Top 10 Economies GDP PPP
— World 68,996,849
— European Union European Union 15,247,163
- 1 United States - $14,264,600
- 2 People's Republic of China - $7,916,4291
- 3 Japan - $4,354,368
- 4 India - $3,288,345
- 5 Germany - $2,910,490
- 6 Russia - $2,260,907
- 7 United Kingdom - $2,230,549
- 8 France - $2,130,383
- 9 Brazil - $1,981,207
- 10 Italy - $ 1,814,557
GDP measured by Purchasing Power Parity PPP tried to measure the actual living standards of a country reflecting local living costs. Exchange rates may distort living costs. For example, the Chinese currency is undervalued, this means when we measure GDP in $US output appears lower than when we take into account different living costs.
Source: IMF (2008)
Page updated January 2010.
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