| The World's Fifty Largest Economies | |||||||
| No | Nation | Population | $ GDP1 | Per Capita GDP | Real Growth2 | Unemployment | Inflation3 |
| 1 | United States | 267.950.672 | 8.083 bln. | 30.166 | 3,9% | 4,5% | 1,6% |
| 2 | Norway | 4.418.315 | 121 bln. | 27.386 | 3,5% | 2,6% | 2,0% |
| 3 | Japan | 125.734.813 | 3.080 bln. | 24.496 | 0,9% | 3,4% | 1,7% |
| 4 | Switzerland | 7.223.552 | 172 bln. | 23.811 | 0,4% | 5,0% | -0,1% |
| 5 | Belgium | 10.152.284 | 236 bln. | 23.246 | 2,3% | 12,8% | 1,7% |
| 6 | Denmark | 5.326.750 | 123 bln. | 23.091 | 3,0% | 7,9% | 2,2% |
| 7 | France | 58.609.359 | 1.320 bln. | 22.522 | 2,3% | 12,4% | 2,0% |
| 8 | Netherlands | 15.654.152 | 344 bln. | 21.975 | 3,3% | 6,9% | 2,0% |
| 9 | Italy | 56.831.202 | 1.240 bln. | 21.819 | 1,5% | 12,2% | 1,9% |
| 10 | Canada | 30.337.959 | 658 bln. | 21.689 | 3,5% | 8,6% | 1,8% |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 57.590.651 | 1.242 bln. | 21.566 | 3,5% | 5,5% | 3,1% |
| 12 | Austria | 8.127.802 | 174 bln. | 21.408 | 2,1% | 7,1% | 1,3% |
| 13 | Australia | 18.438.786 | 394 bln. | 21.368 | 3,3% | 8,4% | 1,0% |
| 14 | Germany | 82.071.600 | 1.740 bln. | 21.201 | 2,4% | 12,0% | 1,8% |
| 15 | Sweden | 8.854.900 | 176 bln. | 19.876 | 2,1% | 6,6% | 2,0% |
| 16 | Spain | 39.084.378 | 642 bln. | 16.426 | 3,3% | 21,0% | 2,1% |
| 17 | Portugal | 9.964.129 | 150 bln. | 15.054 | 3,3% | 7,0% | 2,3% |
| 18 | Taiwan | 21.699.309 | 308 bln. | 14.194 | 6,8% | 2,7% | 0,9% |
| 19 | South Korea | 45.934.337 | 631 bln. | 13.737 | 6,0% | 2,0% | 5,0% |
| 20 | Greece | 10.584.872 | 137 bln. | 12.943 | 3,7% | 10,0% | 6,0% |
| 21 | Chile | 14.551.403 | 169 bln. | 11.614 | 7,1% | 6,1% | 6,0% |
| 22 | Malaysia | 20.491.063 | 227 bln. | 11.078 | 7,4% | 2,6% | 36,0% |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 10.307.380 | 112 bln. | 10.866 | 0,7% | 5,0% | 10,0% |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 20.136.186 | 207 bln. | 10.280 | 4,0% | 6,5% | 0,0% |
| 25 | Argentina | 35.776.704 | 348 bln. | 9.727 | 8,4% | 13,7% | 0,3% |
| 26 | Thailand | 59.449.665 | 525 bln. | 8.831 | -0,4% | 2,6% | 5,6% |
| 27 | Venezuela | 22.397.094 | 185 bln. | 8.260 | 5,0% | 11,5% | 38,0% |
| 28 | Poland | 38.657.311 | 281 bln. | 7.269 | 6,9% | 12,0% | 15,0% |
| 29 | Mexico | 97.526.700 | 694 bln. | 7.116 | 7,3% | 3,7% | 15,7% |
| 30 | Syria | 16.121.673 | 106 bln. | 6.575 | 4,6% | 12,0% | 15,0% |
| 31 | South Africa | 42.326.383 | 270 bln. | 6.379 | 3,0% | 30,0% | 9,7% |
| 32 | Brazil | 164.504.903 | 1.040 bln. | 6.322 | 3,0% | 7,0% | 4,8% |
| 33 | Colombia | 37.402.849 | 231 bln. | 6.176 | 3,1% | 12,2% | 17,7% |
| 34 | Turkey | 63.481.675 | 388 bln. | 6.112 | 7,2% | 5,9% | 99,0% |
| 35 | Iran | 67.503.639 | 371 bln. | 5.496 | 3,2% | 30,0% | 23,0% |
| 36 | Romania | 22.423.288 | 114 bln. | 5.084 | -6,6% | 8,8% | 151,0% |
| 37 | Russia | 147.296.722 | 692 bln. | 4.698 | 0,4% | 9,0% | 11,0% |
| 38 | Indonesia | 209.790.209 | 960 bln. | 4.576 | 4,0% | 15,0% | 50,0% |
| 39 | Peru | 25.527.964 | 110 bln. | 4.309 | 7,3% | 8,2% | 6,7% |
| 40 | Egypt | 64.805.825 | 267 bln. | 4.120 | 5,2% | 9,4% | 4,9% |
| 41 | Algeria | 29.732.408 | 120 bln. | 4.036 | 2,5% | 28,0% | 7,0% |
| 42 | Morocco | 30.389.094 | 107 bln. | 3.521 | -2,2% | 16,0% | 3,0% |
| 43 | China | 1.221.615.406 | 4.250 bln. | 3.479 | 8,8% | 0,0% | 2,8% |
| 44 | Philippines | 76.107.298 | 244 bln. | 3.206 | 5,1% | 8,7% | 5,1% |
| 45 | Pakistan | 132.205.995 | 344 bln. | 2.602 | 3,1% | NA | 11,8% |
| 46 | Ukraine | 50.484.652 | 125 bln. | 2.476 | -3,2% | 2,6% | 10,0% |
| 47 | Vietnam | 75.117.370 | 128 bln. | 1.704 | 8,5% | 25,0% | 5,0% |
| 48 | India | 966.603.654 | 1.534 bln. | 1.587 | 5,0% | NA | 7,0% |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 125.375.375 | 167 bln. | 1.332 | 5,5% | 35,2% | 2,5% |
| 50 | Nigeria | 104.463.586 | 133 bln.4 | 1.277 | 3,3% | 28,0% | 12,0% |
| 1. In 1997 purchasing-power parity dollars. | |||||||
| 2. Chane in GDP over the previous year, adjusted for consumer and producer price inflation. | |||||||
| 3. Change in consumer prices over the previous year. | |||||||
| 4. Figure is for 1996. | |||||||
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