GDP shrank by around 5% and unemployment jumped. In 2017, American Samoa's GDP shrank by 5.8%, but then grew by 2.2% in 2018. Over time, the extra side toes shrank in size until they vanished. The city population shrank by nearly 700,000. Their kingdom gradually shrank in size, and was racked by bitter succession struggles. As a result, Guildford, now oversized, shrank considerably in area and population. From 1994 through 1998, Del Taco shrank and then grew. When the Great Depression hit, international trade shrank drastically. The economy shrank by 4%, and a dozen banks collapsed. Once drained of water, the peat shrank, and the fields lowered further. After the events of "Identity Crisis," Ray shrank himself to microscopic size and disappeared. Wetland ecosystems downstream of the dam shrank considerably. The economy shrank by 4.5% with unemployment at over 20%. Hartford experienced problems as the population shrank 11 percent during the 1990s. Consequently, the GDP per capita shrank by 40% in the 1980s.