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This list of countries by largest GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies has changed. While the United States has consistently had the world's largest economy for some time, in the last fifty years the world has seen the rapid rise and fall in relative terms of the economies of other countries while the share of the United States has also fluctuated.

Overview of the ten largest economies edit

By average values of GDP (nominal) edit

The ten largest economies by average values of GDP (nominal)^[a] by every half decade from the available data in IMF, World Bank, and United Nations lists (in USD billions)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2020	United States 20,936.600	China 14,772.731	Japan 5,064.873	Germany 3,806.060	United Kingdom 2,707.744	India 2,622.984	France 2,603.004	Italy 1,886.445	Canada 1,643.408	South Korea 1,630.525
2015	United States 18,036.650	China 11,226.186	Japan 4,382.420	Germany 3,365.293	United Kingdom 2,863.304	France 2,420.163	India 2,088.155	Italy 1,825.820	Brazil 1,801.482	Canada 1,552.808
2010	United States 14,964.401	China 5,812.464	Japan 5,793.455	Germany 3,309.668	France 2,560.002	United Kingdom 2,246.079	Brazil 2,087.889	Italy 2,051.412	India 1,729.010	Russia 1,638.463
2005	United States 13,093.700	Japan 4,755.980	Germany 2,866.308	United Kingdom 2,511.165	China 2,308.786	France 2,207.450	Italy 1,855.834	Canada 1,169.467	Spain 1,159.257	South Korea 898.137
2000	United States 10,284.750	Japan 4,887.301	Germany 1,955.673	United Kingdom 1,442.316	France 1,327.964	China 1,214.912	Italy 1,145.109	Canada 742.319	Mexico 683.650	Brazil 655.454
1995	Japan 6,119.000	United States 6,115.729	Germany 2,594.371	France 1,611.198	United Kingdom 1,320.618	Italy 1,171.510	Brazil 786.479	China 736.870	Spain 612.413	Canada 604.034
1990	United States 5,279.592	Japan 3,133.547	Soviet Union 2‚659.500	West Germany 1,592.710	France 1,278.666	Italy 1,177.063	United Kingdom 1,093.997	Mexico 534.177	Brazil 533.945	Canada 533.920
1985	United States 4,346.717	Soviet Union 2‚200.000	Japan 1,401.006	West Germany 658.784	France 559.846	United Kingdom 534.244	Italy 458.982	Canada 364.771	China 312.616	India 237.618
1980	United States 2,862.492	Soviet Union 1,212.000	Japan 1,099.695	West Germany 919.609	France 691.138	United Kingdom 536.369	Italy 459.829	Canada 268.893	Brazil 235.024	China 226.003
1975	United States 1,688.900	Soviet Union 686.000	Japan 512.861	West Germany 474.790	France 355.608	United Kingdom 236.414	Italy 219.392	Canada 173.487	China 160.751	Brazil 115.880
1970	United States 1,075.900	Soviet Union 433.400	Japan 209.071	West Germany 208.868	France 146.438	United Kingdom 124.800	Italy 109.257	China 91.273	Canada 87.734	India 62.494
1965	United States 712.082	Soviet Union 367.400	West Germany 124.625	France 102.161	United Kingdom 100.596	Japan 90.950	China 69.709	Italy 67.978	India 60.599	Canada 53.910
1960	United States 520.531	Soviet Union 142.400	West Germany 92.172	United Kingdom 72.328	France 61.552	China 61.378	Japan 44.307	Canada 41.093	Italy 40.385	India 36.604

By average values of GDP (PPP) edit

The ten largest economies by average values of GDP (PPP)^[b] by every half decade from the available data in IMF and World Bank lists (in USD billions)^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2020	China 24,273.360	United States 20,936.600	India 9,907.028	Japan 5,328.033	Germany 4,469.546	Russia 4,133.084	Indonesia 3,302.377	Brazil 3,153.597	France 3,115.307	United Kingdom 3,019.057
2015	China 19,695.741	United States 18,036.650	India 8,003.405	Japan 5,118.682	Germany 3,860.114	Russia 3,759.692	Brazil 3,216.167	Indonesia 2,849.796	United Kingdom 2,700.627	France 2,665.863
2010	United States 14,964.400	China 12,405.881	India 5,312.261	Japan 4,485.871	Germany 3,279.529	Russia 3,240.905	Brazil 2,803.368	France 2,340.155	United Kingdom 2,251.123	Italy 2,075.864
2005	United States 13,093.700	China 6,617.286	Japan 4,056.757	India 3,238.203	Germany 2,804.578	Russia 2,474.758	Brazil 2,046.980	France 2,046.601	United Kingdom 2,008.467	Italy 1,916.369
2000	United States 10,284.775	China 3,698.622	Japan 3,405.450	Germany 2,430.427	India 2,077.843	France 1,678.332	Russia 1,635.277	Italy 1,628.105	Brazil 1,579.824	United Kingdom 1,556.051
1995	United States 7,664.075	Japan 2,965.536	China 2,254.642	Germany 2,033.711	India 1,426.298	Russia 1,389.470	Italy 1,356.581	France 1,337.635	Brazil 1,306.756	United Kingdom 1,224.054
1990	United States 5,279.575	Soviet Union	Japan 2,431.093	West Germany 1,636.133	Italy 1,134.581	France 1,112.013	China 1,092.075	United Kingdom 1,001.703	Brazil 1,000.682	India 986.896
1985	Soviet Union	United States 4,346.750	Japan 1,633.243	West Germany 1,200.553	Italy 1,044.727	France 807.519	Brazil 776.449	United Kingdom 722.892	China 654.954	India 633.604
1980	United States 2,862.475	Soviet Union	Japan 1,027.017	West Germany 866.222	Italy 594.363	France 578.363	Brazil 570.249	United Kingdom 498.558	India 452.711	China 419.053

World Bank statistics of the ten largest economies by GDP (PPP) edit

Angus Maddison statistics of the ten largest economies by GDP (PPP) edit

Main GDP countries edit

The United States Department of Agriculture has calculated the share of every country to global real GDP from 1969 to 2010.^[10]

European Union edit

The EU currently^[when?] produces 17% of global GDP (nominal) and 14.5% of global GDP (PPP) in 2023.

United States edit

The United States represented 28.69% of the world's economy in 1960 (highest point). It accounted for 1.8% of the world's economy in 1820, 8.9% in 1870, and 18.9% in 1913. The United States produced 25.3% (nominal) and 15.5% of global GDP (PPP) in 2022.^[11]

China edit

China represented 1.61% of the world's economy in 1987 (lowest point), rising to 18.4% (nominal) and 19% (PPP) in 2022. It accounted for 25.4% of global GDP in 1 CE, 29% of world global output in 1600 CE, 17.3% of the world's economy in 1870, and 33% in 1820 (its highest point). China's share of global GDP varied from a quarter to a third of global output between the year 1 until the late 19th century.^[11]

India edit

In the year 1CE India accounted for 32% of the world's GDP (its highest point). The gross domestic product of India in 1500 was estimated at 24.4% of the world's economy, 22.4% in 1600, 16% in 1820, and 12.1% in 1870. India's share of global GDP declined to less than 2% of global GDP by the time of its independence and would only gradually rise after the liberalization of its economy beginning in the 1990s. The Republic of India currently contributes 3.6% of world GDP (nominal) and 7.5% of global GDP (PPP) in 2023.

Notes edit

^ This is, the absolute gross domestic product or total productive output of a country, not corrected by cost of life.
^ Purchasing power parity (PPP) is the exchange-rate-adjusted GDP, accounting for the value of money in different countries.

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