Revealed: These are the largest economies in the world, 2025

Despina WilsonNovember 25, 2024Special Reports

Undisputed heavyweights: According to the latest GDP data, the global economy in 2025 is gearing up to be shaped by five leading nations: the United States, China, Germany, Japan, and India. These countries are set to take the lead as the largest economies, each significantly impacting global wealth and commerce. Following closely behind, we can expect to see the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, and Brazil rounding out the top ten, showcasing a vibrant mix of both established and emerging markets.

What’s really exciting is that every nation in the top 20 is expected to surpass an impressive milestone of 1 trillion US dollars in GDP! This shows just how much these countries are growing and the important roles they’ll play on the global stage. It’s a hopeful outlook that gives us a sneak peek into the future of international trade and business.

As we dive deeper into these leading economies, we can appreciate what makes each one special in 2025. The United States is likely to stay on top as the largest economy in the world, boasting a remarkable GDP of $30.33 trillion, thanks to its bustling consumer market and innovative industries. Right behind, China is expected to shine with a GDP of $19.53 trillion, fueled by its rapid industrial growth and a growing middle class.

Germany, often seen as Europe’s economic powerhouse, is projected to take third place globally with a GDP of $4.92 trillion, driven by its strong manufacturing and export-oriented economy. In fourth place, Japan is on track to reach nearly $4.38 trillion in GDP and is known for its cutting-edge technology and high quality of life.

The top ten economies will include not only well-established G7 nations but also some of the fastest-growing economies, like China, India, and Brazil. This mix highlights how the global economy is changing, and emerging markets are stepping into the spotlight!

