GDP Scale vs Dynamism: The World’s Largest and Fastest-Growing Economies
The world’s most dynamic economies with sustained economic growth are clustered in Africa as well as South, Central and Southeast Asia.
The world’s most dynamic economies with sustained economic growth are clustered in Africa as well as South, Central and Southeast Asia.
Beyond copper and lithium carbonate, Chile is a major supplier of fruit, fish, pulp, metals and chemicals, with China as the largest buyer.
Brazil’s 70% export triad—agribusiness, minerals and fuels—feeds and powers global markets, led by China as the top buyer.
Canada imports essential technology, mobility, industrial materials and consumer goods, primarily from the neighbouring U.S.
Canada’s exports deliver energy, mobility and a variety of advanced manufacturing to the world, especially to the neighbouring U.S.
From being the world’s 13th-largest economy in 2000, India’s GDP was the world’s fifth-largest in 2024, and is projected to be the third-largest by 2029.
Global trade is a mirror reflection of trade surplus economies supplying raw materials and goods, and trade deficit economies absorbing them to drive growth and consumption.
China is the global leader in high-tech exports, and Asian economies feature prominently among the top ten exporters.
Preliminary data suggest that China’s export growth underwent a marked shift between H2 2024 and H1 2025, coinciding with multiple rounds of U.S. and EU tariff hikes.
Global agricultural supply chains are vulnerable to several risks in 2025, with important implications for agri businesses and players in the sector.