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US States’ GDPs in Comparison

This is a map of US states renamed for countries that have similar GDPs:

US States and countries with similar GDPs
(click for larger picture)

This is quite interesting to see, how California’s as strong as France and Texas as Canada, for example. (However elsewhere people suggested that the raw GDP doesn’t say much and per capita GDP would be a better comparison).

Some might wonder why Germany’s not on the list: It’s because its GDP is higher than any single US state.

(via Carl Størmer)



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6 Responses to “US States’ GDPs in Comparison”

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    sententia fredericiana » US-Staaten und Länder mit ähnlichem BIP Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    […] Eine Karte der USA, in der die Bundesstaaten mit Namen von Staaten versehen sind, die ein ähnliches […]

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    Markus Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    Saudi Arabia,
    na dann.

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    Jean Pierre Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    Your post led to a nice discussion in the office. At the end we found out that France has almost double the area of Germany (impressive: they “hide” 100,000 sq km of land area in/on islands)!

    Also we agreed that a per-capita comparison would make more sense.

    P.S. Please fix the bug on the comment form (the tab indizes are not correct).

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    Robert Accettura Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 6:33 pm

    Interesting to note that some of the states well known for their stance on economic issues as it pertains to trade/immigration/taxes are mostly 2nd world countries at best.

    Alabama/Iran may be my favorite.

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    Fred Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 9:37 pm

    Thanks — I fixed the tab index bug. (And I also fixed the size of the bigger image, ooops).

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    Fred Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    Robert: Another one I find interesting is Rhode Island/Vietnam. (A country with an economy as strong as the smallest U.S. state played such an important role in their history).

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