The $117 Trillion World Economy in One Giant Visualization
December 17, 2025
By Dorothy Neufeld
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Key Takeaways- The U.S., China, and Germany are the top three countries by GDP in 2025.
- India ranks in fifth, averaging 6.4% in real GDP growth since 2000.
America’s $30.6 trillion economy is greater than China, Germany, and Japan combined, with real GDP set to rise 2% this year.
In comparison, India’s economy is projected to grow 6.6%, among the fastest rates across the world’s largest economies. It is only surpassed by Ireland, as frontloading of exports is expected to expand GDP by a striking 9.1% in 2025.
This graphic shows the state of the world economy in 2025, based on projections from the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook.
Ranked: The Biggest Countries in the World Economy
Below, we rank the 50 largest economies globally, highlighting their historical growth trends:
Rank
Country
GDP 2025
Real GDP
Growth
2000-2025
Cumulative
Real GDP Growth
2000-2025
Average Annual
Real GDP Growth
|
| 1 | ???? U.S. | $30.6T | 2.0% | 69.0% | 2.1% | | 2 | ???? China | $19.4T | 4.8% | 585.7% | 8.0% | | 3 | ???? Germany | $5.0T | 0.2% | 27.8% | 1.0% | | 4 | ???? Japan | $4.3T | 1.1% | 16.6% | 0.6% | | 5 | ???? India | $4.1T | 6.6% | 364.1% | 6.4% | | 6 | ???? UK | $4.0T | 1.3% | 44.6% | 1.5% | | 7 | ???? France | $3.4T | 0.7% | 35.0% | 1.2% | | 8 | ???? Italy | $2.5T | 0.5% | 9.8% | 0.4% | | 9 | ???? Russia | $2.5T | 0.6% | 107.3% | 3.0% | | 10 | ???? Canada | $2.3T | 1.2% | 59.4% | 1.9% |
As we can see, the U.S. economy has grown nearly 70% in the past quarter-century, in inflation-adjusted terms. On an annual basis, the average growth rate was 2.1%, the third-fastest across the 10 largest economies today.
For perspective, India has grown at more than triple this rate over the last 25 years, helping grow its GDP to $4.1 trillion. By next year, it is forecast to surpass Japan as the fourth-biggest economy.
Germany, on the other hand, has seen notably sluggish growth for decades. In both 2023 and 2024, the economy contracted, while growth is expected to be just 0.2% this year. Along with weak productivity growth, its manufacturing sector has been in decline since 2018.
Similarly many European countries have averaged less than 2% growth over the last 25 years. Italy, the eighth-biggest economy, has averaged just 0.4% GDP growth, while in France, it has been just 1.2%. |
