Surely you must be referring to girth growth?

I compiled a list of gross domestic product (real) growth rate of 214 countries in the world for you. It is a useful measure of economic development. See if you can find the United States.

(Format: Ranking - Name: GDP (real) growth percentage)


1 - Azerbaijan: 31.0%
2 - Timor-Leste: 24.0%
3 - Macau: 16.6%
4 - Angola: 16.3%
5 - Armenia: 13.7%
6 - Sudan: 12.8%
7 - Equatorial Guinea: 12.7%
8 - Georgia: 12.0%
9 - People's Republic of China: 11.4%
10 - Liechtenstein: 11.0%
11 - Cyprus: 10.6%
12 - Slovakia: 10.40%
13 - Latvia: 10.3%
14 - Anguilla: 10.2%
15 - Ethiopia: 9.8%
16 - India: 9.60%
17 - Kazakhstan: 9.5%
18 - Cambodia: 9.1%
19 - Bhutan: 8.8%
20 - Argentina: 8.70%
21 - Liberia: 8.5%
22 - Vietnam: 8.5%
23 - United Arab Emirates: 8.5%
24 - Mongolia: 8.4%
25 - Venezuela: 8.4%
26 - Russia: 8.1%
27 - Uzbekistan: 8.1%
28 - Lithuania: 8.0%
29 - Panama: 7.8%
30 - Qatar: 7.8%
31 - Afghanistan: 7.5%
32 - Mozambique: 7.5%
33 - Peru: 7.5%
34 - Singapore: 7.4%
35 - Estonia: 7.3%
36 - Philippines: 7.3%
37 - Dominican Republic: 7.2%
38 - Egypt: 7.2%
39 - Tajikistan: 7.2%
40 - Uruguay: 7.20%
41 - Ukraine: 7.10%
42 - Cape Verde: 7.0%
43 - Democratic Republic of the Congo: 7.0%
44 - Gambia: 7.0%
45 - Gibraltar: 7.0%
46 - Laos: 7.0%
47 - Turkmenistan: 7.0%
48 - Belarus: 6.9%
49 - Tanzania: 6.9%
50 - Sierra Leone: 6.8%
51 - Vanuatu: 6.8%
52 - Bahrain: 6.6%
53 - Colombia: 6.5%
54 - Cuba: 6.50%
55 - Poland: 6.5%
56 - Kyrgyzstan: 6.5%
57 - São Tomé and Príncipe: 6.5%
58 - Sri Lanka: 6.50%
59 - Kenya: 6.3%
60 - Madagascar: 6.3%
61 - Pakistan: 6.3%
62 - Tunisia: 6.3%
63 - Niue: 6.2%
64 - Bulgaria: 6.1%
65 - Costa Rica: 6.1%
66 - Indonesia: 6.1%
67 - Nigeria: 6.1%
68 - Bangladesh: 6.0%
69 - Czech Republic: 6.00%
70 - Honduras: 6.0%
71 - Moldova: 6.0%
72 - Montenegro: 6.0%
73 - Rwanda: 6.0%
74 - Saint Kitts and Nevis: 6.0%
75 - Uganda: 6.0%
76 - Romania: 5.9%
77 - Serbia: 5.9%
78 - Ghana: 5.8%
79 - Hong Kong: 5.8%
80 - Seychelles: 5.8%
81 - Trinidad and Tobago: 5.8%
82 - Jordan: 5.7%
83 - Malaysia: 5.7%
84 - Malawi: 5.7%
85 - Croatia: 5.6%
86 - Guatemala: 5.6%
87 - Kuwait: 5.6%
88 - Slovenia: 5.60
89 - Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5.5%
90 - Burundi: 5.5%
91 - Maldives: 5.5%
92 - Mauritius: 5.5%
93 - Palau: 5.5%
94 - Samoa: 5.5%
95 - Brazil: 5.40%
96 - Iran: 5.40%
97 - Libya: 5.4%
98 - Oman: 5.3%
99 - Ireland: 5.3%
100 - Zambia: 5.3%
101 - Chile: 5.2%
102 - Isle of Man: 5.2%
103 - French Polynesia: 5.1%
104 - Israel: 5.1%
105 - Saint Lucia: 5.1%
106 - Suriname: 5.1%
107 - Turkey: 5.1%
108 - Albania: 5.0%
109 - Iraq: 5.0%
110 - Luxembourg: 5.0%
111 - South Africa: 5.0%
112 - Turks and Caicos Islands: 4.9%
113 - Lesotho: 4.8%
114 - South Korea: 4.8%
115 - Botswana: 4.7%
116 - Algeria: 4.6%
117 - Bermuda: 4.6%
118 - Macedonia: 5.10%
