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A traditional economy is a loosely defined term sometimes used for older economic systems in economics and anthropology. It may imply that an economy is not deeply connected to wider regional trade networks; that many or most members engage in subsistence agriculture, possibly being a subsistence economy; that barter is used to a greater frequency than in developed economies; that there is ...
[citation needed] As urbanization, civilization, and division of labor spread, various societies moved to other economic systems at various times. [citation needed] Some remain relatively unchanged, ranging from uncontacted peoples, to marginalized areas of developing countries, to some cultures that choose to retain a traditional economy.
The table initially ranks each IMF member including sovereign states not part of the IMF, non-sovereign nations and territories, and countries with limited recognition The links in the "Country/Territory" row of the following table link to the article on the GDP or the economy of the respective country or territory.
The figures are from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook Database, unless otherwise specified. [1] This list is not to be confused with the list of countries by real GDP per capita growth, which is the percentage change of GDP per person recalculated according to the changing number of the population of the country.
Quartile map of amount of exports per country. Darker = more exports. The production, distribution and consumption of goods and services: List of countries by business R&D intensity; List of countries by economic complexity; List of countries by exchange rate regime; List of countries by financial assets per capita
Japan's early industrial economy reached its height in World War II when it expanded its empire and became a major world power. After its defeat and economic collapse after the war, Japan's economy recovered in the 1950s with the post-war economic miracle in which ushered in three decades of unprecedented growth and propelled the country into ...
France. The French enjoy their lavish holiday meal on December 24, says Francois Payard, the renowned pastry chef who grew up in Nice. Locals sit down for dinner around 8 p.m., he says, and savor ...
The gross domestic product of India was estimated at 24.4% of the world's economy in 1500, 22.4% in 1600, 16% in 1820, and 12.1% in 1870. India's share of global GDP declined to less than 2% of global GDP by the time of its independence in 1947, and only rose gradually after the liberalization of its economy beginning in the 1990s.