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Statistics and facts on the Global Economy
The global gross domestic product (GDP), i.e. the total value of all goods and services manufactured and produced in one year, amounted to approximately 77.3 trillion U.S. dollars in 2014. Among the states with the highest gross domestic product, the United States ranked first with almost 18 trillion U.S. dollars, followed by China, Japan, and Germany. According to a forecast for 2030, this ranking is about to be shaken up significantly, since emerging countries, such as the BRIC states China, India, Russia and Brazil, are growing faster than the industrialized states. In total, global economic growth amounted to about 3.43 percent in 2014 – an increase from 3.31 percent in 2013.
However, if we compare gross domestic product with the number of inhabitants and take a look at GDP per capita, the industrialized states are significantly ahead of the emerging countries. Luxembourg, Switzerland and Qatar have the highest GDP per capita worldwide as of 2015, while Malawi, the Central African Republic and Burundi lead the ranking of the countries with the lowest GDP per capita that same year. On average, global GDP per capita amounted to approximately 10,724 U.S. dollars in 2014.
In 2014, more than 200 million people were unemployed worldwide, equating to a global unemployment rate of approximately 6 percent. Among the world regions with the highest unemployment rates are North Africa and the Middle East, both with an unemployment rate of more than 10 percent.
The global inflation rate was at 3.45 percent in 2014. 2015, Consumer prices are increasing most significantly in Venezuela, South Sudan and Ukraine, while the lowest inflation rates were reported from Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and El Salvador.
The leading exporting country in 2014 was China, with exports worth about 2.3 trillion U.S. dollars, closely followed by the United States and Germany. The ranking of the leading importing countries, however, sees the United States at the top, followed by China and Germany.
Global economy - Important statistics
- 1. Gross domestic product and economic growth
Global gross domestic product (GDP) 2020- Gross domestic product (GDP) of selected global regions 2016
- +GDP of the main industrialized and emerging countries 2016
- Countries with the largest gross domestic product (GDP) 2016
- Countries with the highest gross domestic product (GDP) 2030 - forecast
- Share of global regions in the gross domestic product 2016
- Share of the main industrialized and emerging countries in the GDP 2016
- Countries with the largest proportion of global gross domestic product (GDP) 2016
- Global gross domestic product (GDP) per capita 2015
- Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in selected global regions 2015
- Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the main industrialized and emerging countries
- Countries with the largest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita 2016
- The 20 countries with the lowest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2016
- Growth of the global gross domestic product (GDP) 2020
- +Forecast on the GDP growth in selected world regions until 2020
- +Gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast in selected countries until 2020
- Countries with the highest growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) 2016
- The 20 countries with the highest decrease of the gross domestic product in 2016
- Share of economic sectors in the global gross domestic product from 2004 to 2014
- Share of economic sectors in the gross domestic product, by global regions 2015
- Proportions of economic sectors in GDP in selected countries 2015
- 2. Unemployment
- Unemployed persons worldwide until 2017
- Global unemployment rate up to 2017
- Unemployed persons in selected world regions 2017
- Unemployment rate in selected world regions 2014
- Unemployment rates in major industrial and emerging countries 2015
- Countries with the highest unemployment rate
- Number of young unemployed people worldwide until 2019
- Global youth unemployment rate until 2019
- Youth unemployment rate in selected world regions 2015
- 3. Inflation
- 4. Global trade
- +Share of the main exporting countries in global export trade 2014
- Leading export countries worldwide 2016
- +Leading import countries worldwide 2016
- +The 20 countries with the highest trade surplus in 2015
- +The 20 countries with the highest trade balance deficit in 2016
- Trade: export volume worldwide 1950-2015
- 5. Global economic indicators
- Countries with the highest population growth rate 2016
- +GDP growth in the leading industrial and emerging countries 3rd quarter 2016
- +Monthly unemployment rate in industrial and emerging countries December 2016
- +Monthly inflation rate in industrial and emerging markets 2016
- Global Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) of the industrial sector March 2017
- ifo World Economic Climate Index 4th quarter 2016
- +Consumer confidence worldwide from Q4 2014 to Q4 2016
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