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The richest countries in the world by GDP are powerful, probably because they drive the world’s economy. Meanwhile, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used to measure the economic wealth of a country.
The IMF’s April 2026 World Economic Outlook update has confirmed what analysts have been watching for years: Europe’s wealthiest nations are not its largest. France, Germany, and Italy dominate ...