Projected GDP Ranking

Source	International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (October - 2020)
Date	16 Mar 2021

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GDP ranking 2021

GDP per capita ranking 2021

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As of 2021, the United States and China would occupy the first two places in the world gdp ranking of both methods. The US and China's margin is coming down in nominal ranking as China's gdp growth rate of 2021 (8.24%) is much higher than the US's 3.08%. On a nominal basis, the US is ahead of China by $5 trillion in 2021 compared to $5.59 trillion in 2020. On a ppp basis, China has overtaken the US in 2016 and ahead by Int. $4.8 trillion, and the gap is increasing. China will remain the world's largest economy on a ppp basis over the next few decades as 2nd ranked US is growing slow and 3rd ranked India is way behind.

In nominal gdp list, 3rd biggest Japan and 4th biggest Germany would remain stable. France might overtake The United Kingdom and India for 5th place. Other changes in the top 20 would be Australia and Spain overtaking Brazil, and Taiwan will replace Turkey in the top 20 list. Among the top 50, Malaysia's Economic rank would move up by six positions, while Hong Kong and Pakistan would lose three places.

In the ppp ranking, There would be no change in the top 10 list. Other changes in the top 20 would be Italy overtaking Mexico and Poland overtaking Egypt. Among the top 50, Only ten economies will experience a change in ranking; five economies will move up and down by one position each.

In the list of top 50, All economies will experience a positive growth rate in 2020. India is the fastest-growing economy with 8.80%, followed by China (8.24%). Five economies will grow by over 7%. Pakistan has the lowest growth rate of 1.02%, followed by the United Arab Emirates (1.35%) and Nigeria (1.70%).

United States (1,5) is present in both lists of the top ten GDP and GDP per capita ranking at nominal terms. Germany (4,15), France (5,20), Canada (9,19), Australia (12,11), Netherlands (17,9), and Switzerland (18,3) are in the top twenty list of GDP and GDP per capita ranking. In PPP, United States (2,8) is present in the top ten, and Germany (5,16) is in the top twenty of both rankings.

