New Data on the Global Economy

December 18th, 2007

Posted by: Roger Pielke, Jr.

The World Bank has released a valuable new dataset with data on the global economy calculated as PPP and MER. In 2005 the global economy was about $44 trillion (MER) and $55 trillion (PPP). The slide below is taken from the press briefing presentation (ppt).

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One Response to “New Data on the Global Economy”

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  1. David B. Benson Says:

    Unsustainably large:

    Coral reefs are on the ropes
    http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2007/12/coral_reefs_are_on_the_ropes.html