Largest economies in the world, 2025

Rank	Country	2025 GDP	Region	Sub-region	2024 GDP	2026 GDP	2027 GDP	2028 GDP	2029 GDP
1	United States	30337.162	Americas	North America	29167.779	31526.939	32786.79	34096.034	35457.964
2	China	19534.894	Asia	East Asia	18273.357	20810.882	22050.806	23319.715	24589.667
3	Germany	4921.563	Europe	West Europe	4710.032	5117.18	5267.977	5415.468	5566.083
4	Japan	4389.326	Asia	East Asia	4070.094	4584.638	4742.525	4949.611	5075.026
5	India	4271.922	Asia	South Asia	3889.13	4710.371	5193.509	5723.287	6307.191
6	United Kingdom	3730.261	Europe	North Europe	3587.545	3873.119	4023.533	4190.028	4371.806
7	France	3283.429	Europe	West Europe	3174.099	3398.061	3500.28	3612.349	3725.937
8	Italy	2459.597	Europe	South Europe	2376.51	2534.561	2595.79	2663.695	2736.155
9	Canada	2330.308	Americas	North America	2214.796	2445.95	2559.321	2675.974	2793.495
10	Brazil	2307.162	Americas	South America	2188.419	2444.937	2571.539	2709.595	2854.978
11	Russia	2195.708	Europe	East Europe	2184.316	2249.265	2304.56	2366.771	2413.167
12	South Korea	1947.133	Asia	East Asia	1869.916	2029.479	2114.435	2197.399	2278.685
13	Australia	1881.14	Oceania	Oceania	1802.006	1965.385	2040.963	2125.575	2219.941
14	Spain	1827.576	Europe	South Europe	1731.469	1913.163	1986.266	2064.131	2145.861
15	Mexico	1817.818	Americas	Central America	1848.125	1905.278	1994.119	2085.533	2176.05
16	Indonesia	1492.618	Asia	South-East Asia	1402.59	1614.873	1743.582	1883.651	2030.467
17	Turkey (Türkiye)	1455.413	Asia	West Asia	1344.318	1477.336	1565.506	1660.519	1764.235
18	Netherlands	1272.96	Europe	West Europe	1218.401	1325.691	1372.992	1421.317	1470.883
19	Saudi Arabia	1136.58	Asia	West Asia	1100.706	1199.156	1262.326	1332.093	1409.058
20	Switzerland	1106.74	Europe	West Europe	942.265	1045.766	1085.66	1134.174	1177.376
21	Poland	915.451	Europe	East Europe	862.908	968.258	1022.517	1071.808	1122.461
22	Taiwan	814.438	Asia	East Asia	775.017	859.634	902.076	936.808	956.168
23	Belgium	689.364	Europe	West Europe	662.183	712.129	731.863	752.545	775.427
24	Sweden	638.78	Europe	North Europe	609.039	667.508	698.075	728.927	760.93
25	Ireland	587.225	Europe	North Europe	560.566	613.962	639.215	665.269	694.167
26	Argentina	574.201	Americas	South America	604.382	611.292	647.758	682.87	713.896
27	United Arab Emirates	568.567	Asia	West Asia	545.053	601.759	636.705	673.519	712.688
28	Singapore	561.725	Asia	South-East Asia	530.708	587.669	614.145	641.802	670.938
29	Austria	559.218	Europe	West Europe	535.804	584.462	605.492	624.408	643.252
30	Israel	550.905	Asia	West Asia	528.067	584.771	610.251	637.935	667.234
31	Thailand	545.341	Asia	South-East Asia	528.919	569.517	596.267	624.015	652.658
32	Philippines	507.67	Asia	South-East Asia	470.062	550	595.304	648.975	707.24
33	Norway	506.466	Europe	North Europe	503.752	509.343	522.441	536.045	550.747
34	Vietnam	506.426	Asia	South-East Asia	468.485	545.101	585.992	628.634	671.732
35	Malaysia	488.25	Asia	South-East Asia	439.748	522.253	553.081	587.088	621.325
36	Bangladesh	481.856	Asia	South Asia	451.468	540.62	591.936	650.46	719.246
37	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	463.747	Asia	South Asia	434.243	498.49	532.556	565.472	599.895
38	Denmark	431.228	Europe	North Europe	412.293	448.531	465.97	484.417	503.673
39	Hong Kong (China)	422.057	Asia	East Asia	401.751	441.629	463.963	486.511	510.548
40	Colombia	419.331	Americas	South America	417.207	440.295	462.301	486.406	511.227
41	South Africa	418.046	Africa	South Africa	403.045	432.512	446.803	460.933	476.21
42	Romania	406.202	Europe	East Europe	380.561	431.677	453.108	474.421	497.1
43	Pakistan	374.2	Asia	South Asia	374.595	270.25	370.45	370.56	372.8
44	Chile	362.24	Americas	South America	328.72	379.154	396.045	413.373	431.958
45	Czech Republic (Czechia)	360.233	Europe	East Europe	342.992	377.338	392.318	408.002	424.725
46	Egypt	345.874	Africa	North Africa	380.044	387.243	431.16	479.957	533.467
47	Finland	319.989	Europe	North Europe	306.083	333.638	345.727	358.352	371.296
48	Portugal	319.934	Europe	South Europe	303.032	333.636	346.029	359.301	373.366
