World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 205 economies tracked
307.02B (2025)
#n/a of 205 economies
17.2%
251.65×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1970 - 2025. United States climbed from #3 to #1 (overtook China). 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.
GDP, Remittance Outflow Estimate (bilateral), Tourist Arrivals and Tourism Revenue, Total value of imports
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