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 191 Countries/Economies in current prices (U.S. dollars) of year 2017 and 2022. Data is based on projection by IMF outlook April 2017. GDP of Pakistan and Egypt is missing in nominal methods. Both data is calculated by interpolation.

Gross world product in 2017 is projected at $77.99 trillion, its GDP (PPP) is forecasted at $126.69 trillion. Global economy is 1.62 times greater in PPP terms compare to nominal terms. Out of 191 economies, 181 have higher value in PPP basis and 9 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 24.9 percent of global wealth, while smallest economy Tuvalu contributes only 0.00005 percent. In PPP, 1st ranked China shares 18.3 percent and lowest ranked Tuvalu shares 0.00003 percent.

In nominal data, 15 economies would have gdp above $1 trillion, 62 have above $100 billion and 177 have above $1 billion. Top five economies accounts for approximately 53.82 %, where as top ten accounts for approx. 67.19 %. top 20 economies add up to over 80%. 92 smallest economies only contribute 1 % in global wealth and 154 lowest ranked constitute only 10 % of total.

In ppp data, 25 economies, 10 more than nominal, would have gdp above $1 trillion. 84 economies would have gdp greater than $100 billion and 181 have greater than $1 billion. top 5 economies adds up to over 48% of the world's economy, top 10 economies add up to over 61%, and the top 20 economies add up to over 75%. 81 smallest economies only share 1 % in global wealth and 148 lowest ranked share only 10 % of total.

There are much differences in ranking of economies between these two basis. Azerbaijan is highest gainer in ppp rank compare to its nominal rank. Rank of Azerbaijan is up by 21 place from 94th in nominal to 73th in ppp. Azerbaijan is followed by Iraq (19), Madagascar (19), Algeria (19) and Myanmar (18). Iceland is biggest looser in ppp ranking, down by 40 rank from 107th to 147th. Next in line comes Luxembourg (-30), Israel (-22), Denmark (-22), and Papua New Guinea (-21). 20 economies has same rank in both methods.