The American state of California has surpassed the U.K. as the 5th largest economy in the world.
- U.S. - $19.39 trillion
- China. - $11.2 trillion
- Japan - $4.87 trillion
- Germany - $3.68 trillion
( California - $2.7 trillion) - U.K. - $2.62 trillion
Russia iko na huko number 12 ama 13 at $1.5 trillion. Imeshindwa na hata Texas the second richest American state which stands at $1.64 trillion. If Texas was a country she would be number 11 just ahead of South Korea and Russia. And New York, third richest state stands at $1.103 trillion.
Kenya at number 68 worldwide with a GDP of $80 billion is same level with the American State of New Hampshire. I think Kenya is much richer but inequality within the country is too high. 40 billionaires, 40 million paupers.
[SIZE=7]California’s economy passes the U.K. to become world’s fifth biggest[/SIZE]
Aided by tech, entertainment and agriculture, state’s GDP rose between 2016 and 2017, while UK’s has fallen since 2014
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Fri 4 May 2018 17.22 EDTLast modified on Fri 4 May 201819.06 EDT
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California’s economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth largest, according to new federal data made public on Friday.
Despite having a population of only 40 million compared with the UK’s 65 million people, California’s gross domestic product of $2.7tn has overtaken the UK’s $2.6tn.
The so-called Golden State’s GDP rose by $127bn in the period from 2016 to 2017, while the UK’s economic output fell slightly over that time when measured in US dollars, due in part to exchange rate fluctuations. British GDP has fallen steadily from $3tn in 2014, according to World Bank figures.
The release of Friday’s data demonstrated the sheer immensity of California’s economy, home to a thriving technology sector in Silicon Valley, the world’s entertainment capital in Hollywood and America’s “salad bowl” in its agricultural heartland. It also reflects a substantial turnaround since the recession that followed the financial crisis of 2008.
California’s economic output is now surpassed only by the total GDP of the United States, China, Japan and Germany.
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All economic sectors except agriculture contributed to California’s higher GDP, said Irena Asmundson, chief economist at theCalifornia department of finance. Financial services and real estate led the way, with $26bn in growth, followed by the information sector, which includes many technology companies, at $20bn. Manufacturing was up $10bn.
California last had the world’s fifth largest economy in 2002 but fell as low as 10th in 2012 following the great recession. Since then, the largest US state has added 2 million jobs and grown its GDP by $700bn, now contributing a little over 14% of the US economy despite having 12% of the US population, according to state economists.
California’s strong economic performance relative to other industrialized economies is driven by worker productivity, said Lee Ohanian, an economics professor at University of California, Los Angeles.