List of countries by GDP (PPP)

This is a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is the worth of all goods and services made in a country in a year. PPP is for purchasing power parity. Purchasing power parity means how much money would be needed to buy the same item in two different countries.

PPP 2019

All figures are in current international dollars (Int$).

List by the IMF (2020 estimates)^[1]

List by the World Bank (2019)^[2]

List by the CIA (2019)^[3]

Rank	Country/Territory	GDP (millions of current Int$)
	World	130,186,703	^[4]
1	China	24,162,435
2	United States	20,807,269
—	European Union^{[n 1]}^[6]	19,397,267
3	India	10,681,303
4	Japan	5,236,138
5	Germany	4,454,498
6	Russia	4,021,733
7	Indonesia	3,328,288
8	Brazil	3,078,901
9	United Kingdom	2,978,564
10	France	2,954,196
11	Mexico	2,424,511
12	Italy	2,415,410
13	Turkey	2,381,594
14	South Korea	2,293,475
15	Canada	1,808,995
16	Spain	1,773,364
17	Saudi Arabia	1,608,610
18	Australia	1,307,916
19	Egypt	1,292,478
20	Poland	1,280,659
—	Taiwan	1,275,805
21	Thailand	1,261,485
22	Pakistan	1,076,258
23	Vietnam	1,047,318
24	Nigeria	1,044,211
25	Iran	1,006,697
26	Netherlands	986,773
27	Philippines	933,913
28	Argentina	924,539
29	Malaysia	900,426
30	Bangladesh	864,883
31	Colombia	719,251
32	South Africa	710,773
33	United Arab Emirates	647,650
34	Switzerland	590,900
35	Romania	584,852
36	Belgium	575,808
37	Kazakhstan	569,628
38	Singapore	551,614
39	Sweden	551,533
40	Ukraine	527,786
41	Austria	493,170
42	Algeria	488,291
43	Chile	456,394
44	Ireland	447,723
—	Hong Kong	439,459
45	Czech Republic	430,891
46	Iraq	399,400
47	Peru	385,719
48	Israel	360,972
49	Norway	349,507
50	Portugal	339,948
51	Denmark	335,805
52	Hungary	316,342
53	Greece	310,743
54	Sri Lanka	287,671
55	Myanmar	275,513
56	Morocco	273,550
57	Finland	272,678
58	Ethiopia	272,017
59	Qatar	257,464
60	Uzbekistan	250,157
61	Kenya	243,137
62	Angola	216,550
63	New Zealand	205,541
64	Kuwait	203,786
65	Dominican Republic	196,493
66	Ecuador	185,913
67	Belarus	185,889
68	Slovakia	175,653
69	Ghana	175,639
70	Sudan	166,268
71	Tanzania	165,339
72	Bulgaria	164,095
73	Guatemala	148,562
74	Azerbaijan	146,459
75	Côte d'Ivoire	144,497
76	Serbia	130,675
77	Oman	129,195
78	Panama	128,501
79	Tunisia	123,574
80	Croatia	111,977
—	Puerto Rico	109,212
81	Lithuania	106,913
