The World’s 5 Biggest Economies

One thing that continues to surprise me is just how big the US economy is, at least in nominal aka US dollar terms. The map above shows you could split the US economy in 3 and it would be the #1, #3 and #4 biggest economies.

Here are the sources used below:

Data for China and Germany come from 2023 from the World Bank.

For that year the US as a whole had a GDP of $27.72 Trillion, China had a nominal GDP of $17.79 Trillion and Germany was $4.53 Trillion.

The data for US states comes from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and is also for 2023 to make a fair comparison with the numbers above.

 Top 13 US States

Total GDP: $17.88 Trillion

1. California: $3.87T
2. Texas: $2.58T
3. New York: $2.17T
4. Florida: $1.6T
5. Illinois: $1.10T
6. Pennsylvania: $0.98T
7. Ohio: $0.88T
8. Georgia: $0.83T
9. Washington $0.81T
10. New Jersey: $0.81T
11. North Carolina: $0.79T
12. Massachusetts: 0.74T
13. Virginia: 0.72T

Next 10 US States

Total GDP: $4.95 Trillion

1. Michigan: $674B
2. Colorado: $530B
3. Arizona: $523B
4. Tennessee: $523B
5. Maryland: $515B
6. Indiana: $500B
7. Minnesota: $483B
8. Wisconsin: $428B
9. Missouri: $430B
10. Connecticut: $345B

Reaming 28 States

Total GDP: $4.74 Trillion

1. South Carolina: $327B
2. Oregon: $319B
3. Louisiana: $315B
4. Alabama: $305B
5. Utah: $281B
6. Kentucky: $280B
7. Oklahoma: $257B
8. Nevada: $246B
9. Iowa: $254B
10. Kansas: $228B
11. Arkansas: $179B
12. Nebraska: $181B
13. District of Columbia: $177B
14. Mississippi: $151B
15. New Mexico: $135B
16. Idaho: $121B
17. New Hampshire: $114B
18. Hawaii: $110B
19. West Virginia: $102B
20. Delaware: $98B
21. Maine: $93B
22. Rhode Island: $78B
23. Montana: $73B
24. North Dakota: $76B
25. South Dakota: $74B
26. Alaska: $68B
27. Wyoming: $51B
28. Vermont $44B

Surprised?