October 1, 2006

A tipping point?

Ran into this little gem at McArthurweb: From Corporations.org: Of the world's 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries.
(Corporations are in bold italics)

RankCountry / CorporationGDP / sales ($mil)
1United States8,708,870.00
2Japan4,395,083.00
3Germany2,081,202.00
4France1,410,262.00
5United Kingdom1,373,612.00
6Italy1,149,958.00
7China1,149,814.00
8Brazil760,345.00
9Canada612,049.00
10Spain562,245.00
11Mexico474,951.00
12India459,765.00
13Korea, Rep.406,940.00
14Australia389,691.00
15Netherlands384,766.00
16Russian Federation375,345.00
17Argentina281,942.00
18Switzerland260,299.00
19Belgium245,706.00
20Sweden226,388.00
21Austria208,949.00
22Turkey188,374.00
23General Motors176,558.00
24Denmark174,363.00
25Wal-Mart166,809.00
26Exxon Mobil163,881.00
27Ford Motor162,558.00
28DaimlerChrysler159,985.70
29Poland154,146.00
30Norway145,449.00
31Indonesia140,964.00
32South Africa131,127.00
33Saudi Arabia128,892.00
34Finland126,130.00
35Greece123,934.00
36Thailand123,887.00
37Mitsui118,555.20
38Mitsubishi117,765.60
39Toyota Motor115,670.90
40General Electric111,630.00
41Itochu109,068.90

Sources: Sales: Fortune, July 31, 2000. GDP: World Bank, World Development Report 2000.

And that is the data from 2000 -- wonder just how much the landscape has changed in the last six years... Posted by DaveH at October 1, 2006 11:00 PM
Comments
Post a comment









Remember personal info?