany and Japan were the weakest performers among advanced economies, both contracting or stagnating.
Germany's economy contracted in both 2023 and 2024 due to a combination of structural and cyclical factors: high energy costs following the 2022 supply shock, weak export demand from China (Germany's largest trading partner), declining industrial output especially in the auto sector facing Chinese EV competition, and tight fiscal policy. These factors together produced the weakest growth in the EU.
Emerging market economies consistently outpace advanced economies in GDP growth — typically by 2–4 percentage points annually. This reflects lower initial capital endowments, faster labour-force growth, technology catch-up, and urbanisation dynamics. However, growth in EMs is also more volatile and more vulnerable to commodity price swings and capital flow reversals than in advanced economies.