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World GDP by Country
— the 2025 map.

Data year

Every major economy on one screen. Nominal GDP, output per person, real growth and share of the world — searchable by country, filterable by region and size tier. The same picture a Gulf operator keeps on the wall when deciding where the next cheque, supplier or store should go.

The Heavyweights

Top 10 economies · 2025

Key Metrics

How the $117 trillion splits up

Where global output actually sits — by region, by the biggest single economies, by who earns the most per head, and by who grew fastest.

Share of world GDP by region

Seven World-Bank regions, ranked by total nominal output.

Ten largest economies

Nominal GDP, US$ trillion. Bars relative to the United States.

Richest per person

Highest GDP per capita, US$. Size of an economy and wealth per head are very different stories.

Fastest growing in 2025

Real GDP growth, %. Where the momentum is — led by South Asia, the Gulf and parts of Africa.
By Region

The world in seven regions

Total output and the number of economies indexed in each region. Use the table filter below to drill into any one.

Explore

The full league table · 2025

Search any country, filter by region or size tier, and sort by any column. Click a column header to re-sort. Switch the data year up in the hero.

Rank Country GDP (Nominal) GDP / Capita Growth Share Tier

This dashboard indexes the largest economies, together about 99% of global output. The IMF tracks ~195 economies in total; the remaining smaller economies are omitted for readability. Share is computed against world nominal GDP of roughly $117 trillion. Growth is real (inflation-adjusted) GDP growth for 2025. Per-capita figures are nominal. Figures are IMF estimates and are rounded.

What an operator reads into it

Four things this table tells you in 2025

Field note

Why a Dubai operator keeps a GDP map on the wall

Numbers like these aren't trivia. When you're choosing where to register a company, which market to ship a brand into, or which currency to invoice in, the size, growth and per-capita wealth of an economy decide whether the unit economics ever work. The Gulf punches far above its population on this table — that's exactly why so much capital, retail and franchise activity concentrates here. If you want the same lens applied to a specific market or a real business plan, that's the work I do.

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