49	Kazakhstan	306.629	Asia	Central Asia	292.553	325.467	347.568	366.778	387.086
50	Peru	294.898	Americas	South America	283.309	306.474	318.954	332.713	347.63
51	Iraq	270.874	Asia	West Asia	264.149	288.773	306.537	326.721	349.022
52	Greece	265.171	Europe	South Europe	252.732	275.854	284.996	294.529	304.436
53	Algeria	264.27	Africa	North Africa	260.134	270.141	275.081	279.617	284.352
54	New Zealand	262.924	Oceania	Oceania	252.236	274.325	285.718	298.296	311.382
55	Hungary	245.619	Europe	East Europe	228.806	260.718	275.757	292.44	309.882
56	Qatar	226.217	Asia	West Asia	221.406	242.135	262.192	273.785	281.832
57	Nigeria	194.955	Africa	West Africa	199.721	224.78	239.413	260.959	268.949
58	Ukraine	189.827	Europe	East Europe	184.099	207.4	221.253	234.533	249.394
59	Morocco	168.597	Africa	North Africa	157.087	180.603	193.203	206.499	218.675
60	Kuwait	161.95	Asia	West Asia	161.822	165.951	171.06	177.062	183.69
61	Slovakia	152.479	Europe	East Europe	142.617	160.36	167.774	175.71	183.368
62	Dominican Republic	135.545	Africa	Caribbean	126.238	145.399	155.87	167.089	179.03
63	Uzbekistan	127.407	Asia	Central Asia	112.653	141.221	155.436	171.557	189.881
64	Ecuador	125.658	Americas	South America	121.425	129.682	134.808	140.267	145.992
65	Guatemala	120.964	Americas	Central America	112.369	130.469	140.853	152.049	164.142
66	Ethiopia	120.913	Africa	East Africa	145.031	138.354	157.97	179.189	201.58
67	Angola	118.409	Africa	Middle Africa	113.286	124.169	133.22	141.459	150.679
68	Kenya	116.662	Africa	East Africa	116.321	118.567	124.597	133.201	142.736
69	Bulgaria	115.531	Europe	East Europe	108.425	121.858	128.062	134.1	140.758
70	Oman	111.306	Asia	West Asia	109.993	116.185	121.287	126.559	132.641
71	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	109.957	Americas	South America	106.327	110.21	110.63	110.96	111.24
72	Costa Rica	100.67	Americas	Central America	95.149	106.796	113.212	120.01	127.08
73	Luxembourg	96.993	Europe	West Europe	91.21	101.969	106.211	110.695	115.499
74	Croatia	96.028	Europe	South Europe	89.665	101.551	106.368	111.485	116.917
75	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	95.462	Africa	West Africa	86.993	103.94	113.758	123.482	133.761
76	Panama	91.731	Americas	Central America	87.347	97.309	103.225	109.501	116.159
77	Turkmenistan	91.185	Asia	Central Asia	83.883	99.296	108.379	118.491	129.706
78	Serbia	88.634	Europe	South Europe	82.55	95.36	102.204	109.557	117.547
79	Lithuania	87.981	Europe	North Europe	82.789	92.895	97.187	101.677	106.433
80	Uruguay	86.423	Americas	South America	82.482	90.427	94.785	99.514	104.371
81	Tanzania	85.477	Africa	East Africa	79.867	92.982	101.799	111.649	122.4
82	Sri Lanka	84.98	Asia	South Asia	84.36	85.61	85.94	86.21	86.32
83	DR Congo [Democratic Republic of the Congo]	79.237	Africa	Middle Africa	72.483	84.463	90.105	95.147	100.512
84	Slovenia	77.354	Europe	South Europe	73.198	81.009	84.63	88.513	92.64
85	Azerbaijan	77.041	Asia	West Asia	75.649	80.407	84.138	88.41	93.196
86	Belarus	76.873	Europe	East Europe	73.129	80.269	83.735	87.685	91.426
87	Ghana	75.761	Africa	West Africa	75.307	81.054	86.817	92.778	99.054
88	Myanmar [Burma]	65.009	Asia	South-East Asia	64.284	68.633	73.949	79.788	86.21
89	Uganda	62.917	Africa	East Africa	55.587	72.434	78.165	84.772	93.432
90	Macao (China)	59.274	Asia	East Asia	53.447	63.466	66.973	70.515	74.229
91	Cameroon	57.746	Africa	Middle Africa	53.391	62.079	66.361	71.204	76.417
92	Jordan	56.113	Asia	West Asia	53.305	59.183	62.482	65.966	69.643
93	Tunisia	54.651	Africa	North Africa	52.636	56.702	57.232	57.749	58.571
94	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	51.302	Americas	South America	48.172	54.462	57.859	61.454	65.257
95	Cambodia	51.159	Asia	South-East Asia	47.147	55.746	60.688	66.005	71.761
96	Bahrain	49.535	Asia	West Asia	47.812	51.694	53.999	56.495	59.235
97	Latvia	48.164	Europe	North Europe	45.521	50.917	53.485	56.212	59.114
98	Libya	47.998	Africa	North Africa	44.812	50.339	51.498	53.03	54.699
99	Nepal	47.826	Asia	South Asia	43.673	52.622	57.968	63.907	70.443
100	Paraguay	46.803	Americas	South America	44.937	49.318	52.016	54.874	57.896
101	Estonia	45.309	Europe	North Europe	43.044	47.58	49.576	51.735	54.062
