Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth
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While Europe and the United States struggle to boost their economic growth, many countries around the world are projected to post good numbers.
Let's have a look at nations expected to grow fastest and slowest in 2013.
Source: The Economist
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Image: Visitors walk through the Great Gallery hall inside the imperial Schoenbrunn palace in Vienna, Austria.
Photographs: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
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Macau
GDP forecast: Plus 14.6 per cent
Global rank: 1
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Image: Attendants welcome guests inside Galaxy Macau.
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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Mongolia
GDP forecast: Plus 14.3 per cent
Global rank: 2
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Image: Elik Hamchvay poses with his hunting eagle Khana near Sagsay village in Altay montains in western Mongolia's Bayan Olgiy Province.
Photographs: Reinhard Krause/Reuters
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Libya
GDP forecast: Plus 11.8 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Image: A view of Leptis Magna, a Unesco World Heritage site on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, 120km east of Tripoli, Libya.
Photographs: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters
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Gambia
GDP forecast: Plus 9 per cent
Global rank: 4
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Image: A view of capital Banjul, Gambia.
Photographs: Source: goafrica.about.com
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Angola
GDP forecast: Plus 8.9 per cent
Global rank: 5
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Image: Dusk settles over the Angolan capital, Luanda.
Photographs: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
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Bhutan
GDP forecast: Plus 8.8 per cent
Global rank: 6
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Image: ParoTaktsang Palphug Buddhist monastery, also known as the Tiger's Nest, in Paro district, Bhutan.
Photographs: Adrees Latif/Reuters
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China
GDP forecast: Plus 8.8 per cent
Global rank: 7
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Image: Lujiazui financial district in Pudong, Shanghai, China.
Photographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters
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East Timor
GDP forecast: Plus 8.7 per cent
Global rank: 8
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Image: A man selling his carvings for $20 each waits for customers in Dili, East Timor.
Photographs: Lirio Da Fonseca/Reuters
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Iraq
GDP forecast: Plus 8.6 per cent
Global rank: 9
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Image: Visitors enter the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, 100km south of Baghdad.
Photographs: Saad Shalash/Reuters
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Mozambique
GDP forecast: Plus 8.6 per cent
Global rank: 10
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Image: Local fishermen walk to a fishing boat on the Indian Ocean shore line in Vilanculo, Mozambique.
Photographs: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
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Greece
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 5.2 per cent
Global rank: 1
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Image: Tourists watch a performance of the Changing of the Guard Ceremony in front of the Greek Parliament Building in Athens.
Photographs: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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Portugal
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 2.9 per cent
Global rank: 2
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Image: A boy runs past a wall decorated with comics characters on a street in Lisbon, Portugal.
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
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Spain
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 2 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Image: A man jogs past a giant shoe figure, which is part of an exhibition entitled Shoe Street Art, in Madrid.
Photographs: Paul Hanna/Reuters
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Iran
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.8 per cent
Global rank: 4
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Image: A woman speaks on her mobile phone at the midway point of a slope at Shemshak ski resort, 30km north of Tehran, Iran.
Photographs: Caren Firouz/Reuters
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Syria
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.7 per cent
Global rank: 5
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Image: Western tourists visit a handicrafts shop in Old Damascus.
Photographs: Khaled Al Hariri/Reuters
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The Netherlands
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.5 per cent
Global rank: 6
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Image: Cyclists visit a Dutch tulip field in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Photographs: Michael Kooren/Reuters
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Italy
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.5 per cent
Global rank: 7
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Image: Women use smartphones in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Photographs: Tony Gentile/Reuters
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Cyprus
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.3 per cent
Global rank: 8
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Image: As the sun rises a British tourist jogs along the waterfront in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
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Croatia
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.2 per cent
Global rank: 9
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Image: Tourists walk out of Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Photographs: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
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Belgium
GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1 per cent
Global rank: 10
Image: A visitor walks past one of the greenhouses on the grounds of the Belgian royal family's residence of Laeken in Brussels, Belgium.
Photographs: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
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