China's Asterisk: No. 2 in Dollars, No. 1 by Purchasing Power

At $20.9T China trails the US in dollar terms — yet measured at purchasing-power parity, IMF data has already ranked it the world's largest economy for over a decade.

Sources

• IMF World Economic Outlook datasets
• IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026) — GDP, current prices

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