Naoero — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Naoero, 1971–2025.
GDP growth for Naoero was 2.14% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1971 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 24.36% in 2012. The lowest was -22.08% in 2007 (about -10.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.56% per year.
Naoero ranks 140 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so Naoero sits below it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 37%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 25 of 36 economies; American Samoa (1.74%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 1616% in 2004. That is 12% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1971 level: doubled by 2006.
World ranking. Slipped: 98th of 142 in 1971 → 131st of 152 in 1980 → 149th of 176 in 1990 → 196th of 199 in 2000 → 181st of 209 in 2010 → 25th of 209 in 2020 → 129th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1971 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.14% | +0.7 pp |
| 2024 | 1.45% | +2.2 pp |
| 2023 | -0.72% | — |
| 2022 | 0% | -7.8 pp |
| 2021 | 7.75% | +6.2 pp |
| 2020 | 1.57% | -7.0 pp |
| 2019 | 8.55% | +9.4 pp |
| 2018 | -0.85% | +5.5 pp |
| 2017 | -6.35% | -10.5 pp |
| 2016 | 4.13% | +0.7 pp |
| 2015 | 3.42% | -12.4 pp |
| 2014 | 15.84% | +11.7 pp |
| 2013 | 4.12% | -20.2 pp |
| 2012 | 24.36% | +9.7 pp |
| 2011 | 14.71% | — |
| 2010 | 0% | +5.6 pp |
| 2009 | -5.56% | -25.6 pp |
| 2008 | 20% | +42.1 pp |
| 2007 | -22.08% | -30.5 pp |
| 2006 | 8.45% | — |
| 2005 | 0% | +4.3 pp |
| 2004 | -4.31% | -4.6 pp |
| 2003 | 0.28% | +10.3 pp |
| 2002 | -9.97% | -3.2 pp |
| 2001 | -6.76% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | -6.86% | -0.3 pp |
| 1999 | -6.57% | +5.2 pp |
| 1998 | -11.79% | -2.8 pp |
| 1997 | -8.95% | +2.9 pp |
| 1996 | -11.86% | -3.9 pp |
| 1995 | -7.92% | -4.1 pp |
| 1994 | -3.87% | +12.3 pp |
| 1993 | -16.12% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | -16.26% | +2.7 pp |
| 1991 | -18.99% | -16.2 pp |
| 1990 | -2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1989 | -2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1988 | -2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1987 | -2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1986 | -2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1985 | -2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1984 | -2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1983 | -2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1982 | -2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1981 | -2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1980 | -2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1979 | -2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1978 | -2.82% | -0.0 pp |
| 1977 | -2.82% | +0.0 pp |
| 1976 | -2.82% | -5.7 pp |
| 1975 | 2.9% | +0.0 pp |
| 1974 | 2.9% | -0.0 pp |
| 1973 | 2.9% | +0.0 pp |
| 1972 | 2.9% | +0.0 pp |
| 1971 | 2.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Naoero’s GDP growth in 1972?
2.9% (1972). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Naoero’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1971 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -26.1% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2.14%; 2024: 1.45%; 2023: -0.72%; 2022: 0%; 2021: 7.75%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.