Meridian

Brief · Observed prints

The cross-section, without a forecast.

Across 59 markets with a 2024 or 2025 real GDP print, the unweighted median growth rate is 2.3%. Ethiopia is the fastest at 9.8% (2025). Lebanon is the slowest at -7.1% (2024). The highest inflation print in that window is Argentina at 219.9% (2024). Ethiopia’s print can reflect multinational accounts rather than a domestic boom. It is still the published series.

Unweighted medians of the latest World Bank print when the year is 2024 or 2025. Extract 2026-09-22. This note does not project a future year. Median unemployment in the same window is 4.6%.

Median growth
2.3%
59 markets
Median inflation
3.0%
56 markets
Median unemployment
4.6%
Share of the labor force
Debt prints
17
2024 or later

Government debt, where it was published

17 markets have a 2024 or later central-government debt print. The rest are blank on the country page, not zero.

The Eurostat compilation is a separate vintage and is not mixed into these medians.