Corporations dominate world’s top 100 economic entities
Pat Sweet,Reporter, Accountancy Daily 14 Sep 2016
Corporations vs governments revenues: 2015 data for the top 30
Rank Type Name Revenue (USD)
1 Government United States $3,251,000,000,000
2 Government China $2,426,000,000,000
3 Government Germany $1,515,000,000,000
4 Government Japan $1,439,000,000,000
5 Government France $1,253,000,000,000
6 Government United Kingdom $1,101,000,000,000
7 Government Italy $876,000,000,000
8 Government Brazil $631,000,000,000
9 Government Canada $585,000,000,000
10 Corporation Walmart $482,130,000,000
11 Government Spain $473,600,000,000
12 Government Australia $425,700,000,000
13 Government Netherlands $336,500,000,000
14 Corporation State Grid $329,601,000,000
15 Corporation China National Petroleum $299,271,000,000
16 Corporation Sinopec Group $294,344,000,000
17 Government Korea, South $291,300,000,000
18 Corporation Royal Dutch Shell $272,156,000,000
19 Government Mexico $259,600,000,000
20 Government Sweden $250,800,000,000
21 Corporation Exxon Mobil $246,204,000,000
22 Corporation Volkswagen $236,600,000,000
23 Corporation Toyota Motor $236,592,000,000
24 Government India $236,000,000,000
25 Corporation Apple $233,715,000,000
26 Government Belgium $226,800,000,000
27 Corporation BP $225,982,000,000
28 Government Switzerland $221,900,000,000
29 Government Norway $220,200,000,000
30 Government Russia $216,300,000,000