For no other reason that it's really popular, we've once again pitted the nations of the European Union against the individual United States to find out where they all rank with respect to each others Gross Domestic Product (GDP) adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), population and their corresponding 2006 GDP-PPP per Capita for 2006!

Best of all, we've put our data into the dynamic table you see below, which allow you to sort the data in the table by clicking on the various column headings. Doing so will almost instantaneously sort the data in the table from low to high value or from high to low (by clicking a column heading a second time.) To restore the original order, you'll need to refresh the page in your web browser.

We'll have some more commentary below the table - in the meantime, you know you can't resist....

2006 GDP-PPP Rankings of EU Nations vs Individual US States

US State or EU Nation	2006 GDP-PPP (billions USD)	2006 Population	GDP-PPP per Capita (USD)
United States - All	13,149.0	296,398,484	44,362.69
US - Alabama	160.6	4,599,030	34,913.67
US - Alaska	41.1	670,053	61,345.89
US - Arizona	232.5	6,166,318	37,698.83
US - Arkansas	91.8	2,810,872	32,672.07
US - California	1,727.4	36,457,549	47,379.90
US - Colorado	230.5	4,753,377	48,487.21
US - Connecticut	204.1	3,504,809	58,243.97
US - Delaware	60.4	853,476	70,723.72
US - District of Columbia	87.7	581,530	150,747.17
US - Florida	713.5	18,089,888	39,442.20
US - Georgia	379.6	9,363,941	40,533.15
US - Hawaii	58.3	1,285,498	45,357.52
US - Idaho	49.9	1,466,465	34,032.18
US - Illinois	589.6	12,831,970	45,947.58
US - Indiana	248.9	6,313,520	39,425.71
US - Iowa	124.0	2,982,085	41,571.58
US - Kansas	111.7	2,764,075	40,410.99
US - Kentucky	146.0	4,206,074	34,701.96
US - Louisiana	193.1	4,287,768	45,043.95
US - Maine	47.0	1,321,574	35,543.22
US - Maryland	257.8	2,615,727	98,563.42
US - Massachusetts	337.6	6,437,193	52,440.56
US - Michigan	381.0	10,095,643	37,739.35
US - Minnesota	244.5	5,167,101	47,327.51
US - Mississippi	84.2	2,910,540	28,937.93
US - Missouri	225.9	5,842,713	38,659.44
US - Montana	32.3	944,632	34,216.50
US - Nebraska	75.7	1,768,331	42,808.73
US - Nevada	118.4	2,495,529	47,444.45
US - New Hampshire	56.3	1,314,895	42,798.85
US - New Jersey	453.2	8,724,560	51,942.68
US - New Mexico	75.9	1,954,599	38,836.61
US - New York	1,021.9	19,306,183	52,933.51
US - North Carolina	374.5	8,856,505	42,288.13
US - North Dakota	26.4	635,867	41,494.53
US - Ohio	461.3	11,478,006	40,190.08
US - Oklahoma	134.7	3,579,212	37,620.29
US - Oregon	151.3	3,700,758	40,883.79
US - Pennsylvania	510.3	12,440,621	41,018.29
US - Rhode Island	45.7	1,067,610	42,768.43
US - South Carolina	149.2	4,321,249	34,530.29
US - South Dakota	32.3	781,919	41,346.99
US - Tennessee	238.0	6,038,803	39,416.59
US - Texas	1,065.9	23,507,783	45,342.05
US - Utah	97.7	2,550,063	38,331.99
US - Vermont	24.2	623,908	38,808.61
US - Virginia	369.3	7,642,884	48,314.22
US - Washington	293.5	6,395,798	45,894.35
US - West Virginia	55.7	1,818,470	30,607.05
US - Wisconsin	227.2	5,556,506	40,894.40
US - Wyoming	29.6	515,004	57,399.55
European Union - All	13,349.1	487,293,413	27,394.34
EU - Austria	283.8	8,192,880	34,639.83
EU - Belgium	342.8	10,379,067	33,028.02
EU - Bulgaria	78.7	7,385,367	10,653.50
EU - Cyprus	22.6	784,301	28,789.97
EU - Czech Republic	224.0	10,235,455	21,884.71
EU - Denmark	201.5	5,450,661	36,967.99
EU - Estonia	26.9	1,324,333	20,274.36
EU - Finland	176.4	5,231,372	33,719.64
EU - France	1,891.0	60,876,136	31,063.08
EU - Germany	2,630.0	82,422,299	31,908.84
EU - Greece	256.3	10,688,058	23,980.03
EU - Hungary	175.2	9,981,334	17,552.76
EU - Ireland	180.7	4,062,235	44,482.90
EU - Italy	1,756.0	58,133,509	30,206.33
EU - Latvia	36.5	2,274,735	16,041.43
EU - Lithuania	54.9	3,585,906	15,309.94
EU - Luxembourg	33.9	474,413	71,393.49
EU - Malta	8.4	400,214	21,016.26
EU - Netherlands	529.1	16,491,461	32,083.27
EU - Poland	552.4	38,536,869	14,334.32
EU - Portugal	210.1	10,605,870	19,809.78
EU - Romania	202.2	22,303,552	9,065.82
EU - Slovakia	99.2	5,439,448	18,235.31
EU - Slovenia	47.0	2,010,347	23,384.02
EU - Spain	1,109.0	40,397,842	27,451.96
EU - Sweden	290.6	9,016,596	32,229.46
EU - United Kingdom	1,930.0	60,609,153	31,843.38

Sources and Acknowledgements:

• 2006 US State GDP Data: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
• 2006 US State Population Estimates (July 1, 2006): US Census [Excel spreadsheet]
• 2006 EU Nation GDP-PPP Data: The World Factbook, 2007
• 2006 EU Nation Population Estimates (July 1, 2006): The World Factbook, 2006
• Table Sorting Function: The Daily Kryogenix.

The GDP and population data for the United States as a whole, as well as for the European Union as a whole, was obtained by adding up the state and national values we found for each. GDP-PPP per capita was found by dividing each region's 2006 GDP figure by its population estimate as of July 1, 2006.

The Highest Ranking EU Nations

The highest ranking EU nation is Luxembourg, which ranks third overall in the measure of GDP-PPP per Capita. The next highest EU nation, Ireland, comes in at 19th place, just behind Louisiana and the US as a whole (if limited to just individual states, Ireland places a bit ahead of Nebraska).

Denmark, the next highest EU nation in the ranking by GDP-PPP per capita, comes in 45th place (omitting the US as a whole), just after Oklahoma and ahead of Maine. The next highest EU nation, Austria, would occupy the 49th highest position, sandwiched between Kentucky and South Carolina.

By the time we reach down to the 53rd position of the list, the EU nations begin turning up more regularly, with Finland and Belgium occupying the 53rd and 54th slots respectively, positioned between the US states of Idaho and Arkansas. Below Arkansas, we find a neat group of EU nations Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and France before the US state of West Virginia turns up in the rankings in the 61st position.

EU member Italy turns up in the 62nd slot, driving ahead of the lowest ranked individual U.S. state of Mississippi.

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