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| Highest GDP In The World (Nominal) |
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| Selection of cash @ The British Museum |
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The World has a total GDP of about 60 trillion US dollars, and 14 trillion of that is turned over by the United States of America alone. That means that the US earned almost a quarter of all the World's new wealth in 2008, the year in which both sets of figures below - from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - are based. According to both of those pan-global organisations, the top 10 countries below had a combined GDP of 40 trillion dollars in 2008, which is a strong indicator of how unfair the global economy remains. Whilst the US takes the top spot, if the European Union was considered a single country, it would top the list instead with a combined GDP of 18 trillion dollars, 14 trillion of which is attributed to the countries within the Eurozone.
We have chose to include both the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) estimates along with those from the World Bank, and the variations in the two sets of figures can be explained by different testing criteria and techniques by the World's two 'most trusted' financial institutions. The figures below are listed by 'nominal' Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which measures the market value of all goods and services from an entire nation in a given year. |
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Country |
Continent(s) |
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - $US [1] |
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1 |
United States |
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14,441,425,000,000 |
14,204,322,000,000 |
2 |
Japan |
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4,910,692,000,000 |
4,909,272,000,000 |
3 |
China |
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4,327,448,000,000 |
4,326,187,000,000 |
4 |
Germany |
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3,673,105,000,000 |
3,652,824,000,000 |
5 |
France |
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2,866,951,000,000 |
2,853,062,000,000 |
6 |
United Kingdom |
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2,680,000,000,000 |
2,645,593,000,000 |
7 |
Italy |
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2,313,893,000,000 |
2,293,008,000,000 |
8 |
Russia |
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1,676,586,000,000 |
1,607,816,000,000 |
9 |
Spain |
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1,601,964,000,000 |
1,604,174,000,000 |
10 |
Brazil |
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1,572,839,000,000 |
1,612,539,000,000 |
11 |
Canada |
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1,499,551,000,000 |
1,400,091,000,000 |
12 |
India |
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1,206,684,000,000 |
1,217,490,000,000 |
13 |
Mexico |
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1,088,128,000,000 |
1,085,951,000,000 |
14 |
Australia |
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1,013,461,000,000 |
1,015,217,000,000 |
15 |
South Korea |
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929,124,000,000 |
929,121,000,000 |
16 |
Netherlands |
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876,970,000,000 |
860,336,000,000 |
17 |
Turkey |
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729,983,000,000 |
794,228,000,000 |
18 |
Poland |
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527,866,000,000 |
526,966,000,000 |
19 |
Indonesia |
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511,765,000,000 |
514,389,000,000 |
20 |
Belgium |
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506,183,000,000 |
497,586,000,000 |
21 |
Switzerland |
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500,260,000,000 |
488,470,000,000 |
22 |
Sweden |
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478,961,000,000 |
480,021,000,000 |
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Saudi Arabia |
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469,462,000,000 |
467,601,000,000 |
24 |
Norway |
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451,830,000,000 |
449,996,000,000 |
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Austria |
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414,828,000,000 |
416,380,000,000 |
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Country |
Continent(s) |
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - $US [1] |
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26 |
Taiwan |
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391,351,000,000 |
no figures given |
27 |
Greece |
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357,548,000,000 |
356,796,000,000 |
28 |
Iran |
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335,233,000,000 |
385,143,000,000 |
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Denmark |
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340,029,000,000 |
342,672,000,000 |
30 |
Argentina |
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324,767,000,000 |
328,385,000,000 |
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Venezuela |
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319,443,000,000 |
313,799,000,000 |
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South Africa |
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276,764,000,000 |
276,764,000,000 |
33 |
Thailand |
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273,313,000,000 |
260,693,000,000 |
34 |
Finland |
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271,867,000,000 |
271,282,000,000 |
35 |
Republic of Ireland |
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267,579,000,000 |
281,776,000,000 |
36 |
United Arab Emirates |
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262,150,000,000 |
163,296,000,000 |
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Portugal |
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244,640,000,000 |
242,689,000,000 |
38 |
Colombia |
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240,832,000,000 |
242,268,000,000 |
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Malaysia |
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221,606,000,000 |
194,927,000,000 |
40 |
Czech Republic |
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216,354,000,000 |
216,485,000,000 |
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Nigeria |
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207,116,000,000 |
212,080,000,000 |
42 |
Israel |
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202,101,000,000 |
199,498,000,000 |
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Romania |
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200,074,000,000 |
200,071,000,000 |
44 |
Singapore |
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181,939,000,000 |
181,948,000,000 |
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Ukraine |
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179,604,000,000 |
180,355,000,000 |
46 |
Chile |
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169,458,000,000 |
169,458,000,000 |
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Philippines |
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166,909,000,000 |
166,909,000,000 |
48 |
Pakistan |
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164,557,000,000 |
168,276,000,000 |
49 |
Egypt |
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162,617,000,000 |
162,818,000,000 |
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Algeria |
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159,669,000,000 |
173,882,000,000 |
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