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World Growth: the IMF's Outlook
Real GDP growth, %, world, advanced economies and emerging and developing economies
0 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier
Palanor forecasts are off on this chart because it already shows the IMF's own forecast (dashed). We don't draw our forecast over a published one.
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Dashed: IMF forecast · Oct 2026, the source's own projection, not Palanor's. The latest reading, its standing and the change above read actual data only.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook. Solid lines to the year before the newest edition are IMF history; the continuation in the same colour is the IMF's projection in that edition. Aggregates weight countries by GDP at purchasing-power parity.
World growth since 2000 and where the IMF expects it to go over the next five years, with the gap between advanced and emerging economies.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- World · Real GDP Growth (IMF)as “World”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Real GDP Growth, IMF Projectionas “World, projected”latest 2025-12-31
- Advanced Economies · Real GDP Growth (IMF)as “Advanced”latest 2025-12-31
- Advanced Economies · Real GDP Growth, IMF Projectionas “Advanced, projected”latest 2025-12-31
- Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Real GDP Growth (IMF)as “Emerging”latest 2025-12-31
- Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Real GDP Growth, IMF Projectionas “Emerging, projected”latest 2025-12-31
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World · Real GDP Growth (IMF). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
World · Real GDP Growth, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Advanced Economies · Real GDP Growth (IMF). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Advanced Economies · Real GDP Growth, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Real GDP Growth (IMF). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Real GDP Growth, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
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