List of Countries by Projected GDP

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year. In Nominal method, market exchange rates are used for conversion. To make meaningful comparison, PPP is used to compare economies and incomes of people by adjusting for differences in prices in different countries.

This list contains projected GDP's of 192 Countries/Economies in current prices (U.S. dollars) of year 2018 and 2023. GDP's of Pakistan and Egypt are missing in nominal methods. Both figure has been calculated by interpolation.

Gross world product in 2018 is projected at $87.51 trillion, its GDP (PPP) is forecasted at $134.98 trillion. Global economy is 1.54 times greater in PPP terms compare to nominal terms. Out of 192 economies, 174 have higher value in PPP basis and 17 have higher in nominal. For United States both values are identical.

United States and China would be the largest economy in nominal and PPP, respectively. Tuvalu would be the world's smallest economy in both methods. In exchange rates methods, Largest economy United States shares 23.3 percent of global wealth, while smallest economy Tuvalu contributes only 0.00005 percent. In PPP, 1st ranked China shares 18.7 percent and lowest ranked Tuvalu shares 0.00003 percent.

In nominal data, 16 economies would have gdp above $1 trillion, 64 have above $100 billion and 178 have above $1 billion. Top five economies accounts for approximately 53.51 %, where as top ten accounts for approx. 67.1 %. top 20 economies add up to over 80%. 92 smallest economies only contribute 1 % in global wealth and 155 lowest ranked constitute only 10 % of total.

In ppp data, 26 economies, 10 more than nominal, would have gdp above $1 trillion. 85 economies would have gdp greater than $100 billion and 182 have greater than $1 billion. top 5 economies share 48.92% of the world's economy, top 10 economies add up to over 61%, and the top 20 economies add up to over 75.8%. 82 smallest economies only share 1 % in global wealth and 150 lowest ranked share only 10 % of total.

There are much differences in rankings of economies between these two basis. Uzbekistan is highest gainer in ppp rank compare to its nominal rank. Rank of Uzbekistan is up by 33 place from 96th in nominal to 63th in ppp. Uzbekistan is followed by Sudan (+25), Egypt (+24), Myanmar (+22). Iceland is biggest looser in ppp ranking, down by 45 rank from 103th to 148th. Next in line comes Luxembourg (-32), Denmark (-25), Papua New Guinea (-22), and Malta (-22). 15 economies has same rank in both methods.