World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 217 economies tracked
28.5 (2025)
#n/a of 217 economies
2.2×
1.93×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. United States climbed from #21 to #46 (overtook North Macedonia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for United States ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
US suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.
Dow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.
Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.
Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.
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