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If there were only 1000 GDP in the world, where would they be, 2021.

Each hexagon roughly equals to 1‰ of World total nominal GDP

by u/BerryBlue_BlueBerry

This is an updated version from my previous 2018 GDP cartogram. Because just doing the same map using the same method is boring, this time I tried to make the numbers more comparable and easy to read by standardizing the basic unit to 1‰ of World GDP, and with hexagons!

Note:

• Big GDP Countries >10‰ of World GDP are showed with subdivisions. (Congrats to Netherlands entering the 10‰ group this year.)
• Metropolitan Areas ≥3‰ of World GDP are featured. They are labeled in red and colored in white shades.
• Small GDP Countries <1‰ of World GDP are merged with other small GDP Countries in grey hexagons.

Source:

• GDP data of countries: IMF estimates (“World Economic Outlook Database, April 2021”)
• GDP data of subdivisions: from each government’s stats & estimates (for example: US Census Bureau & Euro Stats)*
• *Most subdivision data are outdated (2017-2020), 2021 stats are estimated by this formula: “national GDP from IMF (2021) x % of subdivision participation (2017-2020)”
• *Metropolitan area GDP are gathered from different country’s estimates and economic studies. These numbers can vary a lot, depending on definitions of metropolitan areas.
• *Thus, this cartograph is best seen as an overview of World GDP distribution. It’s more accurate at a country scale, but can be a bit vague at subdivision & metropolitan area scales.