The biggest economies in the world

I was reviewing today who are the biggest economies in the World and I had a big surprise and I wanted to share it with you.


1) United States - $14.3 trillion dollars

At $14.3 trillion dollars the GDP of the United States is the largest in the world by a wide margin at well over 2.5 times larger than second place Japan and equal to about 1/4 of the entire world’s economic output. The main components of the United States Economy are services (76.9%), industry (21.9%) and agriculture (1.2%).

2) Japan - $5.1 trillion

Japan has the 2nd largest economy in the world with a $5.1 trillion dollar GDP. The main components of the Japanese economy are similar to the United States with services (75.4%), industry (23.1%) and agriculture (1.6%).

3) China - $4.9 trillion

China currently ranks 3rd with a GDP of $4.9 trillion but with a faster economic growth rate China will soon overtake Japan for 2nd place. The main components of the Chinese economy are industry (48.6%), services (40.5%) and agriculture (10.9%).

4) Germany - $3.4 trillion

At $3.4 trillion Germany has the 4th largest economy in the world and the largest in Europe. The main components of the German economy are services (67.5%), industry (29.7%) and agriculture (2.4%).

5) France - $2.7 trillion

France has the 5th largest GDP in the world and second largest in Europe at $2.7 trillion dollars. The main components of the French economy are services (71.8%), industry (24.3%) and agriculture (3.8%).

6) United Kingdom - $2.2 trillion

The United Kingdom has the 6th largest economy in the world and 3rd largest in Europe at $2.2 trillion dollars. The main components of the UK economy are services (75%), industry (23.8%) and agriculture (1.2%).

7) Italy - $2.1 trillion

Italy has the 7th largest economy in the world and 4th largest in Europe at $2.1 trillion dollars. The main components of the Italian economy are services (72.9%), industry (25%) and agriculture (2.1%).

8) Brazil - $1.6 trillion

Brazil has the 8th largest economy in the world and largest economy by far in South America at $1.6 trillion dollars. The main components of the Brazilian economy are services (65.8%), industry (28.7%) and agriculture (5.5%).

9) Spain - $1.5 trillion

Spain has the 9th largest economy in the world and 5th largest economy in Europe at $1.5 trillion dollars. Main components of the Spanish economy are services (70.7%), industry (14.1%), construction (9.9%) and agriculture including fishing (4.5%).

10) Canada - $1.3 trillion

Canada has the 10th largest economy in the world and 2nd largest economy in North America at $1.3 trillion dollars. The main components of the Canadian economy are services (76%), industry (13%), construction (6%) and agriculture (2%).

Facebook hits 500m: social media by numbers

Facebook launched in 2004 and has over 500 million members worldwide

Twitter launched in 2006 and has over 100 million registered users globall

Facebook:

People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on the site.

An average user has 130 friends.

There are over 900 million objects in total that Facebook users can interact with, such as community pages.

The average Facebook user is connected 80 pages, groups and events.

The average member creates 90 pieces of content each month.

More than 30 billion pieces of content, like photos, web links and news stories, are shared each month.

About 70 per cent of Facebook users are from outside of the US.

It took five months for Facebook to attract an extra 100 million users, from 400 million to 500 million.

Last January Faceb only had 150 million members.

The site has yet to become the leading social network in Russia, China, Japan or Korea.

Facebook was valued at $11.5 billion according to Sharespost’s March 2010

Twitter:

Launched in 2006.

Twitter has over 100 million registered users worldwide.

Approximately sixty-five million tweets are sent each day.

Over two billion tweets are now posted on Twitter per month.

Approximately 1,000 tweets are posted a second.

Over 15 billion tweets have been posted in total.

More than 135,000 new people are registering on the site per day.

Twitter was valued at $1 billion (£680 million) at its last round of funding in September 2009.

Dr John Demartini - The value of money