“Bill Gates isn’t quivering at California’s income, he probably owns half of the state.”
Nah, Bill Gates is content to own just one coastal fortress AKA Seattle, Washington. :D
“France is still pretty high up on that list. In fact, I expected lower. I’m surprized India is that far up too.”
If you take a look at India compared with 20 years ago, expect them to be major players (like China and Japan) in the future. However, their main problem is that in addition to having 5th largest economy, they’re the 5th largest borrower. Expect great things for India if they can curve the massive over population and stravation.
What I also find intresting is Mexico (though not surprising since CA and Mexico are two of the greatest trading partners) beating Canada in terms of economy. Perhaps a little North American rivalry?
Anyways, for those intrested on how the other countries placed, I have stats that round out the top 50 (again, remember this is 1999, so a lot of countries has moved up and down the ladder [Taiwan being a big example :)]
21 Taiwan 357 bln. 16,144 5.5%
22 Iran 348 bln. 5,333 1.0%
23 South Africa 296 bln. 6,818 0.6%
24 Pakistan 282 bln. 2,042 3.1%
25 Philippines 282 bln. 3,554 2.9%
26 Poland 277 bln. 7,162 3.8%
27 Colombia 245 bln. 6,235 -5.0%
28 Belgium 243 bln. 23,905 1.8%
29 Malaysia 229 bln. 10,718 5.0%
30 Egypt 200 bln. 2,973 5.0%
31 Switzerland 197 bln. 27,077 1.4%
32 Saudi Arabia 191 bln. 8,882 1.6%
33 Austria 191 bln. 23,417 2.0%
34 Bangladesh 187 bln. 1,471 5.2%
35 Chile 185 bln. 12,362 -1.0%
36 Sweden 184 bln. 20,648 3.8%
37 Venezuela 183 bln. 7,878 -7.2%
38 Portugal 151 bln. 15,265 3.2%
39 Greece 149 bln. 13,935 3.0%
40 Algeria 148 bln. 4,741 3.9%
41 Vietnam 143 bln. 1,851 4.8%
42 Denmark 128 bln. 23,839 1.3%
43 Czech Republic 121 bln. 11,750 -0.5%
44 Peru 116 bln. 4,357 2.4%
45 Norway 111 bln. 25,076 0.8%
46 Nigeria 111 bln. 1000 2.7%
47 Ukraine 110 bln. 2,198 -0.4%
48 Finland 109 bln. 21,053 3.5%
49 Morocco 108 bln. 3,641 0.0%
50 Israel 105 bln. 18,331 2.1%