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Bordering Countries with the Largest GDPs

Name the countries with the largest economies that border each other.
Methodology: Each country is ranked 1-196
We chose the countries that border each other with lowest average rank
2022 IMF estimates, Purchasing Power Parity
Not counting the border on the overseas territory of Saint Martin
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: April 22, 2022
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First submittedNovember 16, 2017
Times taken51,374
Average score91.7%
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Countries
2
China
India
3.5
China
Russia
7.5
United States
Mexico
7.5
Germany
France
8.5
United States
Canada
9.5
Brazil
France
11
France
Italy
12.5
China
Pakistan
12.5
Germany
Poland
13
China
Vietnam
13
Russia
Poland
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Countries
13
France
Spain
13.5
India
Pakistan
16
Germany
Netherlands
16
Turkey
Iran
16.5
India
Bangladesh
18.5
Brazil
Argentina
19
Indonesia
Malaysia
20
Germany
Switzerland
20.5
Germany
Belgium
20.5
Brazil
Colombia
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Level 63
Nov 17, 2017
Are France-Netherlands and UK-Spain oversea borders taken into account?
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Level ∞
Nov 17, 2017
No. Added a caveat.
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Level 35
Nov 17, 2017
What about France-Brazil?
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Level ∞
Nov 17, 2017
It's complicated but French Guiana is an overseas region while Saint Martin is on overseas collectivity. Its similar to how Hawaii is a state but Guam is a territory.
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Level 47
Jul 1, 2023
nobody like QMs comment anymore. its up to 69 likes
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Level 65
Dec 5, 2023
Oh no
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Level 35
Mar 14, 2018
...and like most of my Jetpunk comments, I am proven wrong by the 18 likes QM's comment got :(
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Level 70
Mar 16, 2018
Pluckster10 - love your commitment to your cause, even though you know that you are fighting a losing battle here in Jetpunkland.
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Level 89
Jun 11, 2020
More likes doesn't always mean you're correct about something. Sometimes the ignorant outnumber the well-informed.
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Level 55
Nov 19, 2020
I agree actually, but you haven't added the caveat of Spain and the UK bordering yet.
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Level 82
Oct 9, 2021
Spain doesn't border the UK. Gibraltar is not part of the UK.
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Level 58
Nov 26, 2021
Except it is
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Level 82
Apr 24, 2022
No, it's not. It's a British Overseas Territory. That's not the same thing as being an actual part of the UK. It's a remnant of the British Empire that has chosen to maintain its links with the UK (constitutionally, the people of Gibraltar have the options of maintaining links with the UK or becoming part of Spain, but not of independence).

Gibraltar is self-governing except for foreign and defence matters. It has its own parliament and does not have representation in the UK parliament (by contrast somewhere like the Shetlands, which ARE part of the UK although they are also geographically removed from the mainland, sends MPs to Westminster).

French Guiana, by contrast, is fully incorporated into France and has the same constitutional status as the regions of metropolitan France.

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Level 72
Sep 16, 2022
Thanks for this, you saved me having to do it myself!
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Level 53
Sep 16, 2022
ofc gibraltar belongs to uk so uk borders spain
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Level 79
Feb 20, 2023
@Taserz Gibraltar belongs to the UK but the UK does not border Spain. Should I explain further?
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Level 78
Sep 17, 2022
Yes but the point is if that's taken for granted, why specify France/Netherlands doesn't count then
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Level 82
Sep 22, 2022
@Taserz, I took the trouble to explain why a place that 'belongs to' the UK is not the same as a place that is part of the UK. Spain doesn't border the UK; it DOES border a British overseas territory. Go ask any British diplomat or constitutional lawyer and they'll tell you the same thing.

@barmanitan, I have no idea. It does seem odd.

