Europe vs North America: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Europe buys about what

$137

buys in North America, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in North America buys what $72.85 buys in Europe. Prices across Europe's economy average 73% of North America's, so a dollar goes 37% further in Europe.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureEuropeNorth America
Economy
Population743.0 million43 of 43 countries608.5 million23 of 23 countries
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$29.9 trillion40 of 43 countries$35.6 trillion21 of 23 countries
GDP per personUS dollars$40,25440 of 43 countries$59,56421 of 23 countries
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$59,58540 of 43 countries$64,22621 of 23 countries
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%68%40 of 43 countries93%21 of 23 countries
A US dollar goes as far as$1.48 in the US40 of 43 countries$1.08 in the US21 of 23 countries
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollarsMedians don't add upMedians don't add up
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureEuropeNorth America
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$44.3 trillion40 of 43 countries$38.4 trillion21 of 23 countries
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollarMany currenciesMany currencies
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$38,30540 of 43 countries$58,81321 of 23 countries
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$59,15640 of 43 countries$63,63321 of 23 countries

Europe adds up its countries with 2025 figures (UN M49 regions); its per-person figures are the total over their population. North America adds up its countries with 2025 figures (UN M49 regions); its per-person figures are the total over their population.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above. Europe covers the 40 of its 43 countries with figures for every year, weighted by population. North America covers the 21 of its 23 countries with figures for every year, weighted by population.
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Year-by-year table
YearEuropeNorth America
2025$50,183$54,903
2024$49,598$54,190
2023$48,828$53,386
2022$48,171$52,408
2021$46,971$51,329
2020$44,056$48,507
2019$46,526$50,378
2018$45,679$49,645
2017$44,695$48,652
2016$43,562$47,887
2015$42,927$47,470
2014$42,469$46,616
2013$42,014$45,878
2012$41,862$45,394
2011$41,782$44,773
2010$40,828$44,362
2009$39,880$43,538
2008$42,079$45,339
2007$41,504$45,688
2006$39,893$45,236
2005$38,286$44,378
2004$37,254$43,397
2003$35,997$42,287
2002$35,213$41,673
2001$34,581$41,467
2000$33,639$41,585

Europe vs North America: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.