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GDP (Nominal) Ranking
Country/Economy	GDP (Nominal) (billions of $)						Growth (%)	GDP per capita (Nominal) ($)		Continent
Country/Economy	2020	Rank	2021	Rank	Share (%)	diff	2021	2021	Rank	Continent
Pakistan	262.80	45	277.83	48	0.305	1.06	1.02	1,308	160	Asia
United States	20,807.27	1	21,921.59	1	24.1	-	3.08	66,144	5	North America
China	15,222.16	2	16,834.59	2	18.5	5,087	8.24	11,956	63	Asia
Japan	4,910.58	3	5,103.18	3	5.61	11,731	2.32	40,733	25	Asia
Germany	3,780.55	4	4,318.49	4	4.74	785	4.18	51,967	15	Europe
France	2,551.45	7	2,917.67	5	3.21	1,401	6.03	44,770	20	Europe
United Kingdom	2,638.30	5	2,855.67	6	3.14	62.0	5.92	42,236	23	Europe
India	2,592.58	6	2,833.87	7	3.11	21.8	8.80	2,031	147	Asia
Italy	1,848.22	8	2,111.65	8	2.32	722	5.24	35,062	26	Europe
Canada	1,600.26	9	1,763.05	9	1.94	349	5.18	45,871	19	North America
Korea	1,586.79	10	1,674.11	10	1.84	88.9	2.87	32,305	28	Asia
Russia	1,464.08	11	1,584.22	11	1.74	89.9	2.82	10,792	67	Europe
Australia	1,334.69	13	1,480.36	12	1.63	104	2.95	57,211	11	Oceania
Spain	1,247.46	14	1,450.88	13	1.59	29.5	7.15	31,178	32	Europe
Brazil	1,363.77	12	1,431.62	14	1.57	19.3	2.83	6,728	89	South America
Indonesia	1,088.77	15	1,167.18	15	1.28	264	6.11	4,287	113	Asia
Mexico	1,040.37	16	1,094.53	16	1.20	72.7	3.53	8,402	78	North America
Netherlands	886.34	17	1,005.71	17	1.10	88.8	4.05	58,029	9	Europe
Switzerland	707.87	18	790.66	18	0.869	215	3.58	90,358	3	Europe
Saudi Arabia	680.90	19	735.48	19	0.808	55.2	3.10	20,742	45	Asia
Taiwan Province of China	635.55	21	682.70	20	0.750	52.8	3.22	28,889	34	Asia
Turkey	649.44	20	652.41	21	0.717	30.3	5.00	7,659	85	Europe
Islamic Republic of Iran	610.66	22	651.71	22	0.716	0.70	3.16	7,668	84	Asia
Poland	580.89	23	634.90	23	0.697	16.8	4.60	16,740	50	Europe
Sweden	529.05	24	611.97	24	0.672	22.9	3.47	57,660	10	Europe
Belgium	503.42	26	576.77	25	0.634	35.2	5.35	50,051	16	Europe
Thailand	509.20	25	536.84	26	0.590	39.9	4.00	7,675	83	Asia
Austria	432.89	28	490.40	27	0.539	46.4	4.65	54,820	13	Europe
Nigeria	442.98	27	466.88	28	0.513	23.5	1.70	2,209	143	Africa
Ireland	399.06	29	457.52	29	0.503	9.36	4.94	90,478	2	Europe
Argentina	382.76	31	416.94	30	0.458	40.6	4.89	9,095	75	South America
Norway	366.39	33	414.23	31	0.455	2.71	3.56	76,408	4	Europe
Israel	383.43	30	408.51	32	0.449	5.72	4.87	43,439	22	Asia
Philippines	367.36	32	398.33	33	0.438	10.2	7.41	3,602	127	Asia
Malaysia	336.33	40	380.26	34	0.418	18.1	7.80	11,378	65	Asia
Egypt	361.88	34	374.89	35	0.412	5.37	2.76	3,606	126	Africa
United Arab Emirates	353.90	35	373.15	36	0.410	1.75	1.35	32,686	27	Asia
Denmark	339.63	38	370.59	37	0.407	2.55	3.50	63,645	6	Europe
Vietnam	340.60	37	369.49	38	0.406	1.10	6.70	3,759	121	Asia
Hong Kong SAR	341.32	36	364.68	39	0.401	4.81	3.67	47,990	18	Asia
Singapore	337.45	39	362.52	40	0.398	2.16	4.98	62,113	7	Asia
Bangladesh	317.77	41	338.39	41	0.372	24.1	4.40	1,990	148	Asia
South Africa	282.59	42	317.19	42	0.348	21.2	3.00	5,236	96	Africa
Finland	267.86	43	303.28	43	0.333	13.9	3.57	54,817	14	Europe
Romania	248.62	46	289.41	44	0.318	13.9	4.57	14,916	55	Europe
Colombia	264.93	44	280.40	45	0.308	9.01	4.04	5,457	95	South America
Chile	245.41	47	280.17	46	0.308	0.23	4.50	14,209	59	South America
Czech Republic	241.98	48	278.89	47	0.306	1.28	5.12	25,991	38	Europe
Portugal	221.72	49	257.06	49	0.282	20.8	6.50	25,097	39	Europe
Greece	194.38	51	219.01	50	0.241	38.0	4.12	20,521	46	Europe
World	83,845		91,031				5.15	11,773