82	Uganda	106,568
83	Nepal	103,359
84	Jordan	102,158
85	Turkmenistan	99,323
86	Costa Rica	99,037
87	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	98,549
88	Bolivia	97,784
89	Cameroon	96,989
90	Paraguay	90,678
91	Slovenia	79,664
92	Lebanon	78,917
93	Afghanistan	78,884
94	Uruguay	75,343
95	Cambodia	74,348
96	Bahrain	74,245
97	Luxembourg	70,662
98	Yemen	62,706
99	Zambia	62,354
100	Laos	59,736
101	Latvia	58,593
102	Senegal	58,075
103	Georgia	56,083
104	Honduras	55,057
105	El Salvador	54,488
106	Estonia	49,097
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48,839
108	Mali	47,613
109	Burkina Faso	46,077
110	Madagascar	45,425
111	Benin	41,825
112	Mongolia	41,125
113	Mozambique	40,923
114	Armenia	40,788
—	Macau	40,049
115	Zimbabwe	39,234
116	Albania	39,113
117	Botswana	39,097
118	Trinidad and Tobago	36,418
119	Nicaragua	35,337
120	Guinea	35,137
121	Moldova	34,908
122	Cyprus	34,620
123	North Macedonia	34,523
124	Papua New Guinea	33,902
125	Tajikistan	33,727
126	Gabon	33,416
127	Libya	31,531
128	Kyrgyzstan	31,439
129	Niger	30,322
130	Rwanda	30,301
131	Brunei	28,470
132	Jamaica	27,855
133	West Bank and Gaza	27,095
134	Chad	26,574
135	Mauritius	26,252
136	Equatorial Guinea	25,007
137	Namibia	24,132
138	Mauritania	24,042
139	Malta	21,627
140	Malawi	20,774
—	Kosovo	19,909
141	Iceland	19,820
142	Congo, Republic of the	19,818
143	Haiti	19,704
144	Somalia	13,938
145	Guyana	13,661
146	Sierra Leone	13,660
147	Togo	13,583
148	Bahamas	13,016
149	Montenegro	12,417
150	South Sudan	12,176
151	Eswatini	10,092
152	Fiji	10,054
153	Burundi	9,292
154	Bhutan	9,089
155	Suriname	8,827
156	Maldives	8,681
157	Liberia	7,208
158	Eritrea	6,469
159	Lesotho	5,951
160	Djibouti	5,624
161	Gambia, The	5,417
162	Timor-Leste	5,315
163	Central African Republic	4,695
164	Guinea-Bissau	4,248
165	Barbados	4,194
166	Cape Verde	3,887
167	Aruba	3,061
168	Comoros	2,704
169	Seychelles	2,565
170	St. Lucia	2,480
171	Belize	2,373
172	San Marino	1,917
173	Antigua and Barbuda	1,830
174	Grenada	1,798
175	Solomon Islands	1,600
176	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1,356
177	St. Kitts and Nevis	1,201
178	Samoa	1,125
179	Dominica	855
180	São Tomé and Príncipe	836
181	Vanuatu	795
182	Tonga	609
183	Micronesia	353
184	Kiribati	252
185	Palau	250
186	Marshall Islands	209
187	Nauru	127
188	Tuvalu	50
—	Vatican City	21

