List of South American countries by GDP (nominal)

This is a list of South American economies sorted by their gross Domestic product (GDP) at market or government official exchange rates (nominal GDP). The data here is for the year 2008 produced by the International Monetary Fund in April 2009. This list includes countries which are commonly included in South America; the precise listing of South American countries may vary. GDP of South American is 4.7% of the world GDP in 2008, and to be estimated as 4.5% of the world GDP in 2009.

Rank

Country

2008 GDP
millions of US dollars

Estimation of 2009 GDP
millions of US dollars

World

! Align="right" | 60,689,812

! Align="right" | 54,863,551

South America

! Align="right" | 2,878,379

! Align="right" | 2,447,254

1

! Align="right" | 1,572,839

! Align="right" | 1,268,508

2

! Align="right" | 326,474

! Align="right" | 310,331

3

! Align="right" | 319,443

! Align="right" | 294,305

4

! Align="right" | 240,654

! Align="right" | 198,460

5

! Align="right" | 169,573

! Align="right" | 135,773

6

! Align="right" | 127,598

! Align="right" | 122,948

7

! Align="right" | 52,572

! Align="right" | 50,242

8

! Align="right" | 32,262

! Align="right" | 29,158

9

! Align="right" | 17,413

! Align="right" | 18,238

10

! Align="right" | 16,006

! Align="right" | 14,788

11

! Align="right" | 2,415

! Align="right" | 3,310

12

! Align="right" | 1,130

! Align="right" | 1,193

GDP (Nominal) per capita

Rank

Country

2008 GDP per capita
US dollars

Estimation of 2009 GDP per capita
US dollars

1

! Align="right" | 11,388

! Align="right" | 10,286

2

! Align="right" | 10,124

! Align="right" | 7,994

3

! Align="right" | 10,082

! Align="right" | 9,111

4

! Align="right" | 8,214

! Align="right" | 7,732

5

! Align="right" | 8,197

! Align="right" | 6,526

6

! Align="right" | 5,599

! Align="right" | 6,121

7

! Align="right" | 4,985

! Align="right" | 4,046

8

! Align="right" | 4,453

! Align="right" | 4,224

9

! Align="right" | 3,776

! Align="right" | 3,559

10

! Align="right" | 2,601

! Align="right" | 2,356

11

! Align="right" | 1,737

! Align="right" | 1,783

12

! Align="right" | 1,480

! Align="right" | 1,556

Source

  • International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2009. 1

See also

  • Global list
  • South America