Of the world’s 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries (2000)
compiled by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh of the of the Institute for Policy Studies in their Report on the Top 200 corporations released in December 2000
(Corporations are in bold italics)
| Rank | Country / Corporation | GDP / sales ($mil) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 8,708,870.00 |
| 2 | Japan | 4,395,083.00 |
| 3 | Germany | 2,081,202.00 |
| 4 | France | 1,410,262.00 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 1,373,612.00 |
| 6 | Italy | 1,149,958.00 |
| 7 | China | 1,149,814.00 |
| 8 | Brazil | 760,345.00 |
| 9 | Canada | 612,049.00 |
| 10 | Spain | 562,245.00 |
| 11 | Mexico | 474,951.00 |
| 12 | India | 459,765.00 |
| 13 | Korea, Rep. | 406,940.00 |
| 14 | Australia | 389,691.00 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 384,766.00 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 375,345.00 |
| 17 | Argentina | 281,942.00 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 260,299.00 |
| 19 | Belgium | 245,706.00 |
| 20 | Sweden | 226,388.00 |
| 21 | Austria | 208,949.00 |
| 22 | Turkey | 188,374.00 |
| 23 | General Motors | 176,558.00 |
| 24 | Denmark | 174,363.00 |
| 25 | Wal-Mart | 166,809.00 |
| 26 | Exxon Mobil | 163,881.00 |
| 27 | Ford Motor | 162,558.00 |
| 28 | DaimlerChrysler | 159,985.70 |
| 29 | Poland | 154,146.00 |
| 30 | Norway | 145,449.00 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 140,964.00 |
| 32 | South Africa | 131,127.00 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 128,892.00 |
| 34 | Finland | 126,130.00 |
| 35 | Greece | 123,934.00 |
| 36 | Thailand | 123,887.00 |
| 37 | Mitsui | 118,555.20 |
| 38 | Mitsubishi | 117,765.60 |
| 39 | Toyota Motor | 115,670.90 |
| 40 | General Electric | 111,630.00 |
| 41 | Itochu | 109,068.90 |
| 42 | Portugal | 107,716.00 |
| 43 | Royal Dutch/Shell | 105,366.00 |
| 44 | Venezuela | 103,918.00 |
| 45 | Iran, Islamic rep. | 101,073.00 |
| 46 | Israel | 99,068.00 |
| 47 | Sumitomo | 95,701.60 |
| 48 | Nippon Tel & Tel | 93,591.70 |
| 49 | Egypt, Arab Republic | 92,413.00 |
| 50 | Marubeni | 91,807.40 |
| 51 | Colombia | 88,596.00 |
| 52 | AXA | 87,645.70 |
| 53 | IBM | 87,548.00 |
| 54 | Singapore | 84,945.00 |
| 55 | Ireland | 84,861.00 |
| 56 | BP Amoco | 83,556.00 |
| 57 | Citigroup | 82,005.00 |
| 58 | Volkswagen | 80,072.70 |
| 59 | Nippon Life Insurance | 78,515.10 |
| 60 | Philippines | 75,350.00 |
| 61 | Siemens | 75,337.00 |
| 62 | Malaysia | 74,634.00 |
| 63 | Allianz | 74,178.20 |
| 64 | Hitachi | 71,858.50 |
| 65 | Chile | 71,092.00 |
| 66 | Matsushita Electric Ind. | 65,555.60 |
| 67 | Nissho Iwai | 65,393.20 |
| 68 | ING Group | 62,492.40 |
| 69 | AT&T | 62,391.00 |
| 70 | Philip Morris | 61,751.00 |
| 71 | Sony | 60,052.70 |
| 72 | Pakistan | 59,880.00 |
| 73 | Deutsche Bank | 58,585.10 |
| 74 | Boeing | 57,993.00 |
| 75 | Peru | 57,318.00 |
| 76 | Czech Republic | 56,379.00 |
| 77 | Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Ins. | 55,104.70 |
| 78 | Honda Motor | 54,773.50 |
| 79 | Assicurazioni Generali | 53,723.20 |
| 80 | Nissan Motor | 53,679.90 |
| 81 | New Zealand | 53,622.00 |
| 82 | E.On | 52,227.70 |
| 83 | Toshiba | 51,634.90 |
| 84 | Bank of America | 51,392.00 |
| 85 | Fiat | 51,331.70 |
| 86 | Nestle | 49,694.10 |
| 87 | SBC Communications | 49,489.00 |
| 88 | Credit Suisse | 49,362.00 |
| 89 | Hungary | 48,355.00 |
| 90 | Hewlett-Packard | 48,253.00 |
| 91 | Fujitsu | 47,195.90 |
| 92 | Algeria | 47,015.00 |
| 93 | Metro | 46,663.60 |
| 94 | Sumitomo Life Insur. | 46,445.10 |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 45,779.00 |
| 96 | Tokyo Electric Power | 45,727.70 |
| 97 | Kroger | 45,351.60 |
| 98 | Total Fina Elf | 44,990.30 |
| 99 | NEC | 44,828.00 |
| 100 | State Farm Insurance | 44,637.20 |
Sources: Sales: Fortune, July 31, 2000. GDP: World Bank, World Development Report 2000.
Note: When Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh first did this comparison in their original report in 1996, there were still 51 corporations out of the top 100 economies, even though the order has changed.
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