FindingsThe league table

The league table

State growth rates are often read as a league table. This page compares each state’s rank when its growth was first published with its rank today. In most years many states move by several places, so the first league table is a weak guide to the one that the revised figures give.

One year

States ranked by growth: first published against latest

Rank among the states, real GSDP growth, per cent

Up three places or moreDown three places or moreWithin two places

All years

The same chart for every fiscal year

First published rank on the left, latest on the right; one scale throughout. Select a year to load it above

The ranks

Growth and rank, first published and latest

Real GSDP growth, per cent; rank 1 is the highest growth in the year