102	Honduras	38.983	Americas	Central America	36.735	41.121	43.494	46.039	48.748
103	El Salvador	37.843	Americas	Central America	35.848	39.598	41.434	43.383	45.446
104	Senegal	37.804	Africa	West Africa	33.685	40.606	43.459	47.234	52.509
105	Cyprus	37.689	Europe	West Asia	34.79	39.813	41.878	44.017	46.35
106	Zimbabwe	36.933	Africa	East Africa	35.919	37.189	38.064	38.692	39.333
107	Georgia	35.908	Asia	West Asia	33.191	38.602	41.502	44.235	47.409
108	Iceland	35.378	Europe	North Europe	32.919	38.088	41.066	44.274	47.728
109	Papua New Guinea	32.641	Oceania	Oceania	31.896	33.539	34.561	35.813	36.888
110	Zambia	31.832	Africa	East Africa	25.913	36.811	41.141	44.482	47.826
111	Haiti	30.57	Americas	Caribbean	26.274	33.125	34.106	35.613	37.444
112	Sudan	29.994	Africa	North Africa	29.793	35.916	39.173	42.264	45.095
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.864	Europe	South Europe	28.404	31.499	33.046	34.769	36.868
114	North Korea	29.8	Asia	East Asia	29.6	30.21	30.54	30.97	31.54
115	Trinidad and Tobago	29.238	Americas	Caribbean	28.139	29.814	30.584	31.573	32.6
116	Albania	27.993	Europe	South Europe	26.13	29.915	31.853	33.923	36.137
117	Guinea	27.295	Africa	West Africa	25.474	29.117	31.099	33.236	35.503
118	Mongolia	27.242	Asia	East Asia	23.669	29.12	31.569	34.024	36.4
119	Armenia	26.578	Asia	West Asia	25.251	27.418	28.941	30.929	33.203
120	Malta	26.262	Europe	South Europe	24.397	27.892	29.409	31.081	32.862
121	Mozambique	24.545	Africa	East Africa	22.495	26.288	27.954	31.417	35.283
122	Guyana	24.483	Americas	South America	23.033	28.366	29.4	30.55	31.81
123	Burkina Faso	23.562	Africa	West Africa	21.858	25.362	27.148	29.1	31.226
124	Mali	23.214	Africa	West Africa	21.653	24.919	26.613	28.454	30.445
125	Benin	23.066	Africa	West Africa	21.322	24.962	26.999	29.162	31.464
126	Botswana	22.115	Africa	South Africa	19.966	24.139	26.055	28.11	30.598
127	Niger	21.907	Africa	West Africa	19.599	23.995	25.999	28.091	30.374
128	Lebanon	21.63	Asia	West Asia	20.99	21.85	22.23	22.46	22.89
129	Jamaica	21.586	Americas	Caribbean	20.586	22.33	23.09	23.884	24.705
130	Gabon	20.974	Africa	Middle Africa	20.897	21.503	22.063	22.695	23.382
131	Nicaragua	20.956	Americas	Central America	19.412	22.557	24.28	26.135	28.132
132	Moldova	19.649	Europe	East Europe	18.062	21.531	23.726	26.15	28.911
133	Chad	19.647	Africa	Middle Africa	18.67	20.866	21.973	23.216	24.517
134	Madagascar	18.104	Africa	East Africa	17.212	19.622	21.328	23.586	25.555
135	Afghanistan	17.57	Asia	South Asia	17.329	17.89	18.32	18.65	18.94
136	Kyrgyzstan	17.382	Asia	Central Asia	15.774	18.483	19.758	20.959	22.235
137	North Macedonia	17.09	Europe	South Europe	15.861	18.204	19.42	20.595	21.787
138	Brunei Darussalam	16.679	Asia	South-East Asia	15.71	17.416	18.02	18.807	19.744
139	Mauritius	16.515	Africa	East Africa	15.89	17.788	19.073	20.439	21.869
140	Yemen	16.219	Asia	West Asia	16.192	18.192	21.05	22.941	24.52
141	Palestine	16.21	Asia	West Asia	17.421	15.2	15.3	15.8	15.96
142	Republic of the Congo	15.92	Africa	Middle Africa	15.044	16.817	17.737	18.82	20.148
143	Bahamas	15.342	Americas	Caribbean	14.825	15.878	16.42	17.006	17.623
144	Laos	14.44	Asia	South-East Asia	14.949	13.444	12.41	11.546	10.75
145	Namibia	14.364	Africa	South Africa	13.185	15.224	15.892	16.603	17.364
146	Tajikistan	14.164	Asia	Central Asia	12.995	15.445	16.828	18.258	19.808
147	Rwanda	14.022	Africa	East Africa	13.663	14.933	16.154	17.587	19.243
148	Somalia	13.887	Africa	East Africa	12.729	15.054	16.265	17.533	18.997
149	Equatorial Guinea	12.918	Africa	Middle Africa	12.884	13.386	13.73	13.58	14.271
150	Mauritania	11.08	Africa	West Africa	10.761	11.64	12.348	13.303	13.818
151	Malawi	10.784	Africa	East Africa	10.844	11.056	11.611	12.255	12.953
152	Togo	10.459	Africa	West Africa	9.766	11.292	12.129	13.043	14.036
153	Syria	9.24	Asia	West Asia	8.98	9.32	9.54	9.76	9.82
154	Monaco	8.94	Europe	West Europe	8.78	9.21	9.38	9.96	10.54
155	Montenegro	8.849	Europe	South Europe	8.11	9.431	9.895	10.398	10.939
156	Liechtenstein	7.95	Europe	West Europe	7.36	8.21	8.46	8.97	9.2
157	Sierra Leone	7.804	Africa	West Africa	7.411	7.95	8.338	8.861	9.304