119 - San Marino: 4.6%
120 - Senegal: 4.6%
121 - Taiwan: 4.6%
122 - Benin: 4.5%
123 - Gabon: 4.5%
124 - Guyana: 4.5%
125 - Namibia: 4.5%
126 - Niger: 4.5%
127 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 4.4%
128 - Solomon Islands: 4.4%
129 - Mali: 4.3%
130 - Thailand: 4.3%
131 - Burkina Faso: 4.2%
132 - Australia: 4.0%
133 - Barbados: 4.0%
134 - Bolivia: 4.0%
135 - Central African Republic: 4.0%
136 - Paraguay: 4.0%
137 - Papua New Guinea: 4.0%
138 - Finland: 3.9%
139 - Antigua and Barbuda: 3.8%
140 - Spain: 3.8%
141 - Greece: 3.7%
142 - Guinea-Bissau: 3.7%
143 - Andorra: 3.5%
144 - Burma: 3.5%
145 - Haiti: 3.5%
146 - Marshall Islands: 3.5%
147 - Netherlands: 3.50%
148 - Saudi Arabia: 3.50%
149 - Syria: 3.5%
150 - El Salvador: 3.4%
151 - Malta: 3.4%
152 - Sweden: 3.4%
153 - Austria: 3.3%
154 - Cameroon: 3.2%
155 - Djibouti: 3.2%
156 - Dominica: 3.2%
157 - Yemen: 3.2%
158 - Norway: 3.10%
159 - American Samoa: 3.0%
160 - Belize: 3.0%
161 - European Union: 3.0%
162 - Guernsey: 3.0%
163 - Mexico: 3.0%
164 - New Zealand: 3.0%
165 - Nicaragua: 2.9%
166 - United Kingdom: 2.9%
167 - Bahamas: 2.8%
168 - Republic of the Congo: 2.8%
169 - Belgium: 2.7%
170 - Canada: 2.7%
171 - Germany: 2.6%
172 - Somalia: 2.6%
173 - Switzerland: 2.6%
174 - Nepal: 2.5%
175 - Togo: 2.5%
176 - Aruba: 2.4%
177 - Faroe Islands: 2.4%.
178 - Tonga: 2.4%
179 - United States: 2.2%
180 - Morocco: 2.1%
181 - Eritrea: 2.0%
182 - Greenland: 2.0%
183 - United States Virgin Islands: 2.0%
184 - Italy: 1.9%
185 - Japan: 1.9%
186 - Ecuador: 1.8%
187 - France: 1.8%
188 - Iceland: 1.8%
189 - Denmark: 1.7%
190 - Hungary: 1.70%
191 - Portugal: 1.7%
192 - North Korea: 1.6%
193 - Swaziland: 1.6%
194 - Guinea: 1.5%
195 - Jamaica: 1.5%
196 - Mauritania: 1.5%
197 - Côte d'Ivoire: 1.4%
198 - Tuvalu: 1.2%
199 - British Virgin Islands: 1.0%
200 - Netherlands Antilles: 1.0%
201 - Cayman Islands: 0.9%
202 - Grenada: 0.9%
203 - Monaco: 0.9%
204 - Brunei: 0.4%
205 - Federated States of Micronesia: 0.3%
206 - Kiribati: 0.3%
207 - Lebanon: 0.3%
208 - Cook Islands: 0.1%
209 - Comoros: -1.0%
210 - Montserrat: -1.0%
211 - Puerto Rico: -1.2%
212 - Chad: -1.3%
213 - Fiji: -3.1%
214 - Zimbabwe: -6.0%

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If you look at GDP (real) per capita growth rate, the United States ranks better: 106th place out of the 171 countries listed.



What was that you said about stunted growth in "most of Europe"? Let's look at some graphs of currency exchange rates over the past three to five years.[2] European countries versus the United States, of course:

SEK (Swedish Krona) per USD:



GBP per USD:



EUR (Euro) per USD:



CHF (Swiss Franc) per USD:



DKK (Danish Krona) per USD:



Notice a trend? If not, let me spell it out for you:

You fail.

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