World development data, made comparable

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GDP

Total economic output valued at current market exchange rates. How to read this indicator

current US$
Recent observations. Years with no reported value remain blank.
YearUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
2025$30.77T$4.00T
2024$29.30T$3.70T
2023$27.81T$3.42T
2022$26.05T$3.18T
2021$23.73T$3.19T
2020$21.38T$2.72T
2019$21.54T$2.88T
2018$20.66T$2.90T
2017$19.61T$2.70T
2016$18.80T$2.71T

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Values can be revised by the source.

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Why the year matters

A country can look stronger simply because one series is newer. We display each observation year instead of pretending every value is current.

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Change needs a baseline

The latest number alone says little about direction. Every card compares it with an available observation roughly five years earlier.

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National data has limits

These indicators describe whole economies. They do not capture city-level costs, sector regulation or the experience of an individual company.

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