Saturday, April 5, 2008

REF - World's Largest Economies

WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMIES according to 2006 data published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF):

*Largest by Nominal GDP:
1. United States -- $13.2 Trillion
2. Japan -- $4.4T
3. Germany -- $2.9T
4. China -- $2.6T
5. United Kingdom -- $2.4T
6. France -- $2.3T
7. Italy -- $1.9T
8. Canada -- $1.3T
9. Spain -- $1.2T
10. Brazil -- $1.1T
11. Russia -- $ 1.0T
12. South Korea -- $0.89T
13. India -- $0.87T
14. Mexico -- $0.84T
15. Australia -- $0.76T
16. Netherlands -- $0.67T
17. Turkey -- $0.4T
18. Belgium -- $0.39T
19. Switzerland -- $0.39T
20. Sweden -- $0.38T
21. Taiwan -- $0.36T
22. Indonesia -- $0.36T
23. Saudi Arabia -- $0.35T
24. Poland -- $0.34T
25. Norway -- $0.33T
Other Notables:
30. Iran -- $0.22T
37. Venezuela -- $0.18T
65. Luxembourg -- $41 Billion

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*Largest by GDP per Capita ("the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, divided by the average population for the same year"):
1. Luxembourg -- $102K per person
2. Norway -- $79K
3. Qatar -- $71K
4. Iceland -- $63K
5. Ireland -- $59K
6. Denmark -- $57K
7. Switzerland -- $57K
8. Sweden -- $47K
9. United States -- $46K
10. Netherlands -- $45K
11. United Kingdom -- $45K
12. Finland -- $45K
13. Austria -- $44K
14. Canada -- $43K
15. Australia -- $43K
16. United Arab Emirates -- $42K
17. Belgium -- $42K
18. France -- $41K
19. Germany -- $40K
20. Italy -- $35K
21. Singapore -- $34K
22. Japan -- $34K
23. Brunei -- $33K
24. Kuwait -- $32K
25. Greece -- $32K
Other Notables:
36. Taiwan -- $16K
39. Saudi Arabia -- $15K
54. Russia -- $9K
61. Brazil -- $7K
83. Iran -- $4K
104. China -- $2K
132. India -- $1K

Data Courtesy: Wikipedia.com + the IMF, snagged on 4/05/08.