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Information on the World's Top Companies

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Le Monde Diplomatique
December 1999

I. - What the World's Biggest 50 Companies are Worth (1999)
COUNTRY
NUMBER
%
MARKET CAPITALIZATION $bn
%
United States 33
66
 4,901.2 71.8
United Kingdom 5
10
 591.6 8.7
Switzerland 3
6
 249 3.6
Japan 3
6
 478 7
Germany 2
4
 199.2 2.9
France 1
2
 73.6 1,2
Others 3
6
 329.9 4.8
TOTAL 50
100
 6,822.5 100
Source: J.P. Morgan Securities database (July 1999)

II. - The Top 200 Multinational Companies (1998)
NUMBER OF TURNOVERSPROFITS
COUNTRYNUMBER$bnAs % of total$bnAs % of total
United States74277636.518352.7
Japan41183024.13911.2
Germany2395812.6298.4
France196108205.8
United Kingdom133995.3288.2
Switzerland62172.8133.9
Italy51792.48.92.6
Netherlands41582.1123.5
UK - Netherlands21381.831
South Korea3821.10.0680
China37611.70.4
Sweden2490.72.70.8
Belgium - Netherlands1310.41.50.4
Venezuela1250.30.60.2
Brasil1250.30.70.2
Mexico1200.31.10.3
Spain1190.31.40.4
TOTAL2007592100345.7100
of the top six countries176 (88%)679089.331290.2
World GDP28,654
The "200" as a percentage of the World GDP26.3%
Source: Companies' annual reports.

III. When 200 Companies Do Better Than 150 Countries
1982199219951998
World GDP ($bn)11,17923,78028,60726,854
of which: GDP of the ca. 150 non-member countries of the OECD28.620.222.824.5
Turnover of the "200" (%)27.224.727.526.3

Annual World Growth Rate (%)
1982-921992-951995-98
World GDP7.86.43.3
GDP of the ca. 150 non-member countries of the OECD95.22.3
Turnover of the "200"6.810.34.4
Source: United Nations (in current dollars).

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