Paris GDP
Economically speaking, the agglomeration of Paris is among the largest economic centers in the world, with the sixth-largest gross metropolitan product in the world in 2008 according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers whose main results are shown in the table below.
| Urban agglomerations | 2008 GDP (in billion US$) (at purchasing power parity) |
|---|---|
|
01- Tokyo |
1.479 |
|
02- New York |
1.406 |
|
03- Los Angeles |
792 |
|
04- Paris |
723
|
|
05- Chicago |
574 |
|
06- London |
565 |
|
07- Osaka-Kobe |
417 |
|
08- Mexico City |
390 |
|
09- São Paulo |
388 |
|
10- Philadelphia |
388 |
Year in, year out, the Paris Region accounts for 28 to 29% of the total GDP of metropolitan France, although its 2007 population is only 18.8% of the total population of metropolitan France. According to Eurostat, the GDP of the Paris Region accounted alone for 4.4% of the total GDP of the European Union (of 27 members) in the year 2005, although its population is only 2.3% of the total population of the EU27.
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