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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

Last updated on: January 11, 2013 13:51 IST
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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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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

Last updated on: January 11, 2013 13:51 IST
Attendants welcome guests inside Galaxy Macau.

Macau

GDP forecast: Plus 14.6 per cent

Global rank: 1

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

Last updated on: January 11, 2013 13:51 IST
Elik Hamchvay poses with his hunting eagle Khana near Sagsay village in Altay montains in western Mongolia's Bayan Olgiy Province.

Mongolia

GDP forecast: Plus 14.3 per cent

Global rank: 2

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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A view of Leptis Magna, a Unesco World Heritage site on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, 120km east of Tripoli, Libya.

Libya

GDP forecast: Plus 11.8 per cent

Global rank: 3

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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A view of capital Banjul, Gambia.

Gambia

GDP forecast: Plus 9 per cent

Global rank: 4

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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Dusk settles over the Angolan capital, Luanda.

Angola

GDP forecast: Plus 8.9 per cent

Global rank: 5

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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ParoTaktsang Palphug Buddhist monastery, also known as the Tiger's Nest, in Paro district, Bhutan.

Bhutan

GDP forecast: Plus 8.8 per cent

Global rank: 6

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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Lujiazui financial district in Pudong, Shanghai, China.

China

GDP forecast: Plus 8.8 per cent

Global rank: 7

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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A man selling his carvings for $20 each waits for customers in Dili, East Timor.

East Timor

GDP forecast: Plus 8.7 per cent

Global rank: 8

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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Visitors enter the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, 100km south of Baghdad.

Iraq

GDP forecast: Plus 8.6 per cent

Global rank: 9

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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Local fishermen walk to a fishing boat on the Indian Ocean shore line in Vilanculo, Mozambique.

Mozambique

GDP forecast: Plus 8.6 per cent

Global rank: 10

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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Tourists watch a performance of the Changing of the Guard Ceremony in front of the Greek Parliament Building in Athens.

Greece

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 5.2 per cent

Global rank: 1

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A boy runs past a wall decorated with comics characters on a street in Lisbon, Portugal.

Portugal

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 2.9 per cent

Global rank: 2

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A man jogs past a giant shoe figure, which is part of an exhibition entitled Shoe Street Art, in Madrid.

Spain

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 2 per cent

Global rank: 3

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A woman speaks on her mobile phone at the midway point of a slope at Shemshak ski resort, 30km north of Tehran, Iran.

Iran

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.8 per cent

Global rank: 4

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Western tourists visit a handicrafts shop in Old Damascus.

Syria

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.7 per cent

Global rank: 5

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Cyclists visit a Dutch tulip field in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

The Netherlands

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.5 per cent

Global rank: 6

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Women use smartphones in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

Italy

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.5 per cent

Global rank: 7

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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As the sun rises a British tourist jogs along the waterfront in Larnaca, Cyprus.

Cyprus

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.3 per cent

Global rank: 8

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Tourists walk out of Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Croatia

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1.2 per cent

Global rank: 9

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Countries that will see fastest and slowest growth

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A visitor walks past one of the greenhouses on the grounds of the Belgian royal family's residence of Laeken in Brussels, Belgium.

Belgium

GDP forecast in 2013: Minus 1 per cent

Global rank: 10