List of North American countries by GDP (nominal)

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The United States is the largest economy in North America, comprising over 86% of the continent's gross domestic product.

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  United States (86.14%)
  Canada (6.70%)
  Mexico (5.33%)
  Other (1.83%)

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries in North America are sorted by nominal GDP estimates based on 2023 data from the World Economic Outlook by the International Monetary Fund. [1]

The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. [2] Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population. [3] Therefore, these figures should be used with caution.

Some countries/regions may have citizens which are on average wealthy. These countries/regions could appear in this list as having a small GDP. This would be because the country/region listed has a small population, and therefore small total economy; the GDP is calculated as the population times market value of the goods and services produced per person in the country. [4]

Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than nominal GDP. [5] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. [6]

List

Region
rank
World
rank
Country2023 GDP (nominal) [1]
millions of international dollars
North America 31,173,588
11 Flag of the United States.svg United States 26,854,599
29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2,089,672
314 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1,663,164
464 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 121,289
-- Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 107,352 (2020)
569 Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 102,309
678 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 77,777
780 Flag of Panama.svg Panama 77,257
8103 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 33,752
9104 Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 32,860
10113 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 28,223
11115 Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 26,580
12130 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 17,287
13131 Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 17,254
14141 Flag of the Bahamas.svg The Bahamas 14,114
15157 Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 6,117
16167 Flag of Belize.svg Belize 3,162
17174 Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 2,262
18178 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda 1,864
19182 Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada 1,274
20184 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,052
21185 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,039
22187 Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica 681

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References

  1. 1 2 International Monetary Fund. "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2023". International Monetary Fund.
  2. Moffatt, Mike. "A Beginner's Guide to Purchasing Power Parity Theory". About.com . IAC/InterActiveCorp . Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. Ito, Takatoshi; et al. (January 1999). "Economic Growth and Real Exchange Rate: An Overview of the Balassa-Samuelson Hypothesis in Asia" (PDF). Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Development Countries: Theory, Practice, and Policy Issues. National Bureau of Economic Research . Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  4. "What is GDP and why is it so important?". Investopedia . IAC/InterActiveCorp. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  5. Callen, Tim (28 March 2012). "Purchasing Power Parity: Weights Matter". Finance & Development . International Monetary Fund . Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  6. Callen, Tim (28 March 2012). "Gross Domestic Product: An Economy's All". Finance & Development . International Monetary Fund . Retrieved 31 May 2014.