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The shifting centre of the world economy

Summing the GDP of every country by region shows the world economy tilting toward East Asia and the Pacific since 1990, while North America holds and Europe recedes in share.

4 charts · 3 min read · Data refreshed 11 Sep 2026

East Asia & Pacific produced 21.2 % of the world total in 1990 and 28.6 % in 2025.

Europe & Central Asia went from 38.6 % to 27.4 % over the same period; North America from 28.6 % to 28.3 %.

01 · Trend

Share of world GDP by World Bank region

East Asia & Pacific 28.6 % · Europe & Central Asia 27.4 % · North America 28.3 % · Latin America & Caribbean 6.1 % · Middle East & North Africa 3.8 % · South Asia 3.9 % · Sub-Saharan Africa 1.9 %

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  • East Asia & Pacific
  • Europe & Central Asia
  • North America
  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Middle East & North Africa
  • South Asia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
Share of world GDP by World Bank region7 series from 1970 to 2025: East Asia & Pacific, Europe & Central Asia, North America, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa.1970198019902000201020200%20%40%60%80%100%120%

7 series from 1970 to 2025: East Asia & Pacific, Europe & Central Asia, North America, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa.

Source: World Bank — WDI · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · retrieved 11 Sep 2026

02 · Trend

GDP by region, current US$

Sum across 13–37 countries per year, computed by CountryAtlas from country values.

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  • East Asia & Pacific
  • North America
  • Europe & Central Asia
  • South Asia
GDP4 series from 1970 to 2025: East Asia & Pacific, North America, Europe & Central Asia, South Asia.197019801990200020102020US$10BUS$100BUS$1TUS$10TUS$100T

4 series from 1970 to 2025: East Asia & Pacific, North America, Europe & Central Asia, South Asia.

Source: World Bank — WDI · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · retrieved 11 Sep 2026

03 · World map

GDP per capita (PPP)

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2025
190 countries
GDP per capita (PPP), 2025World map of GDP per capita (PPP) (2025) for 190 countries, from intl $296 to intl $192k.Fiji: intl $16.3kTanzania: intl $4,471W. Sahara: —Canada: intl $66.7kUnited States: intl $90kKazakhstan: intl $44.3kUzbekistan: intl $13.6kPapua New Guinea: intl $5,215Indonesia: intl $17.7kArgentina: intl $32.6kChile: intl $37.8kDR Congo: intl $1,920Somalia: intl $1,643Kenya: intl $7,016Sudan: intl $2,192Chad: intl $2,903Haiti: intl $3,134Dominican Republic: intl $28.7kRussia: intl $49.6kBahamas: —Falkland Is.: —Norway: intl $104kGreenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: intl $4,809South Africa: intl $15.9kLesotho: intl $3,184Mexico: intl $25.9kUruguay: intl $38.3kBrazil: intl $23.4kBolivia: intl $12.9kPeru: intl $18.8kColombia: intl $22.6kPanama: intl $43.9kCosta Rica: intl $33.8kNicaragua: intl $9,284Honduras: intl $7,871El Salvador: intl $14.1kGuatemala: intl $15.2kBelize: intl $15kVenezuela: intl $8,911Guyana: intl $97.9kSuriname: intl $22.7kFrance: intl $64kEcuador: intl $16.8kPuerto Rico: intl $52.2kJamaica: intl $13.3kCuba: —Zimbabwe: intl $6,470Botswana: intl $20.7kNamibia: intl $12kSenegal: intl $5,463Mali: intl $3,503Mauritania: intl $7,676Benin: intl $4,817Niger: intl $2,177Nigeria: intl $9,532Cameroon: intl $5,788Togo: intl $4,079Ghana: intl $8,610Côte d'Ivoire: intl $8,209Guinea: intl $4,935Guinea-Bissau: intl $3,293Liberia: intl $1,981Sierra Leone: intl $3,717Burkina Faso: intl $3,072Central African Republic: intl $1,314Republic of the Congo: intl $7,248Gabon: intl $22.2kEquatorial Guinea: intl $16.1kZambia: intl $4,379Malawi: intl $1,899Mozambique: intl $1,698Eswatini: intl $12.5kAngola: intl $10.3kBurundi: intl $1,248Israel: intl $59.7kLebanon: —Madagascar: intl $1,952Palestine: intl $5,000Gambia: intl $3,706Tunisia: intl $15.2kAlgeria: intl $18.6kJordan: intl $12.6kUnited Arab Emirates: —Qatar: intl $129kKuwait: intl $56.5kIraq: intl $14.3kOman: intl $42.3kVanuatu: intl $4,525Cambodia: intl $8,543Thailand: intl $26.3kLaos: intl $10.4kMyanmar: intl $6,012Vietnam: intl $18.1kNorth Korea: —South Korea: intl $63.1kMongolia: intl $20.8kIndia: intl $11.7kBangladesh: intl $10.2kBhutan: intl $19.6kNepal: intl $6,175Pakistan: intl $6,573Afghanistan: —Tajikistan: intl $5,923Kyrgyzstan: intl $9,220Turkmenistan: intl $22.6kIran: intl $19.7kSyria: —Armenia: intl $24.8kSweden: intl $72.5kBelarus: intl $34.7kUkraine: intl $18.9kPoland: intl $54.3kAustria: intl $76.8kHungary: intl $49.8kMoldova: intl $20kRomania: intl $50.9kLithuania: intl $56.8kLatvia: intl $46.1kEstonia: intl $52.1kGermany: intl $75.4kBulgaria: intl $44.5kGreece: intl $45.3kTürkiye: intl $45.3kAlbania: intl $28.2kCroatia: intl $50.9kSwitzerland: intl $103kLuxembourg: intl $157kBelgium: intl $74.7kNetherlands: intl $87.3kPortugal: intl $53.1kSpain: intl $59.9kIreland: intl $155kNew Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: intl $2,788New Zealand: intl $57.4kAustralia: intl $71.9kSri Lanka: intl $17.1kChina: intl $29.3kTaiwan: intl $90.2kItaly: intl $62.8kDenmark: intl $83.2kUnited Kingdom: intl $64.6kIceland: intl $83.4kAzerbaijan: intl $26.1kGeorgia: intl $29.4kPhilippines: intl $12.6kMalaysia: intl $41.5kBrunei: intl $92.4kSlovenia: intl $59.2kFinland: intl $65.9kSlovakia: intl $49.3kCzechia: intl $60.5kEritrea: —Japan: intl $55.4kParaguay: intl $20.2kYemen: intl $1,590Saudi Arabia: intl $73.8kN. Cyprus: —Cyprus: intl $64.6kMorocco: intl $11.1kEgypt: intl $20.2kLibya: intl $16.5kEthiopia: intl $3,622Djibouti: intl $8,452Somaliland: —Uganda: intl $3,488Rwanda: intl $4,164Bosnia and Herzegovina: intl $25.8kNorth Macedonia: intl $28kSerbia: intl $33.9kMontenegro: intl $35.4kKosovo: intl $19.3kTrinidad and Tobago: intl $37.1kSouth Sudan: intl $1,467
GDP per capita (PPP), 2025
  • intl $296 – intl $2,076
  • intl $2,076 – intl $4,701
  • intl $4,701 – intl $8,974
  • intl $8,974 – intl $17.6k
  • intl $17.6k – intl $34.8k
  • intl $34.8k – intl $192k
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Source: World Bank — WDI · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · retrieved 11 Sep 2026

04 · Ranking, 2025

Largest economies

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