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Updated: July 2026

 
 
GDP DATA QUALITY

Data Quality Ratings are derived from scores in five areas: Base year recency; System of National Accounts framework version; Informal economy size; Statistical resources available; and likelihood of Government interference. Scores are based on a 0-100 scale. Read more...


GDP Data Quality Ratings
Index: 0 = Extremely poor quality, 100 = Good as it gets
Ranked by Data Quality Index
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Country
Rank
Order
World Economics
Data Quality
(Index, 0-100)
World Economics
Data Quality
(Rating, A-E)
Base
Year
Chained/Year
SNA
Framework
Version
Informal
Economy
% of GDP
Statistical
Resources
Index (0-100)
Governance
Levels
Index (0-100)





Iceland 13 93.2 A Chained 2008 10.1 80.9 90.1
United States 14 93.0 A Chained 2008 6.5 91.5 73.3
Singapore 15 92.9 A Chained 2008 9.1 99.5 69.2
Sweden 16 92.7 A Chained 2008 10.4 74.7 93.0
United Kingdom 17 92.6 A Chained 2008 9.0 80.7 85.2
Japan 18 91.9 A Chained 2008 9.4 81.6 81.8
Estonia 19 91.5 A Chained 2008 19.3 86.2 90.3
Portugal 20 90.8 A Chained 2008 14.5 86.2 79.8
Belgium 21 90.7 A Chained 2008 15.4 82.2 84.2
France 22 90.1 A Chained 2008 12.9 78.4 81.0
Slovenia 23 89.9 A Chained 2008 18.5 90.1 76.8
Lithuania 24 89.2 A Chained 2008 19.0 81.6 82.7
Latvia 25 89.1 A Chained 2008 18.4 83.5 78.9
Poland 26 89.1 A Chained 2008 19.5 91.2 69.2
Czechia 27 88.7 A Chained 2008 13.8 73.7 79.8
Slovak Republic 28 88.3 A Chained 2008 13.9 84.0 68.2
Israel 29 87.7 A Chained 2008 14.9 85.7 65.1

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Data Notes
Data Quality Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor, 100 = Excellent.

Rating definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality

The index calculations and displayed data are derived from the most current and up-to-date source data available.
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GDP SIZE

GDP Size data is shown in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data. Read more...


Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Ranked by GDP: 2025
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Country Rank
Order
World Economics
Data Quality
(Rating, A-E)
2025
Estimate
Billions, PPP Int$
2030
Estimate
Billions, PPP Int$
Share of
Global GDP
%, 2025




Netherlands 30 A $1,393 $1,572 0.6%
South Africa 31 C $1,308 $1,430 0.6%
Colombia 32 B $1,283 $1,577 0.6%
Kazakhstan 33 C $1,029 $1,260 0.5%
Romania 34 B $1,000 $1,162 0.5%
Algeria 35 C $956 $1,125 0.4%
United Arab Emirates 36 B $953 $1,199 0.4%
Singapore 37 A $895 $1,096 0.4%
Belgium 38 A $877 $995 0.4%
Peru 39 D $857 $1,032 0.4%
Ukraine 40 C $825 $681 0.4%
Switzerland 41 A $797 $890 0.4%
Sweden 42 A $752 $823 0.4%
Chile 43 B $724 $858 0.3%
Ireland 44 A $722 $940 0.3%
Angola 45 E $669 $756 0.3%
Ethiopia 46 E $656 $902 0.3%

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Data Notes
Data Quality Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor, 100 = Excellent.

Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality


GDP in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.

Share of Global GDP expressed as a percentage of the sum of GDP for all countries in the World Economics database.

Projections for 2030 are made by applying IMF growth rates for 2025 and 2026, with the 5-Year Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) applied thereafter to extrapolate the data to 2030.
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GDP GROWTH

Compound Annual Growth Rates (CAGR) are derived from GDP Data in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.


Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) over the last 10-years
Ranked by CAGR: 10-Year
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Country Rank
Order
World Economics
Data Quality
(Rating, A-E)
CAGR
10 Year
2015-2025
CAGR
5 Year
2020-2025
CAGR
3 Year
2022-2025
Share of
Global Growth
Percentage




Thailand 110 C 1.9% 2.3% 2.5% 0.7%
Bolivia 111 E 1.8% 3.4% 1.2% 0.1%
Canada 112 A 1.8% 3.0% 1.6% 0.7%
Estonia 113 A 1.8% 1.1% -0.4% 0.0%
Russia 114 C 1.8% 2.7% 3.1% 2.1%
Latvia 115 A 1.7% 2.0% 0.4% 0.0%
Switzerland 116 A 1.7% 2.4% 1.1% 0.2%
Bahamas, The 117 C 1.6% 7.2% 2.7% 0.0%
Belgium 118 A 1.6% 2.8% 1.3% 0.2%
Greece 119 B 1.6% 4.0% 2.1% 0.1%
Sweden 120 A 1.6% 1.9% 1.0% 0.2%
Azerbaijan 121 C 1.5% 3.6% 2.6% 0.1%
Jamaica 122 D 1.5% 3.3% 1.4% 0.0%
Namibia 123 C 1.5% 4.3% 4.1% 0.0%
Norway 124 A 1.5% 2.2% 1.3% 0.1%
Qatar 125 B 1.5% 2.3% 1.9% 0.1%
Brazil 126 B 1.4% 3.3% 3.0% 1.2%

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Data Notes
Data Quality Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor, 100 = Excellent.

Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality


GDP in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.

Share of Global GDP Growth expressed as a percentage of the sum of GDP for all countries in the World Economics database.
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WEALTH

Wealth is notoriously difficult to measure. The table below shows two measures: Income per Capita (proxied by GDP per capita) and Asset Wealth per Capita (proxied by data derived from the Credit Suisse Wealth Report). Population data is sourced from the United Nations Population Prospects database.


Income and Asset Wealth Per Capita
Indexes: 0 = Extremely poor, 100 = Good as it gets.
Data ranked by Income per Capita

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Country Income
per Capita
(2025, Int$)
Asset Wealth
per Capita
(2024, Int$)




United Arab Emirates $84.2K $130.5K
Malta $83.9K $108.4K
United States $80.6K $411.4K
Bahrain $79.7K $78.1K
Hong Kong $79.7K $466.3K
Saudi Arabia $79.0K $61.4K
Denmark $78.8K $316.2K
Netherlands $76.1K $276.4K
Belgium $74.8K $273.4K
Iceland $73.9K $343.7K
Taiwan $71.1K $226.6K
Sweden $70.8K $220.0K
Austria $69.4K $200.2K
Australia $68.8K $367.6K
Germany $68.3K $209.2K
Korea, Rep. $67.7K $191.0K
Canada $65.1K $290.4K

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Data Notes
Income Wealth uses GDP per capita derived from World Economics GDP data for 2025 measured in PPP Int$ terms, with added estimates for the Informal economy and adjustments for Base Year age.

Asset Wealth uses the Credit Suisse Mean Net Wealth per country data converted into per capita terms using population data from the United Nations Population Prospects database.
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INEQUALITY

The Inequality Index shown below is derived from the Gini Inequality Coefficient. Gini Country data varies considerably by date. These variations are recorded in the World Economics database.

The World Economics Inequality Index ranks each country onto a scale of 0-100, a high value indicates a more egalitarian society - and a low value suggests a lot of the national income is in the hands of very few depending upon the unit of measurement. Read more...


Inequality Rankings
Index: 0-100, 0 = High Inequality; 100 = High Equality
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Country Rank
Order
World Economics
Inequality Index
(0-100)
World Economics
Inequality Rating
(A-E)
Gini
Coefficient
(%)
Gini
Data
(Year)




Slovak Republic 1 100.0 A 23.2 2020
Slovenia 2 98.1 A 24.0 2020
Belarus 3 97.2 A 24.4 2020
Ukraine 4 94.5 A 25.6 2020
Moldova 5 94.2 A 25.7 2021
Czechia 6 93.9 A 25.8 2020
Belgium 7 92.2 A 26.6 2020
Denmark 8 91.2 A 27.0 2020
Finland 9 90.2 A 27.5 2020
Norway 10 90.0 A 27.6 2020
Netherlands 11 89.5 A 27.8 2020
Armenia 12 89.2 A 27.9 2021
Azerbaijan 13 88.9 A 38.2 2019
Hungary 14 88.3 A 28.3 2020
Korea, Rep. 15 86.6 A 29.0 2020

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Data Notes
The Index is on a scale of 0-100, a high value indicates a more egalitarian society - and a low value suggests a lot of the national income is in the hands of very few depending upon the unit of measurement.

Rating definitions:
         A: Very good
         B: Good
         C: Average
         D: Poor
         E: Very poor


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DEBT

The debt-to-GDP ratio is the ratio between a country's offical government debt and its gross domestic product (GDP), the later measured in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for out-of-date adjustments for out-of-date GDP base years and the size of informal economic activity.


Debt-to-GDP Ratio
Ranked by debt as a percentage of GDP
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Debt
% of GDP
Debt
Billions, Int$



United States 3 120.9% $33,749.47
Greece 4 117.3% $563.93
Italy 5 117.2% $4,364.49
Bahrain 6 108.1% $141.31
France 7 105.9% $4,531.39
Canada 8 103.3% $2,690.16
Libya 9 98.3% $163.55
United Kingdom 10 96.2% $3,868.16
Belgium 11 95.8% $840.15
China 12 85.6% $36,116.54
Spain 13 84.2% $2,401.49
Sudan 14 82.2% $175.43
Finland 15 80.3% $286.61
Ukraine 16 79.2% $653.48
Austria 17 77.9% $491.25
Cabo Verde 18 77.1% $5.46
Senegal 19 76.6% $112.16

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Data Notes
GDP is presented it in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.

Debt-to-GDP ratio expressed in percentage terms.
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