You may have heard the factoid where, if California were a country, it would have the 4th largest GDP in the world (excluding the US). Well, that got me thinking …
Whose economy was California’s most comparable to? How about all the other states?
So, here they are, from biggest to smallest. For visual interest – and more just for fun – I Googled the state and the country together and saw what came up. Enjoy!
California ($3.2T)
UK ($3.1T)
Texas ($1.9T)
Canada ($1.9T)
New York ($1.8T)
S Korea ($1.8T)
Florida ($1.2T)
Mexico ($1.2T)
Illinois ($910B)
Switzerland ($825B)
Ohio ($714B)
Iran ($683B)
Georgia ($654)
New Jersey ($651B)
Washington ($650B)
Poland ($642)
Oops! Wrong Georgia
N Carolina ($620B)
Massachusetts ($612B)
Sweden ($626B)
Virginia ($580B)
Belgium ($579B)
Michigan ($542B)
Thailand ($539B)
Maryland ($443B)
Norway ($445B)
Hey, thanks, Shutterstock!
Colorado ($414B)
Argentina ($418B)
Minnesota ($397B)
Indiana ($397B)
Arizona ($394B)
Egypt ($394B)
Tennessee ($386B)
Malaysia ($387B)
Wisconsin ($357B)
Vietnam ($355B)
Missouri ($340B)
S Africa ($353B)
Connecticut ($295B)
Colombia ($296B)
Oregon ($263B)
Louisiana ($258B)
S Carolina ($255B)
Portugal ($257B)
Alabama ($239B)
New Zealand ($243B)
Kentucky ($223B)
Peru ($226B)
Utah ($209B)
Iowa ($206B)
Greece ($210B)
Oklahoma ($198B)
Iraq ($191B)
Nevada ($185B)
Kansas ($184B)
Kazakhstan ($188B)
Wash. DC ($148B)
Algeria ($151B)
Arkansas ($137B)
Nebraska ($137B)
Kuwait ($127B)
Mississippi ($122B)
Morocco ($124B)
New Mexico ($106B)
Kenya ($106B)
Hawaii ($93B)
Idaho ($90B)
New Hampshire ($90B)
Ethiopia ($94B)
West Virginia ($80B)
Delaware ($79B)
Guatemala ($81B)
Maine ($64B)
Croatia ($65B)
Rhode Island ($63B)
Lithuania ($62B)
South Dakota ($59B)
North Dakota ($59B)
Slovenia ($59B)
Montana ($55B)
Alaska ($55B)
Uruguay ($55B)
Wyoming ($39B)
Macau ($39B)
Vermont ($35B)
Estonia ($35B)
It’s an article in Wired
