growth rate
noun[C]
ECONOMICSukusameasurementof howfastsomethingincreasesinsizeduring aparticularperiod:
Developingcountriesreporta higheconomicgrowthrateof 6% thisyear.
Theeconomy'sgrowthratehasslowedfrom 3% to 2.5%.
Theagriculturalsectorhasslowedfrom agrowthrateof 7% to 3%.
annual/quarterly/year-on-year growth rateThefundhasachievedanaverageannualgrowthrateof 13.7% over tenyears.
theGDP/job/earningsgrowthrate
afast/healthy/highgrowthrate
alow/slow/weakgrowthrate
asustainable/long-termgrowthrate
See also
compound growth rate
projected growth rate