Mapped: The World’s Largest Economies, Including U.S. States

Mapped: World’s Largest Economies, Including U.S. States

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It’s in the name really. The United States of America began as a union of separate entities coming together.

And while the U.S. is seen as a single global economic and political hegemon today, many of its 50 states are major economies on their own.

To show just how big they are, we’ve mapped and ranked 30 of the world’s largest economies, including U.S. states, to see how they stack up against entire countries.

The U.S. is included as a reference point; removing it would make China the largest economy.

Figures are sourced from the Bureau of Economic Analysis(BEA) and International Monetary Fund (IMF), both for 2024.

Ranked: World’s Largest Economies, Including U.S. States

California is the largest U.S. state by GDP and would rank 4th in the world if it was its own country.

Its GDP ($4.1 trillion) is now larger than every other country, barring Germany, China, and of course the rest of the United States.

Rank	Countries / U.S. State	2024 GDP (Millions)
1	U.S.	$29,184,900
2	China	$18,748,009
3	Germany	$4,658,526
4	California	$4,103,124
5	Japan	$4,026,211
6	India	$3,909,097
7	UK	$3,644,636
8	France	$3,162,023
9	Texas	$2,709,393
10	Italy	$2,372,059
11	New York	$2,297,028
12	Canada	$2,241,253
13	Brazil	$2,171,337
14	Russia	$2,161,205
15	South Korea	$1,869,714
16	Mexico	$1,852,723
17	Australia	$1,796,805
18	Spain	$1,722,227
19	Florida	$1,705,565
20	Indonesia	$1,396,300
21	Türkiye	$1,322,405
22	Netherlands	$1,227,174
23	Illinois	$1,137,244
24	Saudi Arabia	$1,085,358
25	Pennsylvania	$1,024,206
26	Switzerland	$936,738
27	Ohio	$927,740
28	Poland	$908,583
29	Georgia	$882,535
30	Washington	$854,683
31	New Jersey	$846,587
32	North Carolina	$839,122
33	Taiwan	$782,441
34	Massachusetts	$780,666
35	Virginia	$764,475
36	Michigan	$706,616
37	Belgium	$664,965
38	Argentina	$632,145
39	Sweden	$610,118
40	Ireland	$577,216
41	Colorado	$553,323
42	Arizona	$552,167
43	Tennessee	$549,709
44	Singapore	$547,387
45	Maryland	$542,766
46	Israel	$540,381
47	United Arab Emirates	$537,079
48	Indiana	$527,381
49	Thailand	$526,411
50	Austria	$521,269
51	Minnesota	$500,851
52	Norway	$483,727
53	Philippines	$461,617
54	Vietnam	$459,472
55	Wisconsin	$451,285
56	Missouri	$451,201
57	Bangladesh	$451,096
58	Denmark	$429,458
59	Malaysia	$419,617
60	Colombia	$418,542
61	Hong Kong SAR	$407,107
62	Iran	$401,357
63	South Africa	$400,191
64	Romania	$384,148
65	Egypt	$383,109
66	Pakistan	$373,078
67	Connecticut	$365,723
68	South Carolina	$349,965
69	Czech Republic	$344,931
70	Oregon	$331,029
71	Chile	$330,210
72	Louisiana	$327,782
73	Alabama	$321,238
74	Portugal	$308,590
75	Utah	$300,904
76	Finland	$298,833
77	Kentucky	$293,021
78	Kazakhstan	$284,810
79	Iraq	$277,478
80	Oklahoma	$265,779
81	Algeria	$264,913
82	Nevada	$260,728
83	New Zealand	$257,728
84	Greece	$257,067
85	Iowa	$257,021
86	Kansas	$234,673
87	Hungary	$223,060
88	Qatar	$221,452
89	Ukraine	$190,426
90	Arkansas	$188,723
91	Nigeria	$187,640
92	District of Columbia	$186,165
93	Nebraska	$185,411
94	Kuwait	$158,568
95	Mississippi	$157,491
96	Morocco	$155,350
97	Ethiopia	$143,123
98	Slovak Republic	$140,636
99	New Mexico	$140,542
100	Idaho	$128,132
101	Dominican Republic	$124,613
102	Ecuador	$121,728
103	New Hampshire	$121,189
104	Puerto Rico	$120,978
105	Kenya	$120,899
106	Venezuela	$119,808
107	Angola	$115,946
108	Hawaii	$115,627
109	Uzbekistan	$114,962
110	Guatemala	$112,575
111	Bulgaria	$112,232
112	West Virginia	$107,660
113	Oman	$106,943
114	Delaware	$103,253
115	Sri Lanka	$98,964
116	Maine	$98,606
117	Costa Rica	$95,365
118	Luxembourg	$93,169
119	Croatia	$92,506
120	Serbia	$89,074
121	Panama	$87,688
122	Côte d’Ivoire	$87,096
123	Lithuania	$84,847
124	Ghana	$82,825
125	Turkmenistan	$82,515
126	Rhode Island	$82,493
127	Uruguay	$80,961
128	Tanzania	$80,171
129	Montana	$75,999
130	North Dakota	$75,399
131	South Dakota	$75,179
132	Azerbaijan	$74,316
133	Slovenia	$72,463
134	Belarus	$71,180
135	DRC	$71,011
136	Alaska	$69,969
137	Myanmar	$61,176
138	Uganda	$56,453
139	Jordan	$53,428
140	Tunisia	$53,063
141	Wyoming	$52,946
142	Cameroon	$52,784
143	Macao SAR	$50,182
144	Bolivia	$48,404
145	Cambodia	$47,328
146	Bahrain	$46,943
147	Vermont	$45,707
148	Paraguay	$43,989

This comparison uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ newly released 2024 GDP data, which shows California’s economy is $900 billion larger than Japan’s 2024 print at $4.02 trillion.

Of course the IMF has released 2025 predictive GDP figures. Japan’s output is higher now ($4.19 trillion), but California’s comparative figures won’t be released for another year.

Another footnote: India has also leapfrogged Japan in 2025 by IMF estimates. Depending on how California performs this year, it could retain its spot or slip back down to fifth place.

In total, nine U.S. states feature in the world’s top 30 economies as measured by their 2024 GDP. These include financial capital (New York), shale-boom central (Texas), other tech hubs (Washington), as well as population clusters (Florida and Georgia).

Vermont, the smallest U.S. state by GDP, would rank 147th in the world.

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Want a one-to-one comparison of which countries could replace U.S. states by their GDP? Check out: U.S. State Economies vs. Entire Countries for a quick overview.

• Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-worlds-largest-economies-including-u-s-states/