World Bank, otherwise the latest available figure from the United Nations Statistics Division; however, countries that didn't have any figure for a year more recent than 2019 were not included at all. For almost all countries, the latest IMF forecast figure for 2024 was used.
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Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official . Nominal GDP does not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference in the standard of living of its population.
Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made based on purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. Other metrics, nominal GDP per capita and a corresponding GDP (PPP) per capita, are used for comparing national standard of living. On the whole, PPP per capita figures are less spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.
The rankings of national economies over time have changed considerably; the economy of the United States surpassed the British Empire's output around 1916, which in turn had surpassed the economy of the Qing dynasty in aggregate output decades earlier. Since China's transition to a socialist market economy through controlled privatisation and deregulation, the country has seen its ranking increase from ninth in 1978, to second in 2010; China's economic growth accelerated during this period and its share of global nominal GDP surged from 2% in 1980 to 18% in 2021.
The first list includes estimates compiled by the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook, the second list shows the World Bank's data, and the third list includes data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division. The IMF's definitive data for the past year and estimates for the current year are published twice a year in April and October. Non-sovereign entities (the world, continents, and some dependent territories) and states with limited international recognition (such as Kosovo and Taiwan) are included in the list where they appear in the sources.
Table
The links in the "Country/Territory" row of the following table link to the article on the GDP or the economy of the respective country or territory.
See also
- List of countries by GDP (PPP)
- List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
- List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
- List of countries by real GDP growth rate
- List of countries by real GDP per capita growth
- List of countries by past and projected GDP (nominal)
- List of countries by past and projected GDP (PPP)
By region:
- List of African countries by GDP (nominal)
- List of Arab League countries by GDP (nominal)
- List of countries in Asia-Pacific by GDP (nominal)
- List of Commonwealth of Nations countries by GDP (nominal)
- List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP (nominal)
- List of North American countries by GDP (nominal)
- List of Oceanian countries by GDP
- List of sovereign states in Europe by GDP (nominal)
Other entities:
- List of cities by GDP
- List of continents by GDP
- List of first-level administrative divisions by GRDP
- List of regions by past GDP (PPP)
Notes
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