158	Barbados	7.647	Americas	Caribbean	7.201	8.04	8.44	8.85	9.286
159	Maldives	7.641	Asia	South Asia	6.984	8.178	8.72	9.298	9.909
160	Cuba	7.21	Americas	Caribbean	6.9	7.35	7.96	8.2	8.75
161	Fiji	6.081	Oceania	Melanesia	5.773	6.415	6.767	7.136	7.516
162	Eswatini [Swaziland]	5.422	Africa	South Africa	5.145	5.677	5.908	6.153	6.393
163	South Sudan	5.312	Africa	East Africa	5.268	7.097	7.379	7.736	8.362
164	Liberia	5.051	Africa	West Africa	4.756	5.351	5.702	6.14	6.512
165	Suriname	4.957	Americas	South America	4.918	5.246	5.523	5.724	5.978
166	Djibouti	4.665	Africa	East Africa	4.334	5.041	5.426	5.846	6.235
167	Andorra	4.071	Europe	South Europe	3.93	4.226	4.357	4.494	4.639
168	Bhutan	3.516	Asia	South Asia	3.151	3.894	4.259	4.668	5.177
169	Belize	3.488	Americas	Central America	3.342	3.617	3.743	3.87	3.997
170	Central African Republic	3.026	Africa	Middle Africa	2.823	3.267	3.494	3.729	3.979
171	Gambia	3.014	Africa	West Africa	2.693	3.241	3.427	3.633	3.912
172	Cabo Verde [Cape Verde]	2.936	Africa	West Africa	2.756	3.143	3.348	3.564	3.796
173	Eritrea	2.84	Africa	East Africa	2.22	2.96	3.2	3.46	3.5
174	Saint Lucia	2.682	Americas	Caribbean	2.569	2.808	2.93	3.048	3.171
175	Antigua and Barbuda	2.437	Americas	Caribbean	2.292	2.554	2.678	2.805	2.939
176	Lesotho	2.424	Africa	South Africa	2.297	2.541	2.663	2.784	2.919
177	Guinea-Bissau	2.355	Africa	West Africa	2.188	2.551	2.748	2.95	3.169
178	Seychelles	2.235	Africa	East Africa	2.144	2.344	2.463	2.592	2.725
179	Burundi	2.154	Africa	East Africa	4.285	2.386	2.619	2.871	3.099
180	Timor Leste (East Timor)	2.13	Asia	South-East Asia	1.992	2.275	2.428	2.591	2.762
181	San Marino	2.112	Europe	South Europe	2.049	2.188	2.252	2.324	2.401
182	Solomon Islands	1.835	Oceania	Oceania	1.73	1.946	2.071	2.204	2.346
183	Comoros	1.535	Africa	East Africa	1.45	1.637	1.737	1.839	1.947
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.245	Americas	Caribbean	1.173	1.305	1.366	1.431	1.498
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.223	Americas	Caribbean	1.158	1.295	1.363	1.43	1.501
186	Vanuatu	1.214	Oceania	Oceania	1.169	1.265	1.323	1.377	1.433
187	Samoa	1.147	Oceania	Oceania	1.068	1.207	1.26	1.313	1.382
188	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.952	Africa	Middle Africa	0.812	1.071	1.167	1.267	1.375
189	Dominica	0.748	Americas	Caribbean	0.703	0.788	0.827	0.867	0.905
190	Tonga	0.571	Oceania	Oceania	0.545	0.595	0.616	0.638	0.66
191	Micronesia (Federated States of)	0.507	Oceania	Oceania	0.484	0.526	0.541	0.556	0.571
192	Palau	0.353	Oceania	Oceania	0.316	0.383	0.401	0.417	0.434
193	Kiribati	0.333	Oceania	Micronesia	0.312	0.351	0.366	0.38	0.396
194	Marshall Islands	0.294	Oceania	Micronesia	0.279	0.305	0.316	0.328	0.341
195	Nauru	0.179	Oceania	Oceania	0.16	0.188	0.197	0.204	0.214
196	Tuvalu	0.079	Oceania	Oceania	0.073	0.083	0.088	0.092	0.097

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Despina Wilson

I am a senior editor and data journalist at CEOWORLD magazine. My job involves using infographics to report on news topics related to business and policy, with a global perspective. I hold a master's degree in journalism and have worked for newspapers and reporting projects in both the US and the UK, giving me a unique transatlantic perspective. I believe that data can enhance coverage of all news topics. As a contributor, I plan cover a wide range of issues, such as gender equality, climate change, labor, and immigration, using relevant statistics and insightful visualizations.

Email: despina@ceoworld.biz

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EAEU Nations Power Ahead with Steady Economic Growth

Special ReportsAnna Siampani

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has highlighted the sustained economic growth of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states, with...

Special Reports

Africa’s Debt Burden Undermines Sustainable Development, UN Experts Warn

Special ReportsAnna Siampani

Africa's mounting debt is significantly reducing funding for sustainable development in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly affecting critical sectors like...