DEFINITION
GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using single year official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used.
DEFINITION: GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using single year official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used.
Guys - #2 is not missing. At the bottom of the graph, there is "European Union" which is below the United States and above Japan, therefore #2.
sophie 16th November 2009
Guys - #2 is not missing. At the bottom of the graph, there is one for European Unions, which is below the United States and above Japan, therefore making it #2.
Donna 10th November 2009
What is the actual productivity per country? GDP figures for USA is based on its consumption rather then its production. If countries don't buy its treasury - GDP is completely changed.
Juanita 9th November 2009
Can someone point me to a world map that depitcs country growth of GDP. For example, negative growth by shades of gray. Positive growth by colors or shades of color. I suspect that many developing countries will reflect faster growth than developed countries (like China and India of course and some countries in Africa). Thanks for any help you can lend.
Andrea 8th November 2009
1. Number 2 position is missing!
2. There are much more updated data available on wikipedia or World bank IMF, etc
Tom Jones 4th November 2009
This website was helpful. Thank, everybody.
Jake 26th October 2009
We need a lost of GDP that's based on PER CAPITA
Emilio 20th October 2009
There is a mistake, Japan should be #2 and not #3! Consequently all the rest of ranks are also wrong!
王潜 29th September 2009
How about china
Frank 21st September 2009
It is very interesting to compare India and China over their GDPs.
In 1962, India was almost on par with China.
Today, India's GDP is 1/3 of China's.
India cannot beat China in 1962, What makes Indians think they can beat China now?
SoniaL 8th July 2009
How can that be? The GDP (PPP) of the USA in 2006 is $13,201,820,000,000.00 here on NationMaster. But from CIA Factbook it is $13,830,000,000.00. The same happens to other countries e.g. like Germany: NationMaster $2,906,681,000,000.00 in 2006 and CIA Factbook $2,806,000,000,000.00 in 2006. I mean, these are differences in Millions! Can somebody explain that to me?
Xavier Abraham 18th June 2009
# 2 is missing for the year 2004.
Sanjay Patel 4th June 2009
These data is of year 2006
As per the new data China has overtaken Germany as the 4th largest economy.
will 28th May 2009
Where is number 2? It's missing.
Okay, that is all. Thank you.
M 16th April 2009
Taiwan is not a country. Duh.
Mukund (US) 28th April 2007
India's economy just reached over a trillion after the rupee was 41 or below the dollar. plz change it. it is out of date
nathan (UK) 2nd April 2007
agree information here are very outdated
currently , in 2005 china's nominal gdp already overtook france and UK, in 2006 it stands at 2.7 trillions (nominal) at 4th place after US, japan and germany and in 2006 its economy expands at the rate of 10.5%, and its GDP (PPP) in 2006 is 10 trillions from many sources , still 2nd place after the great USA
Hope moderators here update the information to avoid confusing ppl with these outdated info
Thank you
Ian Graham Staff Editor 11th March 2005
The latest Forbes magazine list of the world’s billionaires reveals that, despite his net worth dropping by US$100 million from last year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the world’s richest man for the eleventh year in a row, with a net worth of US$46.5 billion.
How rich is he? His net worth is greater than the 2002 GDP of all but 71 countries.
Fellow American billionaire S. Robson Walton of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is number 10 on the list, just ahead of the other Waltons at 11, 12 and 13. The Waltons’ combined wealth is over US$90 billion. That’s about the same as Belarus’s 2002 GDP, which was 57th-highest in the world.
All told, there are 691 billionaires in the world and their net worth is about US$2.2 trillion dollars (2002 GDP of fifth-place Germany, give or take US$40 billion).