Gross National Product, by Country: 1998 statistics

[3 represents $3,000,000,000. Gross national product calculated using the World Bank Atlas method. This involves using a three-year average of exchange rates to smooth the effects of transitory exchange rate fluctuations. Growth rates are calculated from data in constant prices and national currency units. Economies with missing data are included in the ranking process at their approximate level, so that the relative order of other economies remains consistent. In 1998, Luxembourg was judged to have the highest GNP per capita. Minus sign (-) indicates decrease]


		Gross national product				Gross national product				GNP on purchasing
							per capita		power parity basis
	-				-				-
				Average				Average		Per capita
COUNTRY		Total		annual		Amount		annual	Total
		(bil. dol.)	Rank	growth,		(dol)	Rank	growth,	(bil.	Amount
				1997-98				1997-98	dol.)	(dol)	Rank
				(percent)				(percent)

Albania		3	135	7.9		810	139	6.8	10	2,864	137
Algeria		46	51	5.8		1,550	113	3.6	137	4,595	101
Angola		5	115	19.8		380	165	16.3	12	999	183
Argentina		290	17	3.9		8,030	55	2.6	424	11,728	53
Armenia		2	155	3.4		460	160	3.1	8	2,074	150
Australia		387	14	5.6		20,640	23	4.4	409	21,795	20
Austria		217	21	3.3		26,830	12	3.2	187	23,145	15
Azerbaijan		4	123	9.9		480	156	8.9	17	2,168	149
Bangladesh		44	53	5.9		350	173	4.2	177	1,407	168
Belarus		22	62	10.5		2,180	99	10.8	65	6,314	81
Belgium		259	19	3.0		25,380	15	2.8	241	23,622	13
Benin		2	141	4.7		380	165	1.9	5	857	189
Bolivia		8	93	5.1		1,010	134	2.7	18	2,205	146
Botswana		5	111	3.7		3,070	87	1.8	9	5,796	86
Brazil		768	8	-		4,630	68	-1.4	1,070	6,460	80
Bulgaria		10	84	4.4		1,220	125	5.1	39	4,683	100
Burkina Faso		3	138	6.3		240	191	3.8	9	866	188
Burundi		1	170	4.7		140	202	2.6	4	561	203
Cambodia		3	132	-0.1		260	187	-2.3	14	1,246	175
Cameroon		9	89	6.7		610	152	3.8	20	1,395	170
Canada		581	9	2.9		19,170	26	2.0	691	22,814	17
Central African Republic		1	166	4.5		300	181	2.6	4	1,098	179
Chad		2	157	8.4		230	192	5.5	6	843	191
Chile		74	42	8.7		4,990	66	7.2	126	8,507	68
China ¹		924	7	7.4		750	145	6.4	3,779	3,051	132
Colombia		101	35	-0.6		2,470	93	-2.4	239	5,861	84
Congo (Brazzaville)		2	149	11.4		680	148	8.4	2	846	190
Congo (Kinshasa) ²		5	104	4.0		110	205	0.7	35	733	195
Costa Rica		10	85	4.7		2,770	89	2.9	20	5,812	85
Cote d'Ivoire		10	83	5.9		700	147	3.9	21	1,484	164
Croatia		21	64	1.8		4,620	69	2.6	30	6,698	78
Czech Republic		53	48	-2.2		5,150	65	-2.1	126	12,197	52
Denmark		175	23	2.7		33,040	6	2.4	126	23,855	12
Dominican Republic		15	77	6.8		1,770	105	4.9	36	4,337	104
Ecuador		18	70	4.2		1,520	116	2.2	37	3,003	133
Egypt		79	40	6.3		1,290	121	4.5	193	3,146	129
El Salvador		11	80	3.3		1,850	103	1.1	24	4,008	114
Eritrea		1	174	-4.0		200	198	-6.7	4	984	184
