Much like how the world has a few big economic players that dwarf the rest, so too does America’s $29 trillion economy.

To put this unequal distribution in perspective, this map compares U.S. state economies by their gross domestic product (GDP) to that of a similarly-sized country.

State GDP data is sourced from the Bureau of Economic Affairs, the latest available for the year 2023. Meanwhile, country GDP data from the International Monetary Fund, last updated October 2024.

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