List of Oceanian countries by GDP

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Australia is the largest economy in Oceania, comprising over 85% of the continent's gross domestic product (nominal).

  Australia (85.2%)
  New Zealand (12.5%)
  Papua New Guinea (1.7%)
  Other (0.6%)

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries in Oceania are sorted by nominal GDP estimates based on 2017 data from The World Factbook by the Central Intelligence Agency.

The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency.[1] Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population.[2] Therefore, these figures should be used with caution.

Some countries/regions may have citizens which are[3] on average wealthy. These countries/regions could appear in this list as having a small GDP. This would be because the country/region listed has a small population, and therefore small total economy; the GDP is calculated as the population times market value of the goods and services produced per person in the country.[4]

Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than nominal GDP.[5] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.[6]

Oceanian countries by GDP[edit]

Data are from the IMF and are for the year 2024.[7]

Countries in Oceania by gross domestic product
Location GDP
(bil.)
GDP
per
cap.
PPP
(bil.)
PPP
per
cap.
 Australia 1,685,665 62,596 1,779,967 66,098
 Fiji 5,970 6,490 16,101 17,505
 Kiribati 260 2,052 311 2,457
 Marshall Islands 293 6,443 277 6,085
 Micronesia 492 4,670 435 4,129
 Nauru 155 11,910 148 11,352
 New Zealand 247,535 47,223 288,484 55,034
 Palau 322 18,209 308 17,448
 Papua New Guinea 32,890 2,624 44,885 3,581
 Samoa 996 4,889 1,403 6,888
 Solomon Islands 1,794 2,367 1,867 2,464
 Tonga 581 5,842 745 7,491
 Tuvalu 67 6,113 66 6,076
 Vanuatu 1,263 3,658 1,030 2,983

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Moffatt, Mike. "A Beginner's Guide to Purchasing Power Parity Theory". About.com. IAC/InterActiveCorp. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. ^ Ito, Takatoshi; Isard, Peter; Symansky, Steven (January 1999). "Economic Growth and Real Exchange Rate: An Overview of the Balassa-Samuelson Hypothesis in Asia" (PDF). Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Development Countries: Theory, Practice, and Policy Issues. National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. ^ "IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), October 2016: Subdued Demand: Symptoms and Remedies". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  4. ^ "What is GDP and why is it so important?". Investopedia. IAC/InterActiveCorp. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  5. ^ Callen, Tim (28 March 2012). "Purchasing Power Parity: Weights Matter". Finance & Development. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  6. ^ Callen, Tim (28 March 2012). "Gross Domestic Product: An Economy's All". Finance & Development. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Download World Economic Outlook database". imf.org. Oct 2023. Retrieved 1 Mar 2024.