What’s the GDP of a Planet?

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It is long been known that the U.S. is considered the wealthiest nation itn the world. It has had the highest Gross Domestic Product for some time now. In fact the U.S. rakes in about $17 trillion dollars a year as the world’s highest earning nation-state. Only the combined wealth of the European Union comes close by comparison.

But what about the combined wealth of an entire planet? Add China, Japan, and Germany’s bank accounts and the wallets of 150 other countries on planet Earth and how much money is actually being generated on this lonely blue rock in outer-space?

Answer: $73,870,000,000,000 (about seventy four TRILLION dollars)