The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Turkey would be ranked 16th among twenty biggest economies of the world in 2013.

According to the IMF's predictions for the 2008-2013 period, Turkey's gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of its purchasing power parity (PPP) will increase to 942 billion USD as of the end of 2008. This amount is envisaged to rise to 1.3 trillion USD in 2013.

The first twenty countries that will have the highest GDP-PPP figures in the 2008-2013 period are as follows: (billion USD)

Difference
Countries 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (percent)
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USA 14,195.0 14,533.2 15,227.,9 16,131.8 17,013.9 17,862.6 25.8

China 7,792.7 8,684.5 9,773.9 10,978.8 12,308.8 13,779.3 76.8

India 3,289.8 3,616.8 3,979.7 4,388.8 4,828.5 5,305.1 61.3

Japan 4,438.7 4,586.4 4,752.4 4,936.3 5,116.6 5,296.3 19.3

Germany 2,906.4 2,989.7 3,097.7 3,225.9 3,357.4 3,486.4 20.0

Russia 2,274.6 2,461.7 2,657.7 2,874.0 3,099.1 3,330.6 46.4

Britain 2,215.9 2,292.4 2,412.4 2,543.2 2,664.9 2,786.5 25.7

Brazil 1,961.5 2,069.9 2,202.9 2,339.9 2,480.6 2,625.9 33.9

France 2,116.6 2,181.7 2,278.5 2,388.0 2,498.1 2,609.4 23.3

Italy 1,826.9 1,864.7 1,912.4 1,972.4 2,032.5 2,097.4 14.8

Mexico 1,399.9 1,457.3 1,556.3 1,668.5 1,775.2 1,874.5 33.9

Spain 1,403.8 1,452.9 1,525.3 1,612.9 1,704.2 1,800.2 28.2

Korea 1,275.9 1,355.6 1,446.5 1,547.4 1,650.8 1,756.8 37.7

Canada 1,308.3 1,357.9 1,430.1 1,508.1 1,583.9 1,653.9 26.4

Indonesia 907.0 981.2 1,064.4 1,159.7 1,261.2 1,369.5 51.0

TURKEY 942.0 999.9 1,069.3 1,146.5 1,226.9 1,311.1 39.2

Iran 813.0 866.5 924.1 988.1 1,054.7 1,123.7 38.2

Australia 801.0 840.4 883.6 932.8 983.9 1,036.8 29.4

Taiwan 734.0 777.8 828.9 886.5 948.8 1,013.5 38.1

Poland 665.0 706.7 754.3 807.4 863.3 922.0 38.7



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