DISINFO: GDP of European countries like Great Britain, France or Italy is much lower than the Russian one
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: RT France - YouTube (archived)*
  • Date of publication: May 31, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): French
  • Reported in: Issue 201
  • Countries / regions discussed: Italy, Canada, UK, France, Russia
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economy G7 Russian superiority

DISINFO: GDP of European countries like Great Britain, France or Italy is much lower than the Russian one

SUMMARY

If the G7 club should reflect the most important countries in the world the format should change because countries like India or Russia have a higher Gross Domestic Product than some G7 members. Russia has a GDP which corresponds to 3% of the world GDP, India has 8% of the world GDP. These figures are above France and Great Britain whose GDP is a little more than 2%, or Italy and Canada – a little more than 1%.

RESPONSE

Classic disinformation narrative about the superiority of the Russian economy. Different statistics exist about the world economy and the classification of Gross Domestic Product. According to statistics from the World Bank, available on Worldometers, Russia is on place 11 among the world’s largest economies, well below the ones in the claim. This concerns the nominal gross domestic product. On GDP per capita, where the GDP is related to the number of citizens, Russia assumes place 57.

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