12 American Cities That Rank Among The Biggest Economies In The World

The United States is the world's largest economy. And it is made up of huge metropolitan economies, many of which are bigger than the economies of entire countries around the world.

IHS Global Insight prepared a report  titled, "Outlook - Gross Metropolitan Product, and Critical Role of Transportation Infrastructure." In it, they rank U.S. metropolitan areas against various countries.

We pulled the 12 cities with economies that rank with the world's 50 largest economies. For each city, we include 3 countries with smaller economies.

GMP stands for gross metropolitan product, and it basically means the same thing that GDP does at the country level.

Seattle

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue GMP:
$242 billion

Kazakhstan GDP:
$186 billion

Peru GDP:
$177 billion

Qatar GDP:
$174 billion

Source: IHS Global Insight

Miami

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach GMP:
$260 billion

Pakistan GDP:
$209 billion

Iraq GDP:
$195 billion

Romania GDP:
$190 billion

Source: IHS Global Insight

Atlanta

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GMP:
$284 billion

Ireland GDP:
$218 billion

Algeria GDP:
$217 billion

Czech Republic GDP:
$215 billion

Source: IHS Global Insight

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