Which Countries Have the Highest GDP?
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GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product. A nation's Gross Domestic Product refers to the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. To prevent distortions, a system called purchasing power parity (PPP) is used to calculate the GDP estimates. The PPP method involves the use of standardized international dollar price weights to determine the value goods and services produced in a given economy. The amounts listed below are in billions of U.S. dollars.
| country | GDP in billions of dollars | |
| United States | 10,400 |  |
| China | 5,700 | |
| Japan | 3,550 | |
| India | 2,660 | |
| Germany | 2,180 | |
| France | 1,540 | |
| United Kingdom | 1,520 | |
| Italy | 1,440 | |
| Brazil | 1,340 | |
| Russia | 1,270 | |
| South Korea | 931 | |
| Canada | 923 | |
| Mexico | 900 | |
| Spain | 828 | |
| Indonesia | 687 | |
| Australia | 528 | |
| Turkey | 468 | |
| Iran | 456 | |
| Netherlands | 434 | |
| South Africa | 432 | |
| Thailand | 429 | |
| Argentina | 391 | |
| Taiwan | 391 | |
| Poland | 368 | |
| Philippines | 356 | |
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It's hard to get an accurate picture of how rich a country actually is from this, because some countries are so much bigger than others. It's easier to see when it's broken down into average per person. - lemmings
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Source: CIA World Factbook
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