World Bank: Top 10 economies in 2017
World Bank released countries' 2017 worldwide gross domestic product rankings in early July. On this year's list, China remains the world's second-largest economy in terms of GDP with $12.24 trillion, compared with $19.39 trillion for the US. The gap of GDP between China and the US has narrowed, however. It previously stood at $11.20 trillion and $18.57 trillion respectively in 2016. India replaced France as the world's sixth-largest economy, with a GDP amounting to $2.60 trillion, while France's figure was $2.58 trillion in 2017. In the World Bank's ranking, the largest economy is the United States, followed by China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. Let's take a look at the top 10 economies based on updated figures from World Bank in 2017. No 1 United States GDP: $19.39 trillion No 2 China GDP: $12.24 trillion No 3 Japan GDP: $4.87 trillion No 4 Germany GDP: $3.68 trillion No 5 United Kingdom GDP: $2.62 trillion No 6 India