This is one of an ongoing series of visualizations about the state of California. This one is about the state’s economy, which recently moved into 4th place (2024), if California were its own country. It is, however, still part of the United States.
The visualization shows the relative sizes of the top 10 world economies (including the US, with California removed for context). California has the smallest population of any of the top 10, with #9 Canada just barely larger than California in population, though with a significantly smaller sized economy (about 1/2 the size).
Hover over the countries to see their GDP and population. California is behind the United States, China and Germany in total economic output (in nominal terms), but ahead of much larger countries Japan and India and the United Kingdom.
The state’s economy produces $4.1 Trillion dollars of economic output, driven by a range of industries including technology, real estate, manufacturing, agriculture and health care. It is a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. California is also the leading agricultural state in the United States. Immigration is a huge part of the state’s workforce.
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2024 economic data was downloaded from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This visualization is made using d3.js, an open-source javascript visualization library.
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