Gross domestic product, or GDP, is the total value of goods and services a state or country produces over a given period. Though the United States is not the largest country in the world – either by landmass or by population – it is by far the world’s largest economy, with a GDP of over $17.3 trillion in 2017, equal to nearly a quarter of the global economy.

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