| Rank | Average performance | Economic performance | Expected change | GNP growth (%) | ||||
| Sep-03 | Mar-03 | Country | 2003-2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2003-2004 | 2003 | 2004 |
| 1 | 1 | Luxembourg | 86.0 | 84.7 | 87.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 2 | 7 | Norway | 85.1 | 83.5 | 86.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | Sweden | 84.0 | 83.0 | 85.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3= | Australia | 83.5 | 82.30 | 84.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 5 | 6 | Finland | 83.2 | 81.68 | 84.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 9= | Ireland | 81.7 | 80.93 | 82.5 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| 7 | 5 | Netherlands | 80.3 | 78.3 | 82.3 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| 8 | 14 | Denmark | 79.7 | 78.5 | 80.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 9 | 15 | United Kingdom | 78.3 | 76.1 | 80.4 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 10 | 8 | New Zealand | 77.4 | 76.9 | 77.8 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 11 | 19 | Belgium | 77.3 | 76.43 | 78.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 12 | 13 | Austria | 77.2 | 75.68 | 78.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 13 | 31 | Antigua & Barbuda | 76.5 | 77.00 | 76.0 | -1.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| 14 | 3= | Canada | 76.5 | 76.0 | 77.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| 15 | 18 | China | 75.5 | 74.4 | 76.6 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 7.3 |
| 16 | 12 | United States | 75.3 | 72.7 | 77.9 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 17 | 16 | Spain | 74.7 | 72.7 | 76.7 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 18 | 25 | Malta | 74.5 | 73.0 | 76.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| 19 | 11 | Switzerland | 74.2 | 71.6 | 76.8 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 20 | 28 | Singapore | 73.3 | 72.1 | 74.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| 21 | 22 | Portugal | 72.8 | 72.5 | 73.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| 22 | 26 | Korea South | 72.6 | 72.29 | 73.0 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 23 | 9 | Iceland | 72.5 | 70.00 | 75.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| 24 | 17 | France | 71.9 | 69.96 | 73.9 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 25 | 51= | St Vincent & the Grenadines | 71.5 | 67.0 | 76.0 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 26 | 21 | Trinidad & Tobago | 70.8 | 68.5 | 73.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 27 | 66= | Grenada | 70.0 | 67.00 | 73.0 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 28 | 51= | St Lucia | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 29 | 30 | Italy | 69.6 | 67.94 | 71.2 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| 30 | 20 | Greece | 68.9 | 67.68 | 70.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 31 | 72 | Guyana | 68.5 | 67.00 | 70.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 32 | 44 | Taiwan | 68.5 | 66.0 | 71.0 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| 33 | 27 | Cyprus | 67.3 | 65.5 | 69.0 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 34 | 38 | Qatar | 67.3 | 67.3 | 67.3 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| 35 | 36 | Estonia | 66.8 | 66.00 | 67.7 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 36 | 39 | United Arab Emirates | 65.9 | 64.8 | 67.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 37 | 34 | Chile | 64.8 | 63.0 | 66.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 38 | 24 | Germany | 64.5 | 61.75 | 67.3 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| 39 | 56= | Bahamas | 63.5 | 60.00 | 67.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| 40 | 54 | Lithuania | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 41 | 48= | Hong Kong | 62.9 | 61.50 | 64.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| 42 | 40 | Malaysia | 62.6 | 61.0 | 64.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| 43 | 53 | Barbados | 62.5 | 60.00 | 65.0 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| 44 | 35 | Latvia | 62.3 | 62.0 | 62.7 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 45 | 48= | Thailand | 62.3 | 60.6 | 64.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 46 | 63 | Kuwait | 60.1 | 61.00 | 59.3 | -1.8 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| 47 | 81 | Brunei | 60.0 | 65.0 | 55.0 | -10.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| 48 | 82 | Tunisia | 59.6 | 58.5 | 60.8 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 49 | 66= | Costa Rica | 59.2 | 58.0 | 60.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 50 | 90 | Japan | 58.9 | 59.53 | 58.3 | -1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 51 | 32 | Slovenia | 58.9 | 58.8 | 59.0 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 52 | 50 | Croatia | 58.3 | 58.0 | 58.5 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| 53 | 43 | Botswana | 57.7 | 56.3 | 59.0 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 54 | 42 | Slovak Republic | 57.6 | 56.8 | 58.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 55 | 55 | Russia | 57.2 | 58.7 | 55.7 | -3.