Richest Countries in the World - 1960 to 2016

Animated bar chart that shows the top 15 countries by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in current US dollars ($). Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. As a broad measure of overall domestic production, it functions as a comprehensive scorecard of a given country’s economic health. Current US dollars for each year are in the value of the dollar for that particular year.