The $150 Trillion Global Economy in 2030

The $150 Trillion Global Economy in 2030

The world economy is projected to exceed $150 trillion by 2030, with significant growth coming from emerging markets in Asia.

This visualization shows countries’ projected nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2030, based on forecasts from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook.

The World’s Largest Economies in 2030

The three largest national economies in 2030 are projected to be the same as in 2026. The United States leads at $37.7 trillion, followed by China at $26 trillion and Germany at a distant third with $6.2 trillion.

Combined, these three economies are projected to add more than $10 trillion in economic output between 2026 and 2030, led by China.

The table below lists the world’s economies by forecast nominal GDP in 2030.

Rank	Country	2030 GDP (billions $)	Share of World Economy
1	United States	37,678	25.1%
2	China	26,047	17.3%
3	Germany	6,178	4.1%
4	India	6,173	4.1%
5	United Kingdom	5,148	3.4%
6	Japan	5,002	3.3%
7	France	4,004	2.7%
8	Brazil	3,204	2.1%
9	Italy	3,046	2.0%
10	Canada	3,008	2.0%
11	Russia	2,592	1.7%
12	Mexico	2,549	1.7%
13	Australia	2,484	1.7%
14	Spain	2,472	1.6%
15	South Korea	2,267	1.5%
16	Indonesia	2,082	1.4%
17	Türkiye	1,934	1.3%
18	Netherlands	1,655	1.1%
19	Saudi Arabia	1,650	1.1%
20	Poland	1,388	0.9%
21	Switzerland	1,347	0.9%
22	Taiwan	1,214	0.8%
23	Sweden	909.9	0.6%
24	Ireland	893.8	0.6%
25	Israel	875.8	0.6%
26	Belgium	863.8	0.6%
27	Argentina	833.3	0.6%
28	Singapore	787.7	0.5%
29	United Arab Emirates	770.2	0.5%
30	Philippines	715.5	0.5%
31	Austria	706.6	0.5%
32	Bangladesh	677.0	0.5%
33	Malaysia	672.5	0.4%
34	Vietnam	667.5	0.4%
35	Thailand	647.5	0.4%
36	Colombia	632.1	0.4%
37	Romania	613.8	0.4%
38	Norway	611.8	0.4%
39	Egypt	611.0	0.4%
40	Denmark	589.2	0.4%
41	South Africa	555.3	0.4%
42	Hong Kong	536.9	0.4%
43	Czech Republic	506.8	0.3%
44	Chile	496.8	0.3%
45	Kazakhstan	468.8	0.3%
46	Nigeria	464.8	0.3%
47	Portugal	444.9	0.3%
48	Peru	437.1	0.3%
49	Finland	388.6	0.3%
50	Greece	357.3	0.2%
51	Iran	349.5	0.2%
52	Iraq	339.8	0.2%
53	Hungary	329.6	0.2%
54	New Zealand	327.1	0.2%
55	Algeria	325.4	0.2%
56	Qatar	288.9	0.2%
57	Ukraine	274.5	0.2%
58	Uzbekistan	273.4	0.2%
59	Morocco	263.2	0.2%
60	Ethiopia	211.6	0.1%
61	Slovakia	203.7	0.1%
62	Kuwait	193.4	0.1%
63	Bulgaria	190.1	0.1%
64	Kenya	183.6	0.1%
65	Dominican Republic	177.4	0.1%
66	Guatemala	174.8	0.1%
67	Angola	171.6	0.1%
68	Ecuador	163.8	0.1%
69	Congo, Dem. Rep. of the	163.6	0.1%
70	Côte d’Ivoire	156.3	0.1%
71	Serbia	148.1	0.1%
72	Puerto Rico	145.6	0.1%
73	Ghana	142.1	0.1%
74	Croatia	140.6	0.1%
75	Tanzania	137.2	0.1%
76	Costa Rica	136.7	0.1%
77	Oman	134.1	0.1%
78	Luxembourg	129.3	0.1%
79	Lithuania	128.6	0.1%
80	Belarus	127.1	0.1%
81	Panama	123.1	0.1%
82	Uruguay	115.3	0.1%
83	Myanmar	107.6	0.1%
84	Turkmenistan	107.3	0.1%
85	Uganda	103.9	0.1%
86	Slovenia	102.5	0.1%
87	Azerbaijan	99.6	0.1%
88	Cameroon	85.8	0.1%
89	Jordan	80.1	0.1%
90	Paraguay	75.5	0.1%
91	Cambodia	70.4	0.05%
92	Latvia	65.9	0.04%
93	Macau	65.5	0.04%
94	Zimbabwe	65.0	0.04%
95	Nepal	64.2	0.04%
96	Estonia	62.4	0.04%
97	Sudan	62.1	0.04%
98	Tunisia	61.6	0.04%
99	Georgia	61.5	0.04%
100	Bahrain	58.2	0.04%
101	Zambia	55.9	0.04%
102	Cyprus	55.2	0.04%
103	Iceland	52.7	0.04%
104	Honduras	52.0	0.03%
105	Guyana	50.4	0.03%
106	Libya	49.8	0.03%
107	El Salvador	49.6	0.03%
108	Senegal	49.3	0.03%
109	Haiti	48.9	0.03%
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.3	0.03%
111	Mali	45.0	0.03%
112	Burkina Faso	44.0	0.03%
113	Guinea	43.9	0.03%
114	Albania	41.5	0.03%
115	Armenia	40.7	0.03%
116	Papua New Guinea	40.3	0.03%
117	Malta	38.6	0.03%
118	Benin	38.5	0.03%
119	Mongolia	37.7	0.03%
120	Niger	33.9	0.02%
121	Chad	33.5	0.02%
122	Nicaragua	31.8	0.02%
123	Malawi	31.4	0.02%
124	Trinidad and Tobago	31.3	0.02%
125	Botswana	30.9	0.02%
126	Mozambique	30.9	0.02%
127	Kyrgyzstan	30.9	0.02%
128	Madagascar	30.7	0.02%
129	Moldova	30.2	0.02%
130	Gabon	27.6	0.02%
131	North Macedonia	27.3	0.02%
132	Jamaica	26.6	0.02%
133	Tajikistan	25.7	0.02%
134	Laos	23.4	0.02%
135	Rwanda	22.7	0.02%
136	Mauritius	21.9	0.01%
137	Congo, Republic of	21.7	0.01%
138	Namibia	21.4	0.01%
139	Somalia	19.9	0.01%
140	Brunei	19.8	0.01%
141	Bahamas	19.5	0.01%
142	Kosovo	18.4	0.01%
143	Togo	17.9	0.01%
144	Mauritania	17.4	0.01%
145	Equatorial Guinea	15.0	0.01%
146	Suriname	13.6	0.01%
147	Montenegro	12.6	0.01%
148	Liechtenstein	10.9	0.01%
149	Maldives	10.4	0.01%
150	Barbados	10.3	0.01%
151	Sierra Leone	10.0	0.01%
152	Burundi	9.5	0.01%
153	South Sudan	7.8	0.01%
154	Fiji	7.8	0.01%
155	Liberia	7.4	0.005%
156	Yemen	7.0	0.005%
157	Eswatini	6.8	0.005%
158	Djibouti	6.1	0.004%
159	Bhutan	5.7	0.004%
160	Cabo Verde	4.6	0.003%
161	Central African Republic	4.5	0.003%
162	Guinea-Bissau	4.0	0.003%
163	Belize	3.9	0.003%
164	Gambia, The	3.8	0.003%
165	Lesotho	3.6	0.002%
166	Saint Lucia	3.3	0.002%
167	Timor-Leste	2.8	0.002%
168	San Marino	2.7	0.002%
169	Seychelles	2.7	0.002%
170	Solomon Islands	2.4	0.002%
171	Comoros	2.3	0.002%
172	Grenada	1.8	0.001%
173	Vanuatu	1.7	0.001%
174	São Tomé and Príncipe	1.7	0.001%
175	Samoa	1.7	0.001%
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.5	0.001%
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.4	0.001%
178	Dominica	1.0	0.001%
179	Tonga	0.8	0.001%
180	Micronesia, Fed. States of	0.6	0.0004%
—	Global Total	150,344	100.0%

