Money & Markets1960–2024
Largest Economies by GDP
Sixty-five years of the world economy measured in nominal US dollars. The United States leads throughout, but the drama is behind it: Japan's bubble-era surge to #2, China's staggering climb past Japan in 2010, and India edging past its former colonizer Britain around 2022.
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Source: World Bank Nominal GDP in current USD; recent years partly estimated. Updated 2026-07-03
The race in numbers
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64years covered
15contenders
United Stateslongest reign — 64 yrs at #1, wire to wire
Final standings · 2024
- 1United States$27.4T
- 2China$17.8T
- 3Germany$4.53T
- 4Japan$4.11T
- 5India$3.94T