In 2025, the global economic order, measured by Gross Domestic Product at Purchasing Power Parity (GDP PPP), continues to reflect both longstanding powerhouses and emerging shifts. This ranking method, which adjusts for differences in cost of living and inflation rates across countries, provides a more balanced comparison of national economies than nominal GDP. According to the latest projections, China leads the world with a staggering $40.7 trillion, followed by the United States with $30.5 trillion, and India with $17.6 trillion. Completing the top five are Russia at $7.19 trillion and Japan at $6.74 trillion.

At the other end of the spectrum, the world’s smallest economies by GDP (PPP) highlight the stark contrast in global wealth distribution. Countries like Micronesia ($451 million), Palau ($322 million), Marshall Islands ($281 million), Nauru ($148 million), and Tuvalu ($69 million) remain at the bottom of the list of countries by GDP PPP, reflecting their limited economic scale and population size.

This wide economic disparity, as revealed in the list of countries by GDP PPP, underscores the importance of GDP PPP as a lens to better understand not just global output, but also purchasing power and standard of living across nations. Here is the visualization map and table based on the list of countries by GDP PPP.