GDP ranking of Asia countries in 1988

According to the latest statistics released by the World Bank in 2024, among the Asian countries in 1988, Japan ranked first in terms of gross domestic product(GDP), with a total economic volume of $3071.68 billion; China ranked second in terms of GDP, with a total economic volume of $312.1 billion; India ranked third in terms of GDP, with a total economic volume of $296.59 billion; South Korea ranked fourth in terms of GDP, with a total economy of $199.59 billion; and Taiwan, with a total economy of $126.4 billion, ranked fifth in GDP.

Show Sources

Data from the World Bank and China Bureau of Statistics.

Rank Country GDP
1 Japan $3071.68 billion
2 China $312.1 billion
3 India $296.59 billion
4 South Korea $199.59 billion
6 Iran $123.06 billion
7 Saudi Arabia $88.26 billion
8 Indonesia $84.3 billion
9 Iraq $62.69 billion
10 Thailand $61.67 billion
12 Israel $50.27 billion
13 Philippines $43.15 billion
14 Pakistan $38.47 billion
15 United Arab Emirates $36.28 billion
16 Malaysia $35.27 billion
17 Bangladesh $26.58 billion
18 Vietnam $25.42 billion
19 Singapore $25.37 billion
20 Kuwait $20.69 billion
21 Syria $16.57 billion
22 Oman $8.39 billion
23 Sri Lanka $6.98 billion
24 Jordan $6.28 billion
25 Qatar $6.04 billion
26 Bahrain $3.7 billion
27 Nepal $3.49 billion
28 Lebanon $3.31 billion
29 Mongolia $3.2 billion
30 Turkmenistan $3.01 billion
31 Brunei $2.69 billion
33 Myanmar $1.39 billion
34 Laos $0.6 billion
35 Bhutan $0.27 billion
36 Maldives $0.17 billion

YEAR