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U.S., China and India: Share of World GDP
GDP at market exchange rates as a share of world GDP, %
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Palanor calculation from World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0): GDP in current U.S. dollars (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD) and total population (SP.POP.TOTL, from UN World Population Prospects), each as a share of the World Bank world total. Market exchange rates. Taiwan is not in World Bank data.
Four economies' slices of world output since 1990. China rose from a small share to the second largest; Japan's shrank as its economy stalled and the yen fell. Exchange rates move these lines as much as growth does.
What this chart reads
- United States: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Ratesas “United States”latest 2025-12-31
- China: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Ratesas “China”latest 2025-12-31
- India: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Ratesas “India”latest 2025-12-31
- Japan: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Ratesas “Japan”latest 2025-12-31
Sources
United States: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Rates. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD (GDP, current US$)), CC BY 4.0; shares calculated by Palanor.
China: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Rates. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD (GDP, current US$)), CC BY 4.0; shares calculated by Palanor.
India: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Rates. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD (GDP, current US$)), CC BY 4.0; shares calculated by Palanor.
Japan: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Rates. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD (GDP, current US$)), CC BY 4.0; shares calculated by Palanor.
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