Rank	Country/Territory	GDP (millions of current Int$)
	World	136,713,677
1	China	23,523,358
2	United States	21,433,226
3	India	9,560,220
4	Japan	5,504,331
5	Germany	4,782,655
6	Russia	4,433,093
7	France	3,419,582
8	Indonesia	3,338,144
9	United Kingdom	3,337,149
10	Brazil	3,229,055
11	Italy	2,756,952
12	Mexico	2,671,946
13	Turkey	2,347,133
14	South Korea	2,275,781
15	Spain	2,047,649
16	Canada	1,942,196
17	Saudi Arabia	1,680,540
18	Australia	1,353,983
19	Thailand	1,342,165
20	Poland	1,335,254
21	Egypt	1,233,148
22	Nigeria	1,077,719
23	Iran	1,072,697
24	Netherlands	1,062,244
25	Pakistan	1,060,748
26	Argentina	1,035,401
27	Philippines	1,005,742
28	Malaysia	946,342
29	Vietnam	809,994
30	Bangladesh	809,376
31	Colombia	806,058
32	South Africa	763,258
33	United Arab Emirates	684,810
34	Belgium	647,109
35	Romania	645,346
36	Switzerland	620,612
37	Sweden	582,487
38	Singapore	579,763
39	Ukraine	562,213
40	Austria	536,335
41	Algeria	517,495
42	Chile	511,748
43	Kazakhstan	509,458
44	Czech Republic	472,625
45	Hong Kong	469,182
46	Iraq	446,665
47	Ireland	443,167
48	Peru	436,174
49	Portugal	389,400
50	Israel	388,367
51	Norway	374,384
52	Denmark	361,273
53	Greece	348,349
54	Hungary	341,619
55	Sri Lanka	297,760
56	Finland	293,524
57	Morocco	291,655
58	Myanmar	290,208
59	Qatar	266,295
60	Ethiopia	259,990
61	Uzbekistan	245,421
62	Kenya	237,712
63	New Zealand	223,144
64	Angola	221,679
65	Kuwait	219,020
66	Dominican Republic	206,486
67	Ecuador	206,377
68	Belarus	189,309
69	Slovak Republic	182,798
70	Bulgaria	176,571
71	Sudan	175,727
72	Ghana	171,926
73	Tanzania	156,414
74	Azerbaijan	150,763
75	Guatemala	149,763
76	Oman	141,824
77	Cote d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire	139,981
78	Panama	139,499
79	Serbia	135,393
80	Tunisia	131,350
81	Croatia	126,625
82	Puerto Rico	115,117
83	Lithuania	111,519
84	Costa Rica	109,722
85	Libya	107,393
86	Jordan	106,240
87	Bolivia	104,891
88	Lebanon	104,176
89	Nepal	102,076
90	Uganda	101,124
91	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	99,508
92	Cameroon	98,420
93	Paraguay	93,317
94	Turkmenistan	88,975
95	Slovenia	88,594
96	Macau	82,906
97	Afghanistan	82,034
98	Uruguay	77,942
99	Luxembourg	77,233
100	Bahrain	77,139
101	Cambodia	75,558
102	Zambia	64,729
103	Latvia	63,162
104	El Salvador	59,143
105	Laos	58,594
106	Honduras	58,296
107	Georgia	58,245
108	Senegal	57,772
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53,769
110	Estonia	53,045
111	Mali	47,658
112	Madagascar	46,385
113	Burkina Faso	46,225
114	Zimbabwe	43,372
115	Botswana	42,740
116	Armenia	42,171
117	Albania	41,809
118	Mongolia	41,482
119	Mozambique	40,633
120	Benin	40,511
121	Papua New Guinea	39,910
122	Trinidad and Tobago	38,130
123	North Macedonia	37,727
124	Cyprus	37,706
125	Nicaragua	36,959
126	Moldova	36,216
127	Kyrgyzstan	35,420
128	Haiti	34,172
129	Guinea	34,169
130	Gabon	33,918
131	Tajikistan	32,897
132	West Bank and Gaza	30,432
133	Mauritius	30,228
134	Jamaica	30,053
135	Niger	29,807
136	Rwanda	29,363
137	Brunei	28,098
138	Chad	26,305
139	Equatorial Guinea	26,278
140	Namibia	25,104
141	Mauritania	24,561
142	Malta	23,915
143	Iceland	21,727
144	Kosovo	21,299
145	Congo, Republic of the	20,638
146	Malawi	20,615
147	Bahamas, The	15,090
148	Montenegro	14,954
149	Sierra Leone	14,019
150	Togo	13,476
151	Fiji	12,717
152	Maldives	10,829
153	Guyana	10,694
154	Eswatini	10,337
155	Suriname	10,032
156	Bhutan	9,429
157	Burundi	9,051
158	Liberia	7,362
159	Lesotho	6,002
160	Djibouti	5,627
161	Gambia, The	5,450
162	Timor-Leste	4,797
163	Cayman Islands	4,703
164	Barbados	4,687
165	Central African Republic	4,682
166	Cape Verde	4,119
167	Aruba	4,051
168	Curaçao	4,027
169	Guinea-Bissau	3,991
170	Seychelles	2,979
171	Saint Lucia	2,949
172	Belize	2,855
173	Comoros	2,718
174	Antigua and Barbuda	2,222
175	San Marino	2,057
176	Grenada	1,993
177	Solomon Islands	1,863
178	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,472
179	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,459
180	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1,442
181	Samoa	1,339
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,167
183	Vanuatu	987
184	Dominica	894
185	Sao Tome and Principe	891
186	Tonga	697
187	Micronesia, Federated States of	400
188	Palau	331
189	Kiribati	279
190	Marshall Islands	233
191	Nauru	152
192	Tuvalu	52

