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Slowest-growing economies in the world

Last updated on: July 24, 2012 08:46 IST
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While countries like China and India are growing at a fast pace, some nations are finding it hard to push growth.

Let's take a look at some of the slowest-growing economies in the world.

Source: Business Insider

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Slowest-growing economies in the world

Last updated on: July 24, 2012 08:46 IST
Men ride camels near the site of 44 Nubian pyramids of kings and queens in the ruins of the ancient city of Meroe next to Begrawiya, in Sudan.

Sudan

Growth: -0.9 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -7.3 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: -1.6 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +0.7 per cent

Global rank: 1

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Worker harvests sugarcane near Swaziland's capital Mbabane.

Swaziland

Growth: -0.6 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -2.7 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: -0.9 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +0.3 per cent

Global rank: 2

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Duomo cathedral in Milan.

Italy

Growth: +0.2 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -1.9 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: -0.3 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +0.5 per cent

Global rank: 3

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Tourists line up to board the Barcelona city tour bus at Plaza Catalunya in central Barcelona.

Spain

Growth: +1.3 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -1.8 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: -0.1 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.2 per cent

Global rank: 4

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Guests enjoy a 'Dinner in the Sky' on a platform hanging in front of the Cinquantenaire park in Brussels.

Belgium

Growth: +2.1 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: +0.0 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +0.8 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.3 per cent

Global rank: 5

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People pass by the railway station in Amersfoort.

The Netherlands

Growth: +2.2 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -0.5 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +0.8 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.4 per cent

Global rank: 6

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A Jamaican performer blows a flame during a show at a resort hotel in Ocho Rios.

Jamaica

Growth: +2.2 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: +1.0 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +1.1 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.2 per cent

Global rank: 7

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A reveler from the Portuguese village of Aveiro playfully chases a tourist during the Iberian Mask parade in Lisbon.

Portugal

Growth: +2.5 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -3.3 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +0.4 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +2.1 per cent

Global rank: 8

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Children play near a public fountain in Rijeka on the northern Adriatic island of Cres, Croatia.

Croatia

Growth: +2.5 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -0.5 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +1.0 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.5 per cent

Global rank: 9

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Houses are seen at edge of the caldera at the volcanic island of Santorini.

Greece

Growth: +2.6 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -4.8 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +0.1 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +2.6 per cent

Global rank: 10

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As the sun rises a British tourist enjoys the fine weather jogging along the waterfront on a Larnaca beach.

Cyprus

Growth: +2.6 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: -1.2 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +0.8 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.8 per cent

Global rank: 11

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Pedestrians enjoy the sun and warm weather during a walk along the river Main in Frankfurt.

Germany

Growth: +2.8 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: +0.6 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +1.5 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.3 per cent

Global rank: 12

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A view shows the Concorde obelisk, Champs Elysees Avenue and the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris.

France

Growth: +2.9 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: +0.5 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +1.0 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.9 per cent

Global rank: 13

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A woman speaks on her mobile phone at the midway point of a slope at Shemshak ski resort.

Iran

Growth: +2.9 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: +0.4 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +1.3 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.7 per cent

Global rank: 14

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A dog sits as he waits next to his owner to cross a street in Copenhagen.

Denmark

Growth: +3.0 per cent

Estimated GDP 2012: +0.5 per cent

Estimated GDP 2013: +1.2 per cent

Estimated GDP 2014: +1.8 per cent

Global rank: 15