Chinese Economy has Grown So Big, So Quickly. Which Country is the Next?
Nominal GDP by Country
China once described as a "sleeping lion" has completely awaken. She has overcome the financial crisis in 2008 with less damages than most other countries in the world, and is keeping the stable second potision only behind the United States. The next big player may be India or Brazil or another, but there is not so much suprise when mesuring with the money or size of economy. So how about the happiness? what do we do for that? And what shall we do for the world sustainabiliy? --- Challenges abounds. GDP growth is never the only goal and never the first priority.
*This Visualization is based on the nominal GDP data by IMF. Effects of price flactuation or purchasing power are not taken into account.
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Sources
Data sources for this visualization are as follows.
- IMF "Nominal GDP (Billions of U.S. dollars)" *Data released in April, 2017
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