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| 56 | 29 | South Africa | 56.9 | 56.8 | 56.9 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| 57 | 65 | Bulgaria | 55.9 | 55.3 | 56.5 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 58 | 33 | Hungary | 55.8 | 55.76 | 55.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 59 | 60 | Bahrain | 55.5 | 54.75 | 56.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 60 | 46 | India | 55.5 | 54.17 | 56.8 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 61 | 37 | Czech Republic | 55.2 | 54.5 | 55.8 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 62 | 74 | Romania | 54.9 | 55.0 | 54.8 | -0.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 63 | 59 | Mexico | 54.9 | 51.8 | 58.1 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 64 | 62 | Vietnam | 54.7 | 53.7 | 55.7 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| 65 | 70= | Philippines | 54.5 | 53.8 | 55.1 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 66 | 70= | Oman | 53.6 | 59.5 | 47.8 | -11.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 67 | 88= | Cuba | 53.5 | 51.0 | 56.0 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| 68 | 23 | Mauritius | 53.1 | 52.3 | 54.0 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 69 | 45 | Poland | 52.4 | 50.4 | 54.4 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 70 | 86 | Ukraine | 52.3 | 52.6 | 52.0 | -0.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 71 | 80 | Pakistan | 52.1 | 49.6 | 54.6 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 72 | 64 | Morocco | 51.9 | 51.5 | 52.3 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| 73 | 78 | Saudi Arabia | 51.5 | 53.3 | 49.8 | -3.5 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| 74 | 97 | Jamaica | 51.3 | 49.50 | 53.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 75 | 76= | Namibia | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 76 | 95 | El Salvador | 50.5 | 49.00 | 52.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 77 | 94 | Guatemala | 50.0 | 48.67 | 51.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 78 | 91 | Colombia | 49.4 | 48.1 | 50.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| 79 | 87 | Uganda | 49.3 | 48.0 | 50.5 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 80 | 69 | Peru | 48.9 | 49.7 | 48.2 | -1.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 81 | 84 | Azerbaijan | 48.8 | 48.50 | 49.0 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 7.4 |
| 82 | 76= | Israel | 48.4 | 49.60 | 47.1 | -2.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| 83 | 61 | Kazakhstan | 48.3 | 48.50 | 48.0 | -0.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 |
| 84 | 47 | Dominican Republic | 48.0 | 48.33 | 47.7 | -0.7 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
| 85 | 139 | Cambodia | 47.5 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 86 | 124 | Honduras | 47.5 | 47.00 | 48.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| 87 | 98= | Sri Lanka | 47.3 | 43.7 | 51.0 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 88 | 41 | Macedonia FYR | 47.3 | 46.5 | 48.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 89 | 54 | Brazil | 47.2 | 43.3 | 51.1 | 7.8 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| 90 | 85 | Bolivia | 45.8 | 45.0 | 46.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 91 | 73 | Iran | 45.5 | 46.00 | 45.0 | -1.0 | 5.4 | 4.3 |
| 92 | 93 | Panama | 45.3 | 43.7 | 46.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 93 | 102 | Indonesia | 45.1 | 43.62 | 46.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 94 | 66= | Dominica | 45.0 | 40.00 | 50.0 | 10.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 |
| 95 | 103 | Albania | 44.0 | 43.50 | 44.5 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| 96 | 83 | Ecuador | 43.9 | 43.68 | 44.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 97 | 96 | Egypt | 43.6 | 41.40 | 45.8 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
| 98 | na | Mongolia | 43.5 | 39.0 | 48.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| 99 | 98= | Jordan | 43.4 | 42.00 | 44.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 100 | 75 | Turkey | 42.7 | 42.4 | 43.0 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 101 | na | Bhutan | 42.5 | 40.0 | 45.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 102 | 56= | Surinam | 41.0 | 32.0 | 50.0 | 18.0 | -4.0 | 2.0 |
| 103 | 105 | Tanzania | 39.7 | 39.3 | 40.0 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 104 | 112 | Senegal | 39.5 | 39.3 | 39.7 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 105 | 140= | Armenia | 39.0 | 38.00 | 40.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 |
