Elon Musk recently became the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX stock began trading publicly on the Nasdaq. His vast wealth is nearly equivalent to the entire economic output of Poland or Switzerland.
For context, gross domestic product (GDP) is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced and sold within a country over one year. Twenty-one countries generate GDP of more than $1 trillion, with two nations claiming double-digit output.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), through its World Economic Outlook survey, has released a list detailing the projected GDP of 218 countries in 2026. This includes 21 nations whose GDP exceeds $1 trillion. In this gallery, we list those 21 countries in descending order of output, together with corresponding GDP per capita.
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All values in USD.