reversal intensified: Estonia's GDP dropped by -16.2% year-on-year, Latvia's by −19.6% and Lithuania's by −16.8%. By mid-2009, all three countries experienced one of the deepest recessions in the world. In 2010 the economic situation in the Baltic states stabilized and in 2011 the Baltic states experienced the fastest recoveries in the European Union, after having lost a substantial part of their populations through emigration, particularly Lithuania. Estonia's GDP grew by 8.3% in 2011, Lithuania's GDP grew by 5.9% and Latvia's GDP by 5.5%. Statistics Annual GDP growth rate GDP per capita In current international dollars, at purchasing power parity (PPP). Numbers in brackets show the respective country's GDP per capita as a percentage of the eurozone average (also measured at PPP). See also Economies of the Baltic Tigers: Economy of Estonia Economy of Latvia Economy of Lithuania Other 'Tigers' Four Asian Tigers Tiger Cub Economies Celtic Tiger Tatra Tiger Gulf Tiger References Tiger economies Economic booms Economic history of Europe Baltic states Economic history of Estonia Economic history of Latvia Economic history of Lithuania