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Coronavirus: countries that will see their economies recover quickest

Coming back from COVID-19
30. Spain
Joint 27. Thailand
Joint 27. UK
Joint 27. Mexico
26. Brazil
Joint 24. Saudi Arabia
Joint 24. South Africa
23. Netherlands
22. Malaysia
Joint 20. Germany
Joint 20. US
19. India
18. Italy
Joint 15. Indonesia
Joint 15. Philippines
Joint 15. France
14. Japan
13. Poland
12. Turkey
Joint 9. Russia
Joint 9. Canada
Joint 9. Argentina
8. Iran
7. Nigeria
6. Australia
5. Kazakhstan
4. China
3. South Korea
2. Pakistan
1. Egypt
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Coming back from COVID-19

Now that many countries have slowed the spread of coronavirus, the focus has switched to getting economies moving again. Lockdowns across the world have negatively impacted many industries and, even though most have started up again, the damage has been done and countries are in recession. But just as countries have been affected differently by the pandemic, the rate at which their economies could recover will vary widely too. Combining projections for GDP change in 2020 and 2021 from the IMF World Economic Outlook, which provides data for 30 countries that make up 83% of global output, click or scroll through as we rank the nations that will be fastest to recover. 

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Frances Carruthers

01 July 2020

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