Rank	Country/Territory	GDP (billions of current Int$)		Year
	World	127,000		2017 est.
1	China	22,526		2019 est.
2	United States	20,524		2019 est.
—	European Union^{[n 1]}	19,885		2019 est.
3	India	9,155		2019 est.
4	Japan	5,231		2019 est.
5	Germany	4,482		2019 est.
6	Russia	3,968		2019 est.
7	Indonesia	3,196		2019 est.
8	United Kingdom	3,118		2019 est.
9	France	3,097		2019 est.
10	Brazil	3,092		2019 est.
11	Italy	2,562		2019 est.
12	Mexico	2,525		2019 est.
13	Turkey	2,371		2019 est.
14	South Korea	2,211		2019 est.
15	Spain	1,925		2019 est.
16	Canada	1,843		2019 est.
17	Saudi Arabia	1,609		2019 est.
18	Thailand	1,285		2019 est.
19	Australia	1,264		2019 est.
20	Poland	1,261		2019 est.
21	Egypt	1,180		2019 est.
—	Taiwan	1,143		2019 est.
22	Nigeria	1,032		2019 est.
23	Iran	1,027		2019 est.
24	Pakistan	1,015		2019 est.
25	Argentina	991	.5	2019 est.
26	Netherlands	986	.8	2019 est.
27	Philippines	963	.1	2019 est.
28	Malaysia	906	.2	2019 est.
29	Vietnam	775	.6	2019 est.
30	Bangladesh	775	.0	2019 est.
31	Colombia	741	.0	2019 est.
32	South Africa	730	.9	2019 est.
33	United Arab Emirates	655	.7	2019 est.
34	Belgium	596	.4	2019 est.
35	Switzerland	588	.4	2019 est.
36	Romania	579	.5	2019 est.
37	Singapore	555	.1	2019 est.
38	Sweden	547	.5	2019 est.
39	Ukraine	538	.3	2019 est.
40	Austria	498	.7	2019 est.
41	Algeria	495	.5	2019 est.
42	Kazakhstan	487	.8	2019 est.
43	Chile	459	.1	2019 est.
—	Hong Kong	449	.2	2019 est.
44	Czech Republic	435	.9	2019 est.
45	Ireland	428	.8	2019 est.
46	Iraq	427	.7	2019 est.
47	Peru	417	.6	2019 est.
48	Israel	363	.4	2019 est.
49	Portugal	358	.3	2019 est.
50	Norway	340	.3	2019 est.
51	Denmark	336	.3	2019 est.
52	Hungary	321	.8	2019 est.
53	Greece	319	.3	2019 est.
54	Sri Lanka	285	.1	2019 est.
55	Morocco	279	.2	2019 est.
56	Myanmar	277	.9	2019 est.
57	Venezuela	269	.0	2019 est.
58	Finland	268	.6	2019 est.
59	Qatar	255	.0	2019 est.
60	Ethiopia	248	.9	2019 est.
61	Uzbekistan	235	.0	2019 est.
62	Kenya	227	.6	2019 est.
63	Angola	212	.2	2019 est.
64	New Zealand	210	.8	2019 est.
65	Kuwait	209	.7	2019 est.
66	Dominican Republic	197	.7	2019 est.
67	Ecuador	197	.6	2019 est.
68	Belarus	181	.2	2019 est.
69	Slovakia	178	.5	2019 est.
70	Sudan	168	.2	2019 est.
71	Ghana	164	.6	2019 est.
72	Bulgaria	161	.6	2019 est.
73	Tanzania	149	.7	2019 est.
74	Azerbaijan	144	.3	2019 est.
75	Guatemala	143	.4	2019 est.
76	Cuba	137	.0	2017 est.
77	Oman	135	.8	2019 est.
78	Cote d'Ivoire	134	.0	2019 est.
79	Panama	133	.5	2019 est.
80	Serbia	126	.6	2019 est.
81	Tunisia	125	.7	2019 est.
82	Croatia	116	.3	2019 est.
—	Puerto Rico	110	.2	2019 est.
83	Lithuania	103	.7	2019 est.
84	Libya	102	.8	2019 est.
85	Jordan	101	.7	2019 est.
86	Bolivia	100	.4	2019 est.
87	Lebanon	99	.7	2019 est.
88	Costa Rica	99	.1	2019 est.
89	Nepal	97	.7	2019 est.
90	Uganda	96	.8	2019 est.
91	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	95	.2	2019 est.
92	Cameroon	94	.2	2019 est.
93	Paraguay	89	.3	2019 est.
94	Turkmenistan	86	.8	2018 est.
95	Slovenia	81	.6	2019 est.
—	Macau	79	.3	2019 est.
96	Afghanistan	78	.5	2019 est.
97	Uruguay	74	.6	2019 est.
98	Bahrain	73	.8	2019 est.
99	Yemen	73	.6	2017 est.
100	Cambodia	72	.3	2019 est.
