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Real GDP growth rate by president since 1947 (the quarter in which a new president takes office is attributed to the incoming president) [14] President Political party Period of presidency Average annual real GDP (in trillions) Average annual percentage growth Harry S. Truman (data available from 1947) Democratic: 1945–1953 2.43 4.88%
This list of countries by largest historical GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies as measured by their gross domestic product has changed. While the United States has consistently had the world's largest economy for some time, in the last fifty years the world has seen both rises and falls in relative ...
The United States has a highly developed mixed economy. [42] [43] [44] It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). [45]As of 2024, it has the world's sixth highest nominal GDP per capita and eighth highest GDP per capita by PPP). [8]
The economic history of the United States spans the colonial era through the 21st century. The initial settlements depended on agriculture and hunting/trapping, later adding international trade, manufacturing, and finally, services, to the point where agriculture represented less than 2% of GDP .
The first list includes estimates compiled by the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook, the second list shows the World Bank's data, and the third list includes data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division. The IMF's definitive data for the past year and estimates for the current year are published twice a year in ...
Historically, the United States was consistently year after year the world's largest economy since the early twentieth century. However, the report from 2014 showed that for the very first time China overtook the United States as the largest economy in the world taking into account purchasing power parity (PPP). Indeed, the margin of power ...
The data source for the list is the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in 2024. The BEA defined GDP by state as "the sum of value added from all industries in the state." [1] Overall, in the calendar year 2024, the United States' Nominal GDP at Current Prices totaled at $29.017 trillion, as compared to $25.744 trillion in 2022.
The reference dates of the United States' business cycles are determined by the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), which looks at various coincident indicators such as real GDP, real personal income, employment, and sales to make informative judgments on when to set the historical dates of the peaks and troughs of past business cycles.