How have things changed?, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in How have things changed?. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
210
Highest
105.12 % change on previous year
Solomon Islands
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Mongolia
Median
0.4241 % change on previous year
Years covered
59
1966–2024
Data points
11,406
What the numbers show
How have things changed?, annual growth rate is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 105.12 % change on previous year in Solomon Islands; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4241 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.1074 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 4,529.8%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 36,584.1%).
How have things changed?, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 105.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 93.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 205.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Dominica | 89.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Peru | 62.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 263.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Cyprus | 47.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 840.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Portugal | 40.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 817.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 36.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 626.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Eritrea | 32.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,367.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Bhutan | 31.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Marshall Islands | 30.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,409.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Comoros | 27.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Panama | 27.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 302.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Micronesia (country) | 26.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Ghana | 23.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Ukraine | 22.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 185.1% | volatile |
| 16 | American Samoa | 20.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 240.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Belarus | 19.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 200.1% | volatile |
| 19 | East Timor | 19.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4,529.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Benin | 17.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 15.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Venezuela | 14.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 661.7% | volatile |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 14.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 240.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 14.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 25 | United States Virgin Islands | 13.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 639.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 13.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Angola | 12.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 11.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 230.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Tanzania | 10.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 212.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Qatar | 10.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Montenegro | 10.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 952.4% | volatile |
| 33 | South Sudan | 9.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 9.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 210.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Curacao | 8.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Ireland | 8.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 8.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Fiji | 8.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Nepal | 8.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Kiribati | 8.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Hungary | 8.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Cambodia | 7.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 160.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Hong Kong | 6.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 232.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Netherlands | 6.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Malaysia | 6.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 507.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Djibouti | 6.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 6.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Brazil | 6.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 49 | French Polynesia | 6.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,506.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Zambia | 5.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 441.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Belize | 5.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Iran | 5.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 5.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 54 | India | 5.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Bermuda | 5.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 155.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Nigeria | 5.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 5.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 437.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Argentina | 4.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 220.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 4.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3,581.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Pakistan | 4.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 808.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Mauritius | 4.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Ecuador | 4.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Rwanda | 4.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Lesotho | 4.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Myanmar | 4.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Armenia | 4.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Mozambique | 4.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Thailand | 4.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 144.4% | volatile |
| 69 | China | 4.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Paraguay | 3.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 3.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Laos | 3.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Cameroon | 3.58 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,859.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Mexico | 3.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 509.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Serbia | 3.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 270.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Oman | 2.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Aruba | 2.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Vietnam | 2.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Niger | 2.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Namibia | 2.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 2.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Bahamas | 2.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 1.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Israel | 1.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Madagascar | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Isle of Man | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Suriname | 0.937 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Yemen | 0.9363 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 114.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 0.9272 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 95 | France | 0.8916 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 149.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Gabon | 0.7737 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Sudan | 0.7582 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 143.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Syria | 0.7557 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Germany | 0.7418 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | 0.696 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Lebanon | 0.6816 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6503 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6088 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 104 | El Salvador | 0.6037 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0.5502 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Egypt | 0.2981 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Haiti | 0.1795 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 406.8% | volatile |
| 108 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1215 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Spain | 0.0981 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 110 | North Korea | 0.0823 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 0.0681 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Cayman Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Macao | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Monaco | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Eswatini | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Chad | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Palau | -0.0638 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Jordan | -0.1655 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Libya | -0.1989 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 124 | South Africa | -0.3388 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Morocco | -0.3709 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 104.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Jamaica | -0.4104 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Tonga | -0.6263 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Gambia | -0.6737 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 103.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | -0.9259 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | -1.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Switzerland | -1.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Somalia | -1.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Togo | -1.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | -1.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 347.4% | volatile |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 619.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -2.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 112.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Seychelles | -2.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 216.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Algeria | -2.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -2.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Guyana | -2.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Austria | -2.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 168.9% | volatile |
| 142 | New Zealand | -2.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 245.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Costa Rica | -3.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Australia | -3.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Canada | -3.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritania | -3.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Chile | -3.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 125.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Nauru | -3.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 235.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Burundi | -4.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 119.0% | volatile |
| 150 | South Korea | -4.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 170.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Georgia | -4.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 121.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Norway | -4.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 157.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Belgium | -4.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 212.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Liberia | -5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Slovenia | -5.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 148.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Nicaragua | -5.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 120.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Japan | -5.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3,065.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Senegal | -5.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 143.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Singapore | -6.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Denmark | -6.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 158.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Philippines | -6.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,708.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Iraq | -6.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 130.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Mali | -6.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Guinea | -6.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Russia | -6.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 237.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Tuvalu | -7.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Turkey | -7.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahrain | -8.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Brunei | -8.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 157.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Italy | -8.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 312.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Guinea-Bissau | -9.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 126.6% | volatile |
| 172 | United States | -9.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 361.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Kenya | -9.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 381.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Sweden | -9.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 155.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Greece | -10.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Congo | -10.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,995.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Malawi | -10.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 643.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Moldova | -10.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 147.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Slovakia | -10.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 492.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Finland | -11.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 233.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Kuwait | -11.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Gibraltar | -11.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Romania | -11.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 213.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Faroe Islands | -11.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 201.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Croatia | -13.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 354.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Poland | -13.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Malta | -13.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 266.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Estonia | -14.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,256.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Cuba | -14.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 265.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Albania | -14.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6,028.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Latvia | -15.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 610.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Greenland | -16.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 561.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Tunisia | -18.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 628.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Honduras | -20.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 349.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Guam | -22.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 124.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Barbados | -22.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Samoa | -23.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Lithuania | -23.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 137.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Uganda | -24.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 326.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Uruguay | -27.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 379.9% | volatile |
| 201 | Guatemala | -28.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 440.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Iceland | -28.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | -29.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 5,094.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Maldives | -33.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,613.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Bolivia | -33.42 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 198.6% | volatile |
| 206 | Vanuatu | -35.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 36,584.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Cape Verde | -37.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 4,265.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Grenada | -42.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 209 | Kyrgyzstan | -42.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 146.2% | volatile |
| 210 | Botswana | -83.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 400.0% | volatile |
| 211 | Palestine | -92.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 349.2% | volatile |
| 212 | Mongolia | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 400.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in How have things changed?. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in How have things changed?. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.