Meridian

Macro cross-section

Latest World Bank growth against inflation, only where both prints are 2023 or newer. Inflation above 40% is plotted at 40 so one outlier does not flatten the chart. The plot is not a risk score.

Chart growth in the studio

CountryGrowthInflationUnemploymentCurrent accountDebt / GDP
Afghanistan1.9%-6.6%13.4%-15.7% (2020)—
Algeria3.8%1.4%11.6%-1.0%—
Argentina4.4%219.9%7.1%-1.1%—
Australia1.4%2.9%4.1%-2.7%57.9% (2022)
Bangladesh3.5%8.8%3.8%-0.1%—
Brazil2.3%5.0%6.0%-2.9%81.9%
Canada1.7%2.1%6.9%-0.9%64.1%
Chile2.5%4.2%9.0%-1.2%—
China5.0%0.1%4.6%3.8%—
Colombia2.6%5.1%8.3%-2.4%71.2%
Cuba-1.1%—1.7%——
Czechia2.6%2.5%2.8%0.6%—
Egypt4.4%14.1%6.8%-3.8%—
Ethiopia9.8%13.2%3.3%-2.5%31.4% (2019)
France0.8%0.9%7.5%-0.3%—
Germany0.2%2.2%3.7%4.5%—
Ghana6.0%14.2%3.0%8.2%—
Greece2.1%2.5%8.5%-7.1%—
Hungary0.5%4.4%4.5%1.7%82.0%
India7.6%2.4%4.2%-0.4%46.5% (2018)
Indonesia5.1%1.9%3.2%-0.1%—
Iran-2.8%42.2%8.3%——
Iraq-2.2%0.3%15.5%3.0%27.4% (2018)
Israel2.9%3.0%3.5%1.4%—
Italy0.5%1.5%6.4%1.1%—
Japan1.2%3.2%2.5%4.9%—
Kazakhstan6.5%11.4%4.8%-4.1%20.9% (2023)
Kenya4.6%4.1%5.4%-1.3%—
Lebanon-7.1%14.6%11.0% (2023)-28.1% (2023)—
Malaysia5.2%1.4%3.8%1.7%64.6%
Mexico0.6%3.8%2.7%-0.4%50.3%
Morocco4.6%0.7%9.0%-2.5%—
Myanmar-2.0%8.8% (2019)3.0%0.1% (2019)—
Netherlands1.8%3.3%3.9%9.1%—
New Zealand0.5%2.8%5.1%-3.6%52.0%
Nigeria4.0%23.0%3.1%4.8%—
Norway1.1%3.1%4.6%14.0%—
Pakistan3.7%3.5%5.4%-0.1%—
Philippines4.4%1.7%2.2%-3.3%—
Poland3.6%3.8%3.0%-0.9%—
Portugal1.9%2.3%6.2%2.1%—
Qatar2.9%1.3%0.1%14.8%—
Romania0.7%7.2%6.0%-7.9%—
Russia1.0%8.7%2.1%1.7%17.9%
Saudi Arabia4.5%2.1%3.0%-2.6%—
Singapore5.0%0.9%2.8%16.7%167.8%
South Africa1.1%3.2%32.4%-0.4%82.8%
South Korea1.0%2.1%2.7%6.6%47.8%
Spain2.8%2.7%10.4%2.9%105.6%
Sweden1.5%0.7%8.7%6.1%—
Switzerland1.3%0.2%4.9%7.0%22.3%
Syria-0.2% (2022)13.4% (2019)13.6%——
Thailand2.4%-0.1%0.8%2.8%61.9%
Türkiye3.6%34.9%8.5%-0.8%26.6%
Ukraine1.8%12.7%9.8% (2021)-8.0%58.7% (2020)
United Arab Emirates4.0%1.3%2.2%14.5%—
United Kingdom1.4%3.9%4.7%-2.4%130.7%
United States2.2%2.9%4.2%-3.6%115.8%
Venezuela1.6%254.9% (2016)5.3%-3.4% (2016)—
Vietnam8.0%3.3%1.5%6.3%—
Yemen0.8% (2018)—17.3%-7.7% (2016)—