IMF forecasts not available for Afghanistan, Bolivia, Cuba, Eritrea, Lebanon, North Korea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Venezuela.

The race for third place is remarkably close. Germany is projected at $6.178 trillion in 2030, compared with $6.173 trillion for India, a difference of just $5 billion.

India could soon overtake Germany in nominal GDP if current growth trajectories continue. The ranking looks very different when adjusting for purchasing power parity, where India’s economy is already roughly three times the size of Germany’s.

The Rise of Asia

By 2030, Asia and the Middle East are projected to generate $55.7 trillion in economic output, accounting for more than a third of the global economy.

Japan will be the region’s next-largest economy after China and India, at $5 trillion, followed by South Korea ($2.3 trillion) and Indonesia ($2.1 trillion).

The long-stagnating Japanese economy has seen growth sputter in recent decades. Once the world’s second-largest economy, Japan was surpassed by China in 2010 and Germany in 2024.

Europe: The Balanced Economy

Europe’s $37 trillion economy is projected to be one of the world’s most balanced by country in 2030. By comparison, a single country accounts for more than half of the continental economy in both North and South America.

Europe is projected to account for roughly a fifth of the global economy in 2030. Assuming no new additions or withdrawals, European Union member countries will reach a combined nominal GDP of $26.5 trillion, led by Germany, France ($4 trillion), and Italy ($3 trillion).

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom ($5.1 trillion) will remain the continent’s largest non-EU economy, followed by Russia ($2.6 trillion). Russia is among the few major economies expected to contract between 2026 and 2030.

Learn More on the Voronoi App

To learn more about Asia’s growing economic weight relative to the West, check out Asia’s GDP (PPP) Surpasses North America and Europe Combined Since the 2000s on Voronoi.

• Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-150-trillion-global-economy-in-2030/