10 Most Economically Powerful Countries in the World

In this article, we look at the 10 most economically powerful countries in the world. You can see how we ranked these countries and read about how they use their economic strength to advance foreign policy objectives by heading over to our article, 30 Most Economically Powerful Countries in the World.

10. Sweden

GDP (2022): $586 billion

Average Foreign Aid Per Year (2020-2022): $6.34 billion

Score: 1.712

Sweden, located in the Scandinavian region of Europe is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, with a GDP per capita of $61,029. It is the 24th largest economy in the world when ranked by nominal GDP. In 2022, Sweden gave 0.9% of its gross national income on foreign aid.