Estonia		5	110	5.7		3,360	82	6.4	11	7,563	73
Ethiopia		6	101	-1.8		100	206	-4.2	35	566	202
Finland		125	31	6.7		24,280	19	6.5	106	20,641	24
France	³	1,465	4	3.2	³	24,210	20	2.8	1,248	21,214	22
Gabon		5	107	5.7		4,170	72	3.2	7	5,615	89
Gambia, The		0	189	5.0		340	176	2.0	2	1,428	167
Georgia		5	105	2.7		970	136	2.5	19	3,429	124
Germany		2,180	3	2.8		26,570	13	2.8	1,807	22,026	19
Ghana		7	96	4.6		390	164	1.9	32	1,735	157
Greece		123	32	3.3		11,740	46	3.1	147	13,994	49
Guatemala		18	71	5.5		1,640	111	2.8	38	3,474	122
Guinea-Bissau		0	200	-28.9		160	201	-30.4	1	573	201
Guinea		4	125	3.9		530	154	1.5	12	1,722	158
Haiti		3	131	3.2		410	162	1.1	11	1,379	171
Honduras		5	116	4.0		740	146	1.1	14	2,338	142
Hong Kong	⁴	158	24	-5.1	⁴	23,660	21	-7.8	139	20,763	23
Hungary		46	52	4.2		4,510	71	4.6	99	9,832	63
India		427	11	6.2		440	161	4.3	2,018	2,060	151
Indonesia		131	30	-16.7		640	149	-18.0	490	2,407	141
Iran		102	34	1.5		1,650	110	-0.2	317	5,121	95
Ireland		69	43	9.2		18,710	27	7.9	67	17,991	33
Israel		97	36	3.4		16,180	32	1.2	101	16,861	38
Italy		1,157	6	1.4		20,090	25	1.3	1,173	20,365	25
Jamaica		5	117	0.9		1,740	108	0.1	9	3,344	126
Japan		4,089	2	-2.7		32,350	7	-2.9	2,982	23,592	14
Jordan		5	106	3.3		1,150	128	0.5	12	2,615	139
Kazakhstan		21	63	-2.2		1,340	120	-1.2	67	4,317	105
Kenya		10	82	2.7		350	173	0.3	28	964	186
Korea South		399	12	-6.6		8,600	51	-7.5	616	13,286	51
Kyrgyzstan		2	152	4.2		380	165	2.8	11	2,247	143
Laos		2	159	4.0		320	179	1.4	8	1,683	160
Latvia		6	102	3.4		2,420	95	4.3	14	5,777	87
Lebanon		15	76	3.0		3,560	80	1.4	17	4,144	111
Lesotho		1	164	-3.1		570	153	-5.3	5	2,194	148
Lithuania		9	86	4.8		2,540	92	4.8	23	6,283	82
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of		3	137	3.1		1,290	121	2.4	8	4,224	107
Madagascar		4	126	4.9		260	187	1.7	11	741	192
Malawi		2	142	1.5		210	195	-1.0	6	551	204
Malaysia		81	39	-5.8		3,670	78	-8.0	171	7,699	72
Mali		3	136	4.3		250	189	1.3	7	673	199
Mauritania		1	167	4.3		410	162	1.5	4	1,500	163
Mauritius		4	118	5.1		3,730	76	4.0	10	8,236	70
Mexico		368	15	4.7		3,840	75	3.0	714	7,450	75
Moldova		2	158	-9.5		380	165	-9.2	9	1,995	153
Mongolia		1	168	3.6		380	165	1.9	4	1,463	165
Morocco		34	56	7.0		1,240	124	5.3	89	3,188	128
Mozambique		4	127	11.8		210	195	9.7	13	740	193
Namibia		3	129	1.2		1,940	102	-1.2	9	5,280	93
Nepal		5	109	2.7		210	195	0.3	27	1,181	177
Netherlands		389	13	3.3		24,780	17	2.7	350	22,325	18
New Zealand		55	46	-0.6		14,600	36	-1.5	61	16,084	41
Nicaragua		2	153	6.1		370	170	3.3	9	1,896	156
Niger		2	146	8.4		200	198	4.8	7	729	196
Nigeria		36	55	1.1		300	181	-1.5	89	740	194
Norway		152	25	2.3		34,310	4	1.7	116	26,196	7
Pakistan		62	44	3.0		470	158	0.5	217	1,652	161
Panama		8	90	2.5		2,990	88	0.9	14	4,925	96
Papua New Guinea		4	120	2.3		890	138	0.0	10	2,205	147
