Which Countries Have the Highest GDP?

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 US 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

Written by L. S. Wynn