6) Spain – GDP:  $1.415 Trillion

The Spanish economy is the sixth-largest in the European, fifth-largest in the European Union and the fourteenth-largest in the world thanks to its multinational status and business expansion in Latin America.

5) Russia – GDP: $2.1 Trillion

The fall of the Soviet Union saw some of the communist hallmarks of the regime also leave Russia with the privatisation of a number of sectors. Not only this but the governments since have ensured a more globally integrated economic view, whilst the country has always enjoyed a reputation as one of the globe’s leading oil producers and providers.