Paraguay		9	87	-0.5		1,760	106	-3.0	23	4,312	106
Peru		61	45	-1.6		2,440	94	-3.3	104	4,180	110
Philippines		79	41	0.1		1,050	132	-2.1	280	3,725	118
Poland		151	26	4.4		3,910	74	4.4	292	7,543	74
Portugal		106	33	3.9		10,670	48	3.7	145	14,569	46
Romania		31	59	-8.3		1,360	119	-8.1	125	5,572	90
Russia		332	16	-6.6		2,260	97	-6.4	907	6,180	83
Rwanda		2	150	9.9		230	192	7.1
Saudi Arabia		143	27	2.3		6,910	60	-1.0	218	10,498	60
Senegal		5	112	6.7		520	155	3.8	12	1,297	173
Sierra Leone		1	175	-0.7		140	202	-2.9	2	445	206
Singapore		96	37	1.5		30,170	9	-0.4	80	25,295	8
Slovakia		20	66	4.2		3,700	77	4.1	52	9,624	65
Slovenia		19	67	3.9		9,780	50	4.1	29	14,400	48
South Africa		137	28	0.5		3,310	83	-1.3	343	8,296	69
Spain		555	10	3.7		14,100	39	3.6	628	15,960	43
Sri Lanka		15	75	4.6		810	139	3.3	55	2,945	134
Sudan		8	91	5.0		290	183	2.7	35	1,240	176
Sweden		227	20	2.8		25,580	14	2.8	176	19,848	27
Switzerland		284	18	1.8		39,980	3	1.5	191	26,876	6
Syria		16	74	0.2		1,020	133	-2.3	41	2,702	138
Tajikistan		2	140	15.2		370	170	13.3	6	1,041	181
Tanzania	⁵	7	98	6.5	⁵	220	194	3.8	16	483	205
Thailand		132	29	-7.7		2,160	100	-8.6	338	5,524	92
Togo		2	160	-1.0		330	177	-3.5	6	1,352	172
Trinidad and Tobago		6	103	6.2		4,520	70	5.6	9	7,208	76
Tunisia		19	69	5.5		2,060	101	4.1	48	5,169	94
Turkey		201	22	3.9		3,160	85	2.3	419	6,594	79
Uganda		7	99	5.7		310	180	2.8	22	1,072	180
Ukraine		49	49	-2.4		980	135	-1.6	157	3,130	131
United Kingdom		1,264	5	2.1		21,410	22	2.0	1,200	20,314	26
United States		7,903	1	2.5		29,240	10	1.5	7,904	29,240	4
Uruguay		20	65	3.9		6,070	64	3.2	28	8,541	67
Uzbekistan		23	61	5.2		950	137	3.6	49	2,044	152
Venezuela		82	38	-0.4		3,530	81	-2.4	133	5,706	88
Vietnam		27	60	5.8		350	173	4.3	129	1,689	159
Yemen		5	114	7.3		280	185	4.3	11	658	200
Zambia		3	128	-1.9		330	177	-4.1	7	678	198
Zimbabwe		7	97	0.5		620	150	-1.4	29	2,489	140

- Represents or rounds to zero.
1 With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the U.S. government recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.
2 "Congo" is the official short-form name for both the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To distinguish one from the other the U.S. Dept. of State adds the capital in parentheses. This practice is unofficial and provisional.
3 Includes the overseas department of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion.
4 Data refer to gross domestic product.
5 Data refer to mainland Tanzania only.

Source: The World Bank, Washington, DC, World Development Indicators CD-ROM, annual (copyright).

http://www.worldbank.org/

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/1364_gross_national_product_by_country_1998.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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