GDP ranking of Asia countries in 1998

According to the latest statistics released by the World Bank in 2024, among the Asian countries in 1998, Japan ranked first in terms of gross domestic product(GDP), with a total economic volume of $4098.36 billion; China ranked second in terms of GDP, with a total economic volume of $1030.6 billion; India ranked third in terms of GDP, with a total economic volume of $421.35 billion; South Korea ranked fourth in terms of GDP, with a total economy of $383.33 billion; and Taiwan, with a total economy of $280.4 billion, ranked fifth in GDP.

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Data from the World Bank and China Bureau of Statistics.

Rank Country GDP
1 Japan $4098.36 billion
2 China $1030.6 billion
3 India $421.35 billion
4 South Korea $383.33 billion
7 Saudi Arabia $146.78 billion
8 Israel $116 billion
9 Thailand $113.68 billion
10 Iran $110.28 billion
11 Indonesia $95.45 billion
12 Singapore $85.73 billion
13 United Arab Emirates $75.67 billion
14 Philippines $74.49 billion
15 Malaysia $72.17 billion
16 Syria $70.42 billion
17 Pakistan $62.19 billion
18 Bangladesh $49.99 billion
19 Vietnam $27.21 billion
20 Kuwait $25.94 billion
21 Kazakhstan $22.14 billion
22 Iraq $20.62 billion
23 Lebanon $17.25 billion
24 Sri Lanka $15.8 billion
25 Uzbekistan $14.99 billion
26 Oman $14 billion
27 Qatar $10.26 billion
28 Jordan $7.91 billion
30 Yemen $6.33 billion
31 Bahrain $6.18 billion
32 Nepal $4.86 billion
33 Myanmar $4.61 billion
34 Azerbaijan $4.45 billion
35 Palestine $4.07 billion
36 Brunei $4.05 billion
37 Georgia $3.61 billion
38 Cambodia $3.12 billion
39 Turkmenistan $2.61 billion
40 Armenia $1.89 billion
41 Kyrgyzstan $1.65 billion
42 Tajikistan $1.32 billion
43 Laos $1.28 billion
44 Mongolia $1.12 billion
45 Maldives $0.54 billion
46 Bhutan $0.36 billion

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