Economy · 1961—2024
The World's Largest Economies
The 100 largest economies in the world by GDP, with each country's share of world GDP, plus an animated chart of the top 10 from 1961 to 2024. Data from the United Nations.
Billion current US dollars · Historical records · see methodology
Annual snapshots. Select a year to explore how the ranking changes.
The 100 largest economies in the world in 2024
| Rank | Country | GDP | Share of world GDP | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | $29.30T | 26.3% | ×2.9 |
| 2 |  China | $18.74T | 16.8% | ×15.5 |
| 3 |  Germany | $4.66T | 4.2% | ×2.4 |
| 4 |  Japan | $4.03T | 3.6% | ×0.8 |
| 5 |  India | $3.95T | 3.5% | ×8.3 |
| 6 |  United Kingdom | $3.69T | 3.3% | ×2.2 |
| 7 |  France | $3.16T | 2.8% | ×2.3 |
| 8 |  Italy | $2.38T | 2.1% | ×2.1 |
| 9 |  Canada | $2.27T | 2.0% | ×3.0 |
| 10 |  Brazil | $2.19T | 2.0% | ×3.3 |
| 11 |  Russia | $2.17T | 1.9% | ×8.3 |
| 12 |  South Korea | $1.88T | 1.7% | ×3.1 |
| 13 |  Mexico | $1.85T | 1.7% | ×2.5 |
| 14 |  Australia | $1.83T | 1.6% | ×4.5 |
| 15 |  Spain | $1.72T | 1.5% | ×2.9 |
| 16 |  Indonesia | $1.40T | 1.3% | ×7.9 |
| 17 |  Turkey | $1.32T | 1.2% | ×4.8 |
| 18 |  Saudi Arabia | $1.25T | 1.1% | ×6.6 |
| 19 |  Netherlands | $1.21T | 1.1% | ×2.9 |
| 20 |  Switzerland | $937B | 0.84% | ×3.4 |
| 21 |  Poland | $915B | 0.82% | ×5.3 |
| 22 |  Belgium | $665B | 0.60% | ×2.8 |
| 23 |  Argentina | $638B | 0.57% | ×2.1 |
| 24 |  Sweden | $605B | 0.54% | ×2.3 |
| 25 |  Ireland | $577B | 0.52% | ×5.8 |
| 26 |  United Arab Emirates | $552B | 0.50% | ×5.2 |
| 27 |  Singapore | $547B | 0.49% | ×5.7 |
| 28 |  Israel | $542B | 0.49% | ×4.0 |
| 29 |  Austria | $535B | 0.48% | ×2.7 |
| 30 |  Thailand | $526B | 0.47% | ×4.2 |
| 31 |  Norway | $484B | 0.43% | ×2.8 |
| 32 |  Vietnam | $476B | 0.43% | ×15.3 |
| 33 |  Philippines | $462B | 0.41% | ×5.5 |
| 34 |  Iran | $448B | 0.40% | ×4.0 |
| 35 |  Bangladesh | $433B | 0.39% | ×9.5 |
| 36 |  Denmark | $424B | 0.38% | ×2.6 |
| 37 |  Malaysia | $422B | 0.38% | ×4.5 |
| 38 |  Colombia | $418B | 0.38% | ×4.2 |
| 39 |  Hong Kong | $407B | 0.36% | ×2.4 |
| 40 |  South Africa | $401B | 0.36% | ×2.6 |
| 41 |  Romania | $383B | 0.34% | ×10.3 |
| 42 |  Pakistan | $379B | 0.34% | ×4.0 |
| 43 |  Czechia | $345B | 0.31% | ×5.5 |
| 44 |  Chile | $330B | 0.30% | ×4.2 |
| 45 |  Portugal | $313B | 0.28% | ×2.6 |
| 46 |  Egypt | $307B | 0.28% | ×3.2 |
| 47 |  Finland | $299B | 0.27% | ×2.4 |
| 48 |  Kazakhstan | $292B | 0.26% | ×15.9 |
| 49 |  Peru | $289B | 0.26% | ×5.6 |
| 50 |  Iraq | $280B | 0.25% | ×11.8 |
| 51 |  Algeria | $267B | 0.24% | ×4.6 |
| 52 |  New Zealand | $260B | 0.23% | ×4.8 |
| 53 |  Greece | $257B | 0.23% | ×2.0 |
| 54 |  Cuba | $252B | 0.23% | ×8.2 |
| 55 |  Nigeria | $252B | 0.23% | ×3.6 |
| 56 |  Hungary | $223B | 0.20% | ×4.7 |
| 57 |  Qatar | $219B | 0.20% | ×12.3 |
| 58 |  Ukraine | $191B | 0.17% | ×5.9 |
| 59 |  Morocco | $161B | 0.14% | ×4.1 |
| 60 |  Kuwait | $160B | 0.14% | ×4.2 |
| 61 |  Venezuela | $150B | 0.13% | ×1.3 |
| 62 |  Ethiopia | $142B | 0.13% | ×17.7 |
| 63 |  Slovakia | $142B | 0.13% | ×6.8 |
| 64 |  Puerto Rico | $126B | 0.11% | ×2.0 |
