Which country rules the world? Infographics: State of Power 2025
The United States remains the largest country in GDP terms.

Source: TNI based on Trading Economics, December 2023. https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp
And if you divide up that wealth by population, the divide is bigger.

Source: TNI based on Maddison Project database, 2022 https://dataverse.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.34894/INZBF2
US also dominates financial wealth.

Source: S.K.Starrs' calculations from Boston Consulting Group, 2024. https://web-assets.bcg.com/0c/b4/1e8b9a66409a8deae6fc166aa26e/2024-global-wealth-report-july-2024-edit-02.pdf

Source: Altrata, 2023. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://altrata.com/reports/altratas-billionaire-census-2024&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1737735590282910&usg=AOvVaw0vUj4iVH-2Jh0MbzoTGVmc
The biggest global corporations are also owned by the US.

Source: Sean Kenji Starrs based on Bloomberg terminal, 2021.
And the US with the G7 sucks in much of the world’s profits and income.

Source: Michael Roberts and Guglielmo Carchedi, 2021. https://www.academia.edu/66353020/The_Economics_of_Modern_Imperialism
The US has become an even bigger energy superpower in the last decade.

Source: International Energy Agency, 2022. https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/monthly-oil-data-service-mods-supply-demand-balances-and-stocks
This is all reinforced with US military spending that far exceeds any other.

Source: SIPRI, 2024. https://www.sipri.org/publications/2024/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-world-military-expenditure-2023 https://www.nationalpriorities.org/blog/2024/04/30/us-military-spends-more-next-10-countries-2023/
And includes a military infrastructure that far outweighs any competitors.

Source: Kelly Martin for David Vine, 'The United States of War' (University of California Press, 2020).
The US also dominates outer space.

Source: TNI based on UCS Satellite Database, May 2023. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database
The research for these infographics was done by Benjamin Wray with the support of Nick Buxton. Sean Kenji Starrs also provided graphics based on his own calculations. The designs were done by Evan Clayburg.
These infographics are part of the State of Power 2025 report: Geopolitics of Capitalism. You can access the full report here.
Other infographics
State of power 2025These infographics are part of the State of Power 2025 report: Geopolitics of Capitalism. You can access the full report here.
-
Does China pose a challenge to the US empire? Infographics: State of Power 2025
-
In an age of great power rivalry where does that leave the rest of the world? Infographics: State of Power 2025