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The fastest-growing economies of 2026

Real GDP growth, latest World Bank release. Growth rate alone doesn't make a country a good place to move — check the wages, cost-of-living, and visa routes too.

01 CN China (Mainland) 2024 +5.0% 02 SG Singapore 2024 +4.4% 03 AE United Arab Emirates 2024 +4.0% 04 MA Morocco 2024 +3.8% 05 ES Spain 2024 +3.5% 06 BR Brazil 2024 +3.4% 07 US United States 2024 +2.8% 08 IE Ireland 2024 +2.6% 09 HK Hong Kong 2024 +2.5% 10 EG Egypt 2024 +2.4% 11 PT Portugal 2024 +2.1% 12 KR South Korea 2024 +2.0% 13 CA Canada 2024 +1.6% 14 MX Mexico 2024 +1.4% 15 AU Australia 2024 +1.4% 16 NZ New Zealand 2024 +1.3% 17 FR France 2024 +1.2% 18 GB United Kingdom 2024 +1.1% 19 NL Netherlands 2024 +1.1% 20 IT Italy 2024 +0.7%

Methodology on the methodology page. Each row links to the country brief with full source attribution.

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