How No. 1 Switzerland and others have mastered the trade-offs of modern statehood – and why the U.S. ranks No. 18.

Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power standards (PPS) is a widely used measure to compare national income levels as it takes price level differences into account. In 2025, GDP ...

The IMF’s April 2026 World Economic Outlook update has confirmed what analysts have been watching for years: Europe’s wealthiest nations are not its largest. France, Germany, and Italy dominate ...

Each state's GDP compares to that of another country in the world.

GDP weighting asserts that a country’s role in a global benchmark should reflect the scale of its economy. Many large economies have equity markets that represent a limited share of actual domestic ...