As far as declining increases go, Russia and the Ukraine are probably the most striking, from Russia being the 3rd biggest growing JW country in 1997, Ukraine being the 3rd biggest in 1999, to Russia being 23rd now in 2013 and Ukraine 48th:
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Russia % of world growth |
9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Russia Actual Growth |
17,025 | 13,854 | 9,791 | 6,710 | 4,914 | 6,361 | 6,398 | 6,082 | 3,748 | 3,518 | 6,133 | 2,874 | 5,136 | 2,978 | 3,959 | 1,424 | 1,439 |
Ukraine % of world growth |
7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ukraine Actual Growth |
12,879 | 11,812 | 9,922 | 8,186 | 6,193 | 4,946 | 4,475 | 3,963 | 1,926 | 2,022 | 4,961 | 2,809 | 4,130 | 2,778 | 2,122 | 690 | 398 |