| 65 |  Ecuador | $125B | 0.11% | ×7.1 |
| 66 |  Dominican Republic | $124B | 0.11% | ×5.1 |
| 67 |  Kenya | $120B | 0.11% | ×7.6 |
| 68 |  Angola | $117B | 0.11% | ×8.6 |
| 69 |  Uzbekistan | $115B | 0.10% | ×7.0 |
| 70 |  Bulgaria | $113B | 0.10% | ×8.6 |
| 71 |  Guatemala | $113B | 0.10% | ×6.7 |
| 72 |  Oman | $107B | 0.10% | ×4.8 |
| 73 |  Sri Lanka | $99B | 0.09% | ×5.2 |
| 74 |  Costa Rica | $95B | 0.09% | ×6.4 |
| 75 |  Luxembourg | $93B | 0.08% | ×4.4 |
| 76 |  Croatia | $93B | 0.08% | ×4.2 |
| 77 |  Serbia | $89B | 0.08% | ×8.5 |
| 78 |  Panama | $86B | 0.08% | ×7.3 |
| 79 |  Côte d'Ivoire | $86B | 0.08% | ×8.0 |
| 80 |  Lithuania | $85B | 0.08% | ×7.3 |
| 81 |  Ghana | $83B | 0.07% | ×7.8 |
| 82 |  Uruguay | $81B | 0.07% | ×3.5 |
| 83 |  Tanzania (mainland) | $79B | 0.07% | ×6.4 |
| 84 |  Belarus | $76B | 0.07% | ×7.1 |
| 85 |  DR Congo | $75B | 0.07% | ×9.0 |
| 86 |  Azerbaijan | $74B | 0.07% | ×14.1 |
| 87 |  Slovenia | $72B | 0.06% | ×3.6 |
| 88 |  Turkmenistan | $69B | 0.06% | ×13.9 |
| 89 |  Myanmar | $65B | 0.06% | ×8.9 |
| 90 |  Uganda | $56B | 0.05% | ×8.3 |
| 91 |  Tunisia | $54B | 0.05% | ×2.5 |
| 92 |  Jordan | $53B | 0.05% | ×6.1 |
| 93 |  Cameroon | $53B | 0.05% | ×5.0 |
| 94 |  Macao | $50B | 0.04% | ×7.3 |
| 95 |  Libya | $48B | 0.04% | ×1.3 |
| 96 |  Bahrain | $47B | 0.04% | ×5.2 |
| 97 |  Bolivia | $47B | 0.04% | ×5.6 |
| 98 |  Cambodia | $46B | 0.04% | ×12.1 |
| 99 |  Zimbabwe | $46B | 0.04% | ×5.2 |
| 100 |  Paraguay | $45B | 0.04% | ×4.9 |
Questions and answers
Which country has the largest economy in the world?
The United States has the largest economy in the world, with a GDP of $29.30 trillion in 2024. China is second with $18.74 trillion, followed by Germany with $4.66 trillion.
Has the United States always been number one?
Yes. The United States has had the largest GDP in the world every year from 1961 to 2024. It produced 26% of world GDP in 2024, down from 31% in 1970.
Which country is the second largest economy?
China is the second largest economy, with a GDP of $18.74 trillion in 2024. Second place has changed hands twice since 1961: the Soviet Union held it until 1977, Japan from 1978 to 2009, and China has held it since 2010.
Is China's economy bigger than that of the United States?
Not on this ranking, which uses nominal GDP: each country's output converted into US dollars at the exchange rate of the year. Purchasing power parity (PPP) corrects instead for the difference in prices between countries. Measured that way, China's economy has been larger than that of the United States since 2014, according to the Maddison Project.
How is GDP measured?
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all the goods and services a country produces in a year. The figures here are in US dollars of each year, converted at that year's exchange rate and not adjusted for inflation, so a country's rank can move with its currency as well as with its output.
The figures come from the United Nations from 1970, and from the World Bank for 1961 to 1969. For those nine years the Soviet Union's figure is an estimate made by the US government.