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GDP (PPP) Ranking
Country/Economy	GDP (PPP) (billions of Int. $)						Growth (%)	GDP per capita (PPP) (Int. $)		Continent
Country/Economy	2020	Rank	2021	Rank	Share	diff	2021	2021	Rank	Continent
China	24,162.44	1	26,730.56	1	19.1 %	-	8.24	18,983	76	Asia
United States	20,807.27	2	21,921.59	2	15.7 %	4,809	3.08	66,144	8	North America
India	8,681.30	3	9,654.25	3	6.90 %	12,267	8.80	6,918	130	Asia
Japan	5,236.14	4	5,476.06	4	3.92 %	4,178	2.32	43,709	30	Asia
Germany	4,454.50	5	4,743.42	5	3.39 %	733	4.18	57,081	16	Europe
Russia	4,021.73	6	4,226.34	6	3.02 %	517	2.82	28,792	56	Europe
Indonesia	3,328.29	7	3,609.70	7	2.58 %	617	6.11	13,259	98	Asia
Brazil	3,078.90	8	3,235.90	8	2.31 %	374	2.83	15,208	86	South America
United Kingdom	2,978.56	9	3,224.61	9	2.31 %	11.3	5.92	47,693	27	Europe
France	2,954.20	10	3,201.42	10	2.29 %	23.2	6.03	49,124	25	Europe
Italy	2,415.41	12	2,598.14	11	1.86 %	603	5.24	43,139	33	Europe
Mexico	2,424.51	11	2,565.55	12	1.83 %	32.6	3.53	19,695	72	North America
Turkey	2,381.59	13	2,555.85	13	1.83 %	9.70	5.00	30,004	53	Europe
Korea	2,293.48	14	2,411.45	14	1.72 %	144	2.87	46,534	28	Asia
Canada	1,809.00	15	1,944.66	15	1.39 %	467	5.18	50,596	23	North America
Spain	1,773.36	16	1,942.21	16	1.39 %	2.45	7.15	41,736	35	Europe
Saudi Arabia	1,608.61	17	1,695.10	17	1.21 %	247	3.10	47,805	26	Asia
Australia	1,307.92	18	1,376.28	18	0.984 %	319	2.95	53,189	21	Oceania
Poland	1,280.66	20	1,369.16	19	0.979 %	7.13	4.60	36,099	43	Europe
Egypt	1,292.48	19	1,357.42	20	0.971 %	11.7	2.76	13,058	100	Africa
Taiwan Province of China	1,275.81	21	1,346.04	21	0.963 %	11.4	3.22	56,959	18	Asia
Thailand	1,261.49	22	1,340.94	22	0.959 %	5.09	4.00	19,170	74	Asia
Vietnam	1,047.32	24	1,142.18	23	0.817 %	199	6.70	11,619	109	Asia
Pakistan	1,076.26	23	1,111.26	24	0.795 %	30.9	1.02	5,230	144	Asia
Nigeria	1,044.21	25	1,085.40	25	0.776 %	25.9	1.70	5,134	147	Africa
Islamic Republic of Iran	1,006.70	26	1,061.40	26	0.759 %	24.0	3.16	12,488	105	Asia
Netherlands	986.77	27	1,049.40	27	0.751 %	12.0	4.05	60,550	13	Europe
Philippines	933.91	28	1,025.29	28	0.733 %	24.1	7.41	9,271	119	Asia
Malaysia	900.43	30	992.10	29	0.710 %	33.2	7.80	29,686	54	Asia
Argentina	924.54	29	991.17	30	0.709 %	0.94	4.89	21,621	66	South America
Bangladesh	864.88	31	978.20	31	0.700 %	13.0	4.40	5,752	136	Asia
Colombia	719.25	32	764.84	32	0.547 %	213	4.04	14,884	90	South America
South Africa	710.77	33	748.27	33	0.535 %	16.6	3.00	12,351	106	Africa
United Arab Emirates	647.65	34	670.89	34	0.480 %	77.4	1.35	58,767	15	Asia
Switzerland	590.90	35	625.59	35	0.447 %	45.3	3.58	71,493	6	Europe
Romania	584.85	36	625.11	36	0.447 %	0.48	4.57	32,218	48	Europe
Belgium	575.81	37	620.03	37	0.443 %	5.08	5.35	53,805	20	Europe
Singapore	551.63	38	591.88	38	0.423 %	28.2	4.98	101,409	2	Asia
Sweden	551.52	39	583.24	39	0.417 %	8.63	3.47	54,953	19	Europe
Ukraine	527.93	40	555.78	40	0.397 %	27.5	3.00	13,434	95	Europe
Kazakhstan	501.79	41	528.41	41	0.378 %	27.4	3.03	27,644	58	Asia
Austria	493.17	42	527.48	42	0.377 %	0.92	4.65	58,966	14	Europe
Algeria	488.29	43	514.87	43	0.368 %	12.6	3.16	11,435	110	Africa
Chile	456.39	44	487.45	44	0.349 %	27.4	4.50	24,721	62	South America
Ireland	447.72	45	480.23	45	0.343 %	7.21	4.94	94,971	4	Europe
Hong Kong SAR	439.46	46	465.64	46	0.333 %	14.6	3.67	61,275	10	Asia
Czech Republic	430.89	47	462.95	47	0.331 %	2.69	5.12	43,144	32	Europe
Peru	385.72	49	422.97	48	0.303 %	40.0	7.29	12,503	104	South America
Iraq	399.40	48	418.55	49	0.299 %	4.42	2.53	10,165	116	Asia
Israel	360.97	50	386.91	50	0.277 %	31.6	4.87	41,142	39	Asia
World	130,187		139,824				5.15	18,083