4) Italy – GDP: $2.2 Trillion
Italy owes much of its financial wealth and power to its membership in the Group of Eight (G8) and the European Union. This and the country’s industrial sectors ensure it is one largest economies in the world and worthy of a place on our list.
3) United Kingdom – GDP: $2.8 Trillion
The United Kingdom’s place on this list could be under enormous threat with the Scottish vote of Independence of the horizon. In the meantime however the country’s agriculture, electronic and manufacturing industries ensure that one of Europe’s most financially and politically powerful countries is in rude health.
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