Trillion dollar club

The Trillion dollar club is an unofficial classification of the world's major economies with a gross domestic product (nominal GDP) of more than US$1 trillion per year.[1][2] As of 2017, it included 16 countries. This does not include purchasing power parity, which increases the GDP of many poorer countries.

Due to the world financial crisis, South Korea and Australia exited the trillion dollar club as their nominal GDPs shrank below $1 trillion in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Australia rejoined the list in 2010 while South Korea did so in 2011 as these countries' nominal GDPs once again were above $1 trillion. Accordingly, with the IMF, Mexico's estimated nominal GDP in 2009 also diminished below the trillion dollar mark, although other sources such as the CIA reported it above the mark.

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$500 billion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1959 United States[3]
1964 EU[3]
1975 Japan[3]
1978 France[3]
1980 United Kingdom[3]
1986 Italy[3]
1988 Canada[3]
1990 Germany[3]
1990 Spain[3]
1991 Brazil[3]
1993 China[3]
1993 Mexico[3]
1995 South Korea[3]
2002 India[3]
2003 Netherlands[3]
2004 Australia[3]
2004 Russia[3]
2005 Turkey[3]
2008 Belgium[3]
2008 Indonesia[3]
2008 Poland[3]
2008 Saudi Arabia[3]
2008 Sweden[3]
2008  Switzerland[3]
2011 Argentina[3]
2013 Norway[3]
2014 Nigeria[3]
2019 Iran[4]
2019 Thailand[5]

Former nations that had a US$500 billion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1960-1990(?) Soviet Union
1976 West Germany[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$1 trillion economyEdit

Economies exceeding $1t in 2010 (log scale)
YearCountrySource
1969 United States[3]
1972 EU[3]
1979 Japan[3]
1987 Germany[3]
1988 France[3]
1989 United Kingdom[3]
1990 Italy[3]
1998 China[3]
2004 Spain[3]
2004 Canada[3]
2006 Brazil[3]
2006 South Korea[3]
2007 India[3]
2007 Mexico[3]
2007 Russia[3]
2008 Australia[3]
2017 Indonesia[3]
2021 Netherlands[6]

Former nations that had US$1 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1978 Soviet Union
1987 West Germany[3]

All of the G8 and BRIC countries are currently $1 trillion economies in United States dollars. Since currency valuations can be subject to rapid change, a country could achieve the US$1 trillion nominal GDP mark one year and then produce less than that in total goods and services the following year(s). The 2010 data used here are compiled according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) values. As for the former Soviet Union, the last statistics about its economy stated that it had an over US$2.5 trillion economy in the 1990 fiscal year, before its collapse. Also, the Soviet Union reached US$1 trillion in 1978.

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$2 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1977 EU[3]
1977 United States[3]
1986 Japan[3]
1992 Germany[3]
2004 France[3]
2004 United Kingdom[3]
2005 China[3]
2007 Italy[3]
2010 Brazil[3]
2011 Russia[3]
2014 India[3]

Former nation that had US$2 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1980-1990(?) Soviet Union

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$3 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1979 EU[3]
1981 United States[3]
1988 Japan[3]
2006 Germany[3]
2007 China[3]
2007 United KingdomBriefly became a $3 Tril economy in 2006 but GDP dropped to $2.38 Tril after crash. GDP was $3.12 Tril in 2021.[7]
2021 India[8]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$4 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1984 United States[3]
1986 EU[3]
1993 Japan[3]
2008 China[3]
2018 Germany[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$5 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1987 EU[3]
1988 United States[3]
1995 Japan[3]
2009 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$6 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1989 EU[3]
1992 United States[3]
2010 China[3]
2011 Japan[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$7 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1990 EU[3]
1994 United States[3]
2011 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$8 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1992 EU[3]
1996 United States[3]
2012 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$9 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
1995 EU[3]
1998 United States[3]
2013 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$10 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2000 United States[3]
2003 EU[3]
2014 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$11 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2003 United States[3]
2004 EU[3]
2015 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$12 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2004 EU[3]
2004 United States[3]
2017 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$13 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2004 EU[3]
2005 United States[3]
2018 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$14 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2005 EU[3]
2007 United States[3]
2019 China[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$15 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2006 EU[3]
2011 United States[3]
2021 China[9]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$16 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2007 EU[3]
2012 United States[3]
2021 China[10]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$17 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2007 EU[3]
2014 United States[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$18 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2008 EU[3]
2015 United States[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$19 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2008 EU[3]
2017 United States[3]

Chronological order of current nations having at least US$20 trillion economyEdit

YearCountrySource
2018 United States[3]


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