Energy dashboard: nuclear, solar, wind, petroleum2024
Global primary energy by category
Energy consumption by country
Living standards across countries
Purchasing power per person (PPP)2025 estimates
Labor productivity ($ per hour worked)2024
Quality of life & development (UN Human Development Index)2023 data
Sources: country GDP shares use a 2024 IMF World Economic Outlook snapshot. World GDP historical actuals: World Bank via FRED; estimates and forecasts: IMF World Economic Outlook. Liquidity data: FRED. Energy dashboard: IEA World Energy Outlook 2024, EIA International Energy Statistics, and BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 (figures rounded; updated annually). Living standards: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2025 (GDP per capita at purchasing power parity, 2025, international dollars); OECD Productivity Statistics, 2024 (GDP per hour worked, PPP); UNDP Human Development Report 2025 (HDI for 2023). Figures rounded, refreshed annually.
About this page
The world economy at a glance: GDP share by country, live foreign exchange rates for the major pairs and 10-year sovereign bond yields with inflation-adjusted real yields.
Sovereign yields are the price each government pays to borrow, and comparing them in real terms strips out the inflation illusion: a 10% yield with 12% inflation is a worse deal than 4% with 2%. Persistent real-yield gaps between countries usually reflect credibility, capital controls or default risk rather than free money.
Frequently asked questions
Why do sovereign bond yields differ so much between countries?
Different inflation expectations, central-bank credibility, currency risk and default risk. High nominal yields usually compensate for one of those, which is why real yields are the fairer comparison.
What does GDP share show?
Each country's slice of world output. Shifts in the ranking are slow but relentless, and they drive long-run capital flows, currency regimes and where the marginal barrel of oil or semiconductor gets consumed.