World economy charts, business frameworks and diagrams
Spain is the country Europeans go to on holiday, and lately it’s also the country Europe’s economy leans on. It’s a $1.91 trillion economy — the 12th-largest in the world — built by 49.4 million people, and it has spent View diagram Spain’s Economy, Explained
Mexico is the world’s 14th-largest economy, and one of the hardest to sum up in a sentence. It’s a $1.83 trillion economy with 131.9 million people, which works out to about $13,889 of output per person — far below the View diagram Mexico’s Economy, Explained
Australia is one of those economies that looks calm from the outside and turns out to be anything but simple underneath. It’s a $1.80 trillion economy — one of the 15 largest in the world — built by just 27.6 View diagram Australia’s Economy, Explained
South Korea is the world’s 13th-largest economy, and one of the most remarkable turnaround stories in modern history. In a single lifetime it went from one of the poorest countries on earth to a $1.87 trillion economy that builds the View diagram South Korea’s Economy, Explained
Italy is one of the world’s ten largest economies, and the third-biggest in the eurozone — and also one of its most contradictory. It produces about $2.55 trillion of output a year, from 58.9 million people. Per person, that’s about View diagram Italy’s Economy, Explained
The United Kingdom is the world’s sixth-largest economy, and the second-biggest in Europe behind Germany. It produces about $3.70 trillion of output a year, from a population of 69.3 million people. Per person, that’s about $53,341 — comfortably rich-country territory, View diagram The United Kingdom’s Economy, Explained
France is the world’s seventh-largest economy, and the second-biggest in Europe — but lately it has felt more like a country running in place than one pulling ahead. It produces about $3.37 trillion of output a year, from a population View diagram France’s Economy, Explained
Brazil’s stock market just had one of its worst days in years — and it had almost nothing to do with soybeans, iron ore, or anything Brazil actually makes. On Monday, October 26, the Ibovespa index closed down 13.9% after View diagram Brazil’s Economy, Explained
Germany is the world’s third-largest economy, and the biggest in Europe by a wide margin. It produces about $5.05 trillion of output a year — more than Japan, more than Britain, more than India — from a country of just View diagram Germany’s Economy, Explained
Japan is the world’s fourth-largest economy, and also one of its strangest. It produces about $4.44 trillion of output a year — more than the UK, more than India — yet ask a Japanese person how the economy feels and View diagram Japan’s Economy, Explained