A great contextual chart by the Visual Capitalist
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Highlights:
- The aggregate World GDP number: $100 trillion
- The U.S. has been the world’s largest economy since 1871
- But, China is projected to surpass the U.S. by 2030
- Russia — the small circle at the 6 o’clock position on the chart — is the 11th largest economy @ $1.8 trillion … less than 1/10th the size of the U.S. economy … smaller than Canada, Italy and both California and Texas.
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The Top 10
click here to view the ‘all countries’ list
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