World economy rankings: GDP, income, debt and reserves
Which economies are the largest, which are richest per person, and how have the rankings changed since the 1990s? These pages rank countries with World Bank World Development Indicators, used under CC BY 4.0.
Values are in current US dollars unless a page says otherwise (for example GDP at purchasing power parity), and each page shows the year of the data.
Rankings and charts
US, Japan or Korea: Whose GDP Per Person Grew Most, 1996 to 2025?
United States: $30.0K in 1996 to $90.0K in 2025 (3.00x, +3.9% a year). Japan: $39.9K in 1996 to $36.0K in 2025 (0.90x, -0.4% a year). South
India, Japan or Germany: Whose GDP Grew Most, 1996 to 2025?
India: $0.39T in 1996 to $3.96T in 2025 (10.1x, +8.3% a year). Japan: $5.02T in 1996 to $4.44T in 2025 (0.88x, -0.4% a year). Germany: $2.51
Top 10 Richest per Person: GDP per Person (current US$) (2024)
Monaco's GDP per person is 3.3x that of the United States (#10), and 1.3x #2 Liechtenstein.
US vs China: Whose GDP Grew More, 1996 to 2025?
United States: $8.07T in 1996 to $30.8T in 2025 (3.81x, +4.7% a year). China: $0.87T in 1996 to $19.5T in 2025 (22.4x, +11.3% a year).
Top 10 Largest Economies by GDP (current US$) (2024)
The US economy is 1.6x the size of #2 China, and the top 10 together make up 66.6% of world GDP.
China, India, Brazil or Mexico: Whose External Debt Grew Most, 1995 to 2024?
China: $118.3B in 1995 to $2,420B in 2024 (20.5x, +11.0% a year). India: $93.8B in 1995 to $716.5B in 2024 (7.64x, +7.3% a year). Brazil: $1
Top 10 External Debt: Developing Countries (End of 2024)
One country's external debt is 3.4x the next one's: China owes $2.42T vs India's $716.46B, and China alone is 40% of the top-10 total.
World's Biggest Economies: GDP At PPP (1990 → 2024)
China's economy is 1.3x the USA's in 2024 at purchasing power parity: $38.2T vs $29.3T.
What $100 Needs Today: Same Buying Power as $100 Then (2024 Dollars)
Prices from the BLS CPI-U (U.S. city average, all items, annual average of monthly values), accessed 2026-10-27. Figure = dollars needed in
Richest Places per Person: GDP per Person Race (2012 → 2023)
Ireland's GDP per person grew 2.2x from 2012 to 2023.