Corporations among largest global economic enterprises

Corporations among largest global economic entities, rank above many countries
Corporations make up 63% of 150 largest global economic enterprises
mongabay.com
July 18, 2005

Of the world’s largest 150 economic entities, 95 are corporations (63.3%) according to data released this month by Fortune Magazine and the World Bank. Wal-Mart, BP, Exxon Mobil, and Royal Dutch/Shell Group all rank in the 25 largest entities in the world, above countries that include Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Denmark, Poland, South Africa, and Greece.

Wal-Mart, with revenue of $287,989,000,000 ($287.99 billion) for its last fiscal year, is the largest corporation on the planet and ranks number 22 on the list. The United States is the world’s largest economy with a total 2004 economic output (GDP) of $11,667,515,000,000 ($11.67 trillion) according to the World Bank.

The table below includes the largest economic entities on Earth as measured by GDP [Source: World Development Indicators database, World Bank, 15 July 2005] and Total Revenue [Source: July 25, 2005 Issue of Fortune Magazine]. Figures tabulated by Rhett A. Butler of mongabay.com.

2007 Update

Rank Country/Corporation GDP/Revenue $ millions 1 United States 11,667,515 2 Japan 4,623,398 3 Germany 2,714,418 4 United Kingdom 2,140,898 5 France 2,002,582 6 Italy 1,672,302 7 China 1,649,329 8 Spain 991,442 9 Canada 979,764 10 India 691,876 11 Korea, Rep. 679,674 12 Mexico 676,497 13 Australia 631,256 14 Brazil 604,855 15 Russian Federation 582,395 16 Netherlands 577,260 17 Switzerland 359,465 18 Belgium 349,830 19 Sweden 346,404 20 Turkey 301,950 21 Austria 290,109 22 Wal-Mart Stores 287,989 23 BP 285,059 24 Exxon Mobil 270,772 25 Royal Dutch/Shell Group 268,690 26 Indonesia 257,641 27 Saudi Arabia 250,557 28 Norway 250,168 29 Denmark 243,043 30 Poland 241,833 31 South Africa 212,777 32 Greece 203,401 33 General Motors 193,517 34 Finland 186,597 35 Ireland 183,560 36 DaimlerChrysler 176,688 37 Toyota Motor 172,616 38 Ford Motor 172,233 39 Portugal 168,281 40 Thailand 163,491 41 Hong Kong, China 163,005 42 Iran, Islamic Rep. 162,709 43 General Electric 152,866 44 Total 152,610 45 Argentina 151,501 46 Chevron 147,967 47 ConocoPhillips 121,663 48 AXA 121,606 49 Allianz 118,937 50 Malaysia 117,776 51 Israel 117,548 52 Volkswagen 110,649 53 Venezuela, RB 109,322 54 Citigroup 108,276 55 Czech Republic 107,047 56 Singapore 106,818 57 ING Group 105,886 58 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 100,545 59 Hungary 99,712 60 New Zealand 99,687 61 American Intl. Group 97,987 62 Colombia 97,384 63 Intl. Business Machines 96,293 64 Pakistan 96,115 65 Chile 94,105 66 Siemens 91,493 67 Carrefour 90,382 68 Philippines 86,429 69 Algeria 84,649 70 Hitachi 83,994 71 Assicurazioni Generali 83,268 72 Matsushita Electric Industrial 81,078 73 McKesson 80,515 74 Honda Motor 80,487 75 Hewlett-Packard 79,905 76 Nissan Motor 79,800 77 Fortis 75,518 78 Egypt, Arab Rep. 75,148 79 Sinopec 75,077 80 Berkshire Hathaway 74,382 81 ENI 74,228 82 Romania 73,167 83 Home Depot 73,094 84 Aviva 73,025 85 HSBC Holdings 72,550 86 Nigeria 72,106 87 Deutsche Telekom 71,989 88 Verizon Communications 71,563 89 Samsung Electronics 71,556 90 State Grid 71,290 91 United Arab Emirates 70,960 92 Peugeot 70,642 93 Metro 70,159 94 Nestlé 69,826 95 U.S. Postal Service 68,996 96 BNP Paribas 68,654 97 Peru 68,395 98 China National Petroleum 67,724 99 Sony 66,618 100 Ukraine 65,149 101 Cardinal Health 65,131 102 Royal Ahold 64,676 103 Altria Group 64,440 104 Pemex 63,691 105 Bank of America Corp. 63,324 106 Vodafone 62,971 107 Tesco 62,459 108 Munich Re Group 60,706 109 Nippon Life Insurance 60,521 110 Fiat 59,973 111 Royal Bank of Scotland 59,750 112 Zurich Financial Services 59,678 113 Crédit Agricole 59,054 114 Credit Suisse 58,825 115 State Farm Insurance Cos 58,819 116 France Télécom 58,652 117 Électricité De France 58,367 118 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 56,931 119 UBS 56,918 120 Bangladesh 56,844 121 Kroger 56,434 122 Deutsche Bank 55,670 123 E.ON 55,652 124 Deutsche Post 55,388 125 BMW 55,142 126 Toshiba 54,304 127 Valero Energy 53,919 128 AmerisourceBergen 53,179 129 Pfizer 52,921 130 Boeing 52,553 131 Procter & Gamble 51,407 132 RWE 50,952 133 Suez 50,670 134 Renault 50,640 135 Morocco 50,055 136 Unilever 49,961 137 Target 49,934 138 Robert Bosch 49,759 139 Dell 49,205 140 ThyssenKrupp 48,756 141 Costco Wholesale 48,107 142 HBOS 47,756 143 Johnson & Johnson 47,348 144 Prudential 47,056 145 Tokyo Electric Power 46,963 146 BASF 46,687 147 Hyundai Motor 46,358 148 Enel 45,530 149 Marathon Oil 45,444 150 Statoil 45,440 151 Vietnam 45,210 152 NEC 45,176 153 Repsol YPF 44,858 154 Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance 44,469 155 Fujitsu 44,316 156 Time Warner 42,869

The world’s largest corporations by revenue and the world’s largest countries by GDP.