| 106 | 88= | Algeria | 38.7 | 38.33 | 39.0 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 107 | 140= | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 38.5 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| 108 | 125 | Malawi | 38.5 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 109 | 153= | Tajikistan | 38.3 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 110 | na | Laos | 37.5 | 35.0 | 40.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| 111 | 161= | Nepal | 37.5 | 34.3 | 40.7 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 112 | 106 | Yugoslavia (Fed. Republic) | 37.3 | 35.0 | 39.5 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 113 | 117= | Nigeria | 37.1 | 35.0 | 39.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 114 | 111 | Kenya | 36.9 | 30.50 | 43.3 | 12.8 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| 115 | 114 | Argentina | 36.1 | 33.00 | 39.3 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 116 | 101 | Ghana | 35.9 | 35.00 | 36.8 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 117 | 100 | Georgia | 35.8 | 34.00 | 37.5 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 118 | 108 | Bangladesh | 35.5 | 36.67 | 34.3 | -2.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 119 | 109= | Libya | 35.5 | 36.0 | 35.0 | -1.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| 120 | 122 | Uruguay | 35.4 | 33.0 | 37.8 | 4.8 | -1.8 | 2.5 |
| 121 | 104 | Mozambique | 35.3 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 2.5 | 8.2 | 9.5 |
| 122 | 109= | Belarus | 35.0 | 34.00 | 36.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 123 | 116 | Gabon | 34.7 | 35.33 | 34.0 | -1.3 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| 124 | 113 | Nicaragua | 34.0 | 31.0 | 37.0 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 125 | 120= | Papua New Guinea | 33.8 | 33.3 | 34.3 | 1.0 | -0.5 | 0.8 |
| 126 | 117= | Equatorial Guinea | 33.5 | 35.00 | 32.0 | -3.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 |
| 127 | 130 | Syria | 33.3 | 32.0 | 34.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 128 | 117= | Sao Tome & Principe | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 129 | 131 | Lebanon | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 130 | 126= | Yemen | 32.0 | 33.0 | 31.0 | -2.0 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| 131 | 150 | Dem. Rep. of Congo (Zaire) | 31.7 | 29.7 | 33.7 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 132 | 144 | Paraguay | 31.5 | 30.3 | 32.7 | 2.3 | -0.4 | 1.6 |
| 133 | 128= | Lesotho | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 134 | 132 | Gambia | 30.5 | 30.00 | 31.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| 135 | 146 | Ethiopia | 30.3 | 29.00 | 31.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 136 | 115 | Kyrgyz Republic | 29.8 | 28.50 | 31.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 137 | 128= | Uzbekistan | 29.8 | 32.5 | 27.0 | -5.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| 138 | 107 | Cameroon | 29.7 | 29.7 | 29.7 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 139 | 151 | Turkmenistan | 29.3 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 3.5 | 14.3 | 8.3 |
| 140 | na | Moldova | 29.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 141 | 145 | Seychelles | 28.5 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 142 | 148= | Cape Verde | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 143 | 147 | Central African Republic | 25.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 144 | 137= | Mali | 25.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 5.8 |
| 145 | 133= | Madagascar | 25.3 | 25.5 | 25.0 | -0.5 | 7.5 | 6.0 |
| 146 | 123 | Venezuela | 25.1 | 20.4 | 29.8 | 9.3 | -11.4 | 7.8 |
| 147 | 140= | Benin | 24.8 | 24.50 | 25.0 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 148 | 126 | Zambia | 24.3 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 149 | 140= | Chad | 24.0 | 20.0 | 28.0 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 40.0 |
| 150 | 137= | Burkina Faso | 23.8 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 |
| 151 | 120= | Mauritania | 23.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
| 152 | 148= | Guinea | 23.3 | 23.00 | 23.5 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 153 | 159 | Togo | 22.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 154 | 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.8 | 21.50 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 155 | 155 | Myanmar | 21.7 | 20.0 | 23.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 156 | 156= | Burundi | 20.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
| 157 | 133= | Côte d’Ivoire | 20.5 | 21.0 | 20.0 | -1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 158 | 153= | Niger | 20.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 159 | 160 | Sudan | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 160 | 158 | Congo | 20.3 | 21.0 | 19.5 | -1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| 161 | 135 | Angola | 19.3 | 18.50 | 20.0 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 9.1 |
| 162 | 161= | Eritrea | 18.5 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| 163 | 163 | Swaziland | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| 164 | 164 | Djibouti | 14.5 | 14.00 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| 165 | 167 | Sierra Leone | 14.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 166 | na | Korea North | 12.5 | 10.00 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 167 | 166 | Rwanda | 12.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 168 | 152 | Iraq | 11.0 | 8.00 | 14.0 | 6.0 | -14.8 | 16.0 |
| 169 | 165 | Zimbabwe | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.3 | -10.0 | -8.7 |
| 170 | 156= | Afghanistan | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 7.0 |
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