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Gross domestic product is the market value of all final goods and services from a country in a given year. Gross Domestic Product per capita shows a nation’s GDP divided by its total population.
But some regions of countries have a GDP comparable to that of entire nations. For instance, if California were a sovereign nation, it would rank as the global’s 5h-biggest economy after Germany, Japan, China, and the UK.
An ordinary map doesn’t show the global economy’s subtleties, such as how much particular subdivisions contribute to every nation and world GDP.
Reddit user BerryBlue_Blueberry created the new version of the maps that shows nominal world GDP and GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity. Both maps were normalized to a base number of one thousand to depict a more subdivisions breakdown of economic activity.
Every cartogram’s hexagon on the maps below outlines 0.1 percent of the global’s overall GDP.
The number below subdivisions depicts the number of hexagons embraced by the country. For instance, California represents 37 hexagons, or about 3.4% of world GDP.
The nations that are less than 0.1 percent of GDP are grouped. Cites that account for over 0.25 percent of world GDP are highlighted.
Nominal GPD
On the map, you can see how huge Japan and tiny Africa are. Russia’s GDP is small, too, particularly when compared to the rest of Europe. In Asia, China is the undisputed leader.
India’s GDP ($3 trillion) exceeds the GDP of entire Africa ($2.6 trillion). While South America’s GDP is only insignificantly doing better than Africa’s. Although on a per capita level, the South Americans are doing much better.
Many US states have larger GDPs than entire nations with more substantial populations. In the United Kingdom and France, wealth is unevenly concentrated only in London and Paris, respectively.
Top 10 subdivisions with the highest nominal GDP per capita
1. New York – 90,000$ 2. Massachusetts – 86,000$ 3. California – 80,000$ 3. Washington – 80,000$ 3. Emirati of Abu Dhabi – 80,000$ 4. Connecticut – 79,000$ 4. Wester Australia – 79,000$ 5. Greater London – 73,000$ 6. Greate Tokyo – 72,000$ 6. Illionis – 72,000$ 7. Île-de-France – 70,000$ 8. Maryland – 69,000$ 8. Colorado – 69,000$ 9. New Jersey – 68,000$ 10. Queensland – 66,000$
Below is the map of the GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity.
GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity
The estimated average GDP per capita of all of the world’s countries is Int$18,381 (2019). Luxembourgers have the highest per capita gross domestic product in the world. According to the International Monetary Fund, in 2021, the GDP per capita in Luxembourg amounted to about US$122,740.