101	Luxembourg	70	.9	2019 est.
102	Zambia	61	.9	2019 est.
103	Latvia	59	.1	2019 est.
104	El Salvador	56	.6	2019 est.
105	Laos	56	.1	2019 est.
106	Honduras	55	.8	2019 est.
107	Georgia	55	.7	2019 est.
108	Senegal	55	.3	2019 est.
109	Syria	50	.2	2019 est.
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49	.2	2019 est.
111	Estonia	48	.9	2019 est.
112	Mali	45	.6	2019 est.
113	Madagascar	44	.4	2019 est.
114	Burkina Faso	44	.2	2019 est.
115	Zimbabwe	41	.5	2019 est.
116	Botswana	40	.9	2019 est.
117	Armenia	40	.3	2019 est.
118	Korea, North	40	.0	2015 est.
119	Albania	39	.8	2019 est.
120	Mongolia	39	.7	2019 est.
121	Mozambique	38	.9	2019 est.
122	Benin	38	.7	2019 est.
123	Papua New Guinea	38	.2	2019 est.
124	Trinidad and Tobago	36	.5	2019 est.
125	Nicaragua	35	.3	2019 est.
126	Cyprus	35	.3	2019 est.
127	Moldova	34	.6	2019 est.
128	North Macedonia	34	.3	2019 est.
129	Kyrgyzstan	33	.9	2019 est.
130	Haiti	32	.7	2019 est.
131	Guinea	32	.7	2019 est.
132	Gabon	32	.4	2019 est.
133	Tajikistan	31	.5	2019 est.
134	Mauritius	28	.9	2019 est.
135	Jamaica	28	.7	2019 est.
136	Niger	28	.5	2019 est.
137	Rwanda	28	.1	2019 est.
138	Brunei	26	.9	2019 est.
139	Chad	25	.1	2019 est.
140	Equatorial Guinea	25	.1	2019 est.
141	Namibia	24	.0	2019 est.
142	Mauritania	23	.5	2019 est.
143	Malta	22	.1	2019 est.
—	West Bank (includes Gaza Strip [7])	21	.2	2014 est.
144	Somalia	20	.4	2017 est.
—	Kosovo	20	.3	2019 est.
145	Iceland	20	.1	2019 est.
146	South Sudan	20	.0	2017 est.
147	Congo, Republic of the	19	.7	2019 est.
148	Malawi	19	.7	2019 est.
149	Bahamas, The	14	.4	2019 est.
150	Sierra Leone	13	.4	2019 est.
151	Montenegro	13	.3	2019 est.
152	Togo	12	.9	2019 est.
153	Fiji	12	.1	2019 est.
—	New Caledonia	11	.1	2017 est.
154	Maldives	10	.3	2019 est.
155	Guyana	10	.2	2019 est.
156	Eswatini	9	.8	2019 est.
157	Eritrea	9	.702	2019 est.
158	Suriname	9	.606	2019 est.
159	Bhutan	9	.029	2019 est.
160	Burundi	8	.667	2019 est.
161	Monaco	7	.672	2015 est.
162	Liberia	7	.049	2019 est.
—	Isle of Man	6	.792	2015 est.
—	Guam	5	.793	2016 est.
163	Lesotho	5	.747	2019 est.
—	Jersey	5	.569	2016 est.
—	French Polynesia	5	.490	2017 est.
164	Djibouti	5	.388	2019 est.
—	Bermuda	5	.228	2019 est.
165	Gambia, The	5	.218	2019 est.
166	Liechtenstein	4	.978	2014 est.
167	Timor-Leste	4	.593	2019 est.
—	Cayman Islands	4	.591	2018 est.
168	Barbados	4	.488	2019 est.
169	Central African Republic	4	.483	2019 est.
—	Aruba	4	.158	2017 est.
170	Cape Verde	3	.944	2019 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	.872	2016 est.
—	Curaçao	3	.856	2019 est.
171	Guinea-Bissau	3	.821	2019 est.
—	Guernsey	3	.465	2015 est.
172	Andorra	3	.327	2015 est.
173	Seychelles	2	.852	2019 est.
174	Saint Lucia	2	.823	2019 est.
175	Belize	2	.734	2019 est.
176	Comoros	2	.603	2019 est.
—	Greenland	2	.413	2015 est.
177	Antigua and Barbuda	2	.127	2019 est.
—	Gibraltar	2	.044	2014 est.
178	San Marino	2	.008	2018 est.
—	Faroe Islands	2	.001	2014 est.
179	Grenada	1	.908	2019 est.
180	Solomon Islands	1	.783	2019 est.
—	Sint Maarten	1	.436	2018 est.
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	.396	2019 est.
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	.380	2019 est.
