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Originally posted by BRISK
GM = $187 billion
Saudi Arabia = $241 Billion
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We used different definitions of GDP. You used Purchasing Power Parity (GDP) and I did not. Purchasing Power Parity is excellent for comparing standard of living indexes but not as good for comparing ability to purchase and sell goods (weapons?) and services.
To each their own.
Here?s the data from the Institute for Policy Studies paper on the world?s 100 largest economic entities.
http://www.ips-dc.org/downloads/Top_200.pdf
This data is a few years old (1999).