India now world's third largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity

SummaryAs perW orld Bank report, India is ahead of Japan and only behind US and China which hold top 2 spots


India is now the world's third largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, ahead of Japan and behind eth US and China which hold the top two spots. This was revealed by the 2011 round of the World Bank's International Comparison Program (ICP) released on Tuesday.
"The United States remained the world’s largest economy, but it was closely followed by China when measured using PPPs. India was now the world’s third largest economy, moving ahead of Japan," the report said. (Read report)
It highlighted the fact that the largest economies were not the richest, as shown in the ranking of GDP per capita. The middle-income economies with large economies also had large populations, setting the stage for continued growth, it added.
The report says India "went from the 10th largest economy in 2005 to the third largest in 2011.  

praveen sharma
pgdm 2nd sem