Turkey took its place among the biggest economies of the world as 17th following Thailand - with its GDP of purchasing power parity of $379.9 billion parity.
According to these figures which is the indicator for largeness of economy, the United States is the leader with nearly $7,5 trillion followed by China with $4,47 trillion and Japan with $2,94 trillion while Germany is ranked as the fourth with its $1,72 trillion.
According to data from the World Bank's "1998 Global Development Outlook", $35,68 trillion production was made , accross the world with PPP by 1996 figures. According to the 5,757 billion world population of the date income per capita with PPP is $6,200.
The report says the U.S., China, Japan, Germany and India make the %20.83, %11.34, %8.25, %4.85, %4.18 of production accross the world, respectively.
The 17th greatest economy in the world accounts for %1.06 of production accross the world. National income per capita in the country is $6,060. Turkey reaches the global average with this figure. Turkey"s economy is more than 1 and a half times bigger than its neighbours Greece, Syria, Bulgaria, Georgia and Armenia's production together. Turkey
has the greatest economy among the countries in the Caucaisian region, Balkans and the Middle East.