450
Change in GDP, 2002-21, %*
Reported
↓ Autocratic countries reported
GDP growth of 147% on average.
Satellite imagery suggests the
true figure is 76%
400
Satellite-based
estimate
350
GDP in 2021, $trn†
0.1
10
2
300
Not free
250
Partly free
Ethiopia
200
Ghana
China
Free countries
India
Average
150
Ireland
Average
Bangladesh
Rwanda
Peru
Turkey
100
Philippines
Poland
Kazakhstan
Nigeria
Average
South Korea
Colombia
50
Australia
Thailand
Hungary
Russia
United States
Mexico
Britain
0
Japan
Lebanon
Zimbabwe
Greece
Yemen
Libya
-50
*Countries with over 5m people, freedom status in 2021 †In 2021 $ at market exchange rates, assuming reported 1992 GDP figures are accurate
450
Change in GDP, 2002-21, %*
Reported
↓ Autocratic countries reported
GDP growth of 147% on average.
Satellite imagery suggests the
true figure is 76%
400
Satellite-based
estimate
350
GDP in 2021, $trn†
0.1
10
2
300
Not free
250
Partly free
Ethiopia
200
Ghana
China
Free countries
India
Average
150
Ireland
Average
Bangladesh
Rwanda
Peru
Turkey
100
Philippines
Poland
Kazakhstan
Nigeria
Average
South Korea
Colombia
50
Australia
Thailand
Hungary
Russia
United States
Mexico
Britain
0
Japan
Lebanon
Zimbabwe
Greece
Yemen
Libya
-50
*Countries with over 5m people, freedom status in 2021 †In 2021 $ at market exchange rates, assuming reported 1992 GDP figures are accurate
450
Change in GDP, 2002-21, %*
Reported
↓ Autocratic countries reported
GDP growth of 147% on average.
Satellite imagery suggests the
true figure is 76%
400
Satellite-based
estimate
350
GDP in 2021, $trn†
0.1
10
2
300
Not free
250
Partly free
200
Ghana
China
Free countries
India
Average
150
Ireland
Average
Bangladesh
Rwanda
Peru
100
Turkey
Philippines
Poland
Kazakhstan
Nigeria
Average
S. Korea
Colombia
50
Australia
Hungary
Russia
US
Mexico
Britain
0
Japan
Lebanon
Zimbabwe
Greece
Yemen
Libya
-50
*Countries with over 5m people, freedom status in 2021 †In 2021 $ at market exchange rates, assuming reported 1992 GDP figures are accurate
Change in GDP, 2002-21, %*
-50
0
50
100
150
200
250
Reported
Greece
Satellite-based
estimate
Japan
Britain
GDP in 2021, $trn†
US
0.1
10
2
Free
Average
Australia
Poland
Peru
300
350
400
450
Ghana
Lebanon
Mexico
Colombia
Partly free
Average
Nigeria
Philippines
Libya
India
Russia
Not free
Average
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Rwanda
Ethiopia
China
*Countries with over 5m people, freedom status in 2021
†In 2021 $ at market exchange rates, assuming reported 1992 GDP figures are accurate
Change in GDP, 2002-21, %*
Reported
Satellite-based estimate
-100
0
100
200
300
400
Greece
Japan
Free
Britain
United States
Average
Australia
Poland
Peru
Ghana
Lebanon
Mexico
Partly free
Colombia
Average
Nigeria
Philippines
Libya
India
Russia
Not free
Average
Kazakhstan
Turkey
China
Ethiopia
*Countries with over 5m people, freedom status in 2021