183	Samoa	1	.285	2019 est.
—	Northern Mariana Islands	1	.242	2016 est.
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	1	.117	2019 est.
184	Vanuatu	0	.945	2019 est.
185	Dominica	0	.855	2019 est.
186	Sao Tome and Principe	0	.853	2019 est.
187	Tonga	0	.667	2019 est.
—	American Samoa	0	.658	2016 est.
—	Saint Martin	0	.5615	2005 est.
—	British Virgin Islands	0	.500	2017 est.
188	Micronesia, Federated States of	0	.390	2018 est.
189	Palau	0	.316	2019 est.
—	Cook Islands	0	.299	2016 est.
190	Kiribati	0	.267	2019 est.
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	.261	2015 est.
191	Marshall Islands	0	.227	2018 est.
—	Falkland Islands	0	.206	2018 est.
—	Anguilla	0	.1754	2009 est.
192	Nauru	0	.145	2019 est.
—	Wallis and Futuna	0	.060	2004 est.
193	Tuvalu	0	.0490	2019 est.
—	Saint Helena	0	.0311	2009 est.
—	Niue	0	.0101	2003 est.
—	Tokelau	0	.0077	2017 est.

ReferencesEdit

↑ "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
↑ "World Bank, International Comparison Program database: GDP, PPP (current international $)" (PDF). Retrieved 3 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)". CIA. Retrieved 2 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
↑ CIA (2014). "The World Factbook". Retrieved 15 March 2015. Although the EU is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur, and it has certain attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, currency (for some members), and law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy in its dealings with external partners. Thus, inclusion of basic intelligence on the EU has been deemed appropriate as a new, separate entity in The World Factbook.
↑ "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The EU is included as a separate entity in The World Factbook of CIA because it has many attributes of independent nations, being much more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur.^[5]

[imf-1] "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[2] "World Bank, International Comparison Program database: GDP, PPP (current international $)" (PDF). Retrieved 3 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)". CIA. Retrieved 2 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[5] CIA (2014). "The World Factbook". Retrieved 15 March 2015. Although the EU is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur, and it has certain attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, currency (for some members), and law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy in its dealings with external partners. Thus, inclusion of basic intelligence on the EU has been deemed appropriate as a new, separate entity in The World Factbook.

[7] "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

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[EU_note-6] 1.0 ^1.1 The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The EU is included as a separate entity in The World Factbook of CIA because it has many attributes of independent nations, being much more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur.^[5]

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