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Follow how records are established, updated and superseded over time.

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2025

  1. Country with the World's Largest Manufacturing Value Added

    2025-01-01

    China · about 4.82 trillion US dollars

    EconomyCurrent
  2. World's Largest Merchandise Exporting Country

    2025-01-01

    China · about 3.77 trillion US dollars

    EconomyCurrent
  3. World's Largest Economy by GDP at Purchasing Power Parity

    2025-01-01

    China · about 41.26 trillion international dollars

    EconomyCurrent
  4. World's Largest Economy by Nominal GDP

    2025-01-01

    United States · 30.7697 trillion US dollars

    EconomyCurrent

2024

  1. World's Largest Copper Mine by Mineral Resources

    2024-01-01

    Escondida copper mine · about 26 billion tonnes of ore · Antofagasta Region, Chile

    EconomyCurrent

2023

  1. World's Largest Metropolitan Economy by GDP

    2023-01-01

    New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Area · about 2.299 trillion US dollars · New York–Newark–Jersey City metropolitan area, United States

    EconomyCurrent

2018

  1. Largest Conventional Onshore Oil Field by Proved Combined Reserves

    2018-12-31

    Ghawar oil field · 58.319 billion barrels of oil equivalent · Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

    EconomyCurrent

2017

  1. Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

    2017-11-15

    Salvator Mundi (painting) · 450,312,500 USD · Christie's, New York City, USA

    EconomyCurrent

2014

  1. Highest Auction Price for a Single Postage Stamp

    2014-06-17

    British Guiana One-Cent Magenta · about 9,480,000 USD · New York City, USA

    EconomyCurrent

2012

  1. World's Largest Gold Coin

    2012-01-01

    Australian Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Coin · 1,012 kg · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    EconomyCurrent

1953

  1. Earliest Sovereign Wealth Fund

    1953-02-01

    Kuwait Investment Authority · First achievement · London, United Kingdom (origin of predecessor)

    EconomyCurrent

1841

  1. Earliest Specialized Commercial Credit-Reporting Agency in the United States

    1841-07-20

    The Mercantile Agency (1841) · First achievement · New York City, United States

    EconomyCurrent

1730

  1. World's First Institutional Futures Exchange

    1730-01-01

    Dojima Rice Exchange · First achievement · Dojima, Osaka, Japan

    EconomyCurrent

1696

  1. Oldest Continuously Operating Insurance Company Lineage

    1696-11-12

    Aviva plc · First achievement · St Martin's Lane, London, United Kingdom

    EconomyCurrent

1668

  1. World's Oldest Central Bank

    1668-01-01

    Sveriges Riksbank · 1668 year · Stockholm, Sweden

    EconomyCurrent

1602

  1. World's Oldest Stock Exchange

    1602-01-01

    Amsterdam Stock Exchange · 1602 year · Amsterdam, Netherlands

    EconomyCurrent
  2. First Public Subscription to a Company's Share Capital

    1602-01-01

    Dutch East India Company · First achievement · Amsterdam and five other cities in the Dutch Republic

    EconomyCurrent

1599

  1. World's Earliest Chamber of Commerce

    1599-08-05

    Marseille Chamber of Commerce · First achievement · Marseille, France

    EconomyCurrent

1472

  1. World's Oldest Bank Still in Operation

    1472-01-01

    Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena · 1472 year · Siena, Italy

    EconomyCurrent

1024

  1. First Official Government-Issued Paper Money

    1024-02-01

    Northern Song official jiaozi · First achievement · Yizhou, Northern Song (modern Chengdu, Sichuan, China)

    EconomyCurrent

0578

  1. Oldest Founded Business Still Operating Through a Successor

    0578-01-01

    Kongō Gumi · First achievement · Osaka, Japan

    EconomyCurrent

Time not specified

  1. World's Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund

    Government Pension Fund Global · 22.683 trillion Norwegian kroner · Oslo, Norway

    EconomyCurrent
  2. Earliest Known Struck Metal Coins

    Early Lydian–Ionian electrum struck coinage · c. 650–600 BCE · Ancient Lydia and Ionia (modern western Turkey)

    EconomyCurrent
  3. World's Largest Non-Associated Natural Gas Field

    North Field · more than 900 trillion standard cubic feet · Offshore northeast Qatar

    EconomyCurrent
  4. Largest Known Rare-earth Element Deposit

    Bayan Obo rare-earth deposit · Largest known REE deposit (qualitative geological comparison) · Bayan Obo rare-earth deposit

    EconomyCurrent
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