Tuesday, January 18, 2011

If states were countries

I came across this graphic over the weekend, which I thought was at the very least interesting. It aligns the states in our union with the nations in the world whose GDPs are most similar. For example, the state GDP of Texas (about $1.15 trillion) is approximately the same as the GDP of Russia (about $1.23 trillion). Crazy, isn't it?

Or, in the words of The Economist itself, "Who would have thought that, despite years of auto-industry hardship, the economy of Michigan is still the same size as Taiwan's?" Well said.


[The Economist]
(h/t Businomics Blog)

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