On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Mario Goveia wrote: > Tim de Mello and someone who hides under the name > Goenkarboy are having a great old time ridiculing US > companies Coca Cola and McDonalds in response to my > post which described India as having surged to be the > world's 4th largest economy. Thus they caught the > bull by the tail and missed the point of the post. I > doubt these guys live in any of the top 4 economies in > the world, which is probably what drives their envy, > nor do they know that the average life span in the US > has been steadily rising in spite of the obesity that > comes from its affluence, and yes, from Coke and Big > Macs. > > Here are the stats again of the world's largest > economies by GDP. > > The US accounts for 21.1 per cent of the world gross > domestic product, China 12.6, Japan 7, India 5.7, > Germany 4.5, France 3.2, UK 3.2, Italy 3, Brazil 2.8, > Canada 1.9, Spain 1.8 and Mexico 1.8 >
Dear Mario: Could you please tell me the source of the data stated above? Best redards, Miguel López