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Level 88
Mar 14, 2018
I think that it's awesome that a country as small as where I live makes this list! (NL)
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Level 45
Mar 14, 2018
You only made the list because you border Germany. If there was a quiz for crappiest countries that border each other you'd also make that because you border Belgium :)
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Level 80
Mar 14, 2018
harsh
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Level 78
Mar 14, 2018
Did you call the Netherlands and Belgium the crappiest countries because you wanted to be first one to do something for once?
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Level 70
Mar 14, 2018
Even the quiz itself shows how nonsensical scrumpyones statement is. Germany has 9 neighbours, and the Netherlands is one of only three appearing on this quiz.
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Level 74
Mar 14, 2018
Guys, he's just being scrumpy.
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Level 66
Sep 27, 2019
It is in the top 10% of largest economies while only being 131st largest in size. (most of the smaller ones are islands) so yea, not much credit to your statement.

Edit: looked at gdp without ppp, with ppp, it would be more like top 15% Still, that is being in the big leagues imo.

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Level 66
Sep 27, 2019

Besides even if belgium was crappy, which it isnt at all, netherlands wouldnt be on that list, it would raise the average right of the list by it's uncrappiness ;) If there was an uncrappy list, that pair would actually make it quite high up the list. I would think. As would norway-sweden.

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Level 75
Jun 11, 2020
What does scrumpy mean? I never heard the word before and when I searched for it the only thing I found was a kind of cider in England.
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Level 79
Dec 23, 2020
What the Devil? The Netherlands and Belgium are definitely not 'crappy' countries, whatever that means. I visited those countries myself, and overall they seem to be populated by nice people, and they contain beautiful architecture and scenery. The Netherlands also has very large economy for its size. Or you might just be a troll.">
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Level 78
Mar 9, 2021
So scrumpy one voted for Brexit. Deep thinker, clearly.
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Level 72
Sep 16, 2022
Have you been to The Netherlands or Belgium? I went to both this year and they’re fantastic places. What a weird thing to do, going to a quiz comment section (and a comment about a different country) and shoe-horning in a fatuous insult about an oddly specific (and different) country.
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Level 63
Dec 12, 2022
chill out dude
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Level 76
Jan 9, 2023
He's just referencing a running joke about Belgium being a crappy country.
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Level 47
Jul 1, 2023
cos QM hates Belgium
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Level 46
Mar 14, 2018
Considering that Italy is on the list, I was surprised to not see the Vatican on here. I thought they were super wealthy.
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Level 78
Mar 14, 2018
GNP is a very bad indicator of wealthiness. But even if we could obtain a more worthy indicator, the Vatican would never qualify if it wasn't a per capita ranking.
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Level 47
Mar 14, 2018
Can you do a bordering countries with the least economies?
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Level 82
Mar 15, 2018
All the answers would be in Africa
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Level ∞
Apr 15, 2020
Not true! Some are in Eastern Europe. I made a quiz under my geopunk alt account.
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Level 82
Jun 11, 2020
yeah I guess I didn't consider some countries are very small in addition to being poor. There's also one pair in central Asia and another in South America.
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Level 82
Sep 16, 2022
Also using silly PPP greatly inflates the African economies. But if this were per capita then I still think the entire list would be in Africa.
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Level 45
Mar 18, 2018
Germany also borders Switzerland and if Netherlands appear I think Switzerland should too!
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Level 66
Sep 27, 2019
why? there are so many countries on here that border one of the listed ones, but arent on here. They only make it on if they have a large economy. For instance mongolia didnt even make it eventhough china is at the top of the list. It isnt a quiz about who nenigbours large economies. Both countries count. Netherlands is nr 17 worldwide btw so yea netherlands definitely should be there..
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Level 71
Oct 3, 2018
United States - Mexico: 6.5

United States - Canada: 9.5

I was like "wait, Canada is poorer than Mexico??!" Then after a while I realized it wasn't per capita.

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Level 44
Jul 10, 2019
Got kazakhstan with 4 seconds left
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Level 50
Jun 11, 2020
"Not counting the border on the overseas territory of Saint Martin"

*unhappy French noises*

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Level 57
Jun 11, 2020
Shouldn't Kazakhstan and Russia be a column as well then?
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Level 71
Apr 22, 2022
Can you PLEASE stop updating all these GDP quizzes at once, causing a huge erosion of everyone’s points?
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Level 79
Apr 25, 2022
Strange comment. Quizzes get updated when new data is available.
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Level 32
Sep 17, 2022
I enjoyed it!
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Level 44
Feb 12, 2023
how did more people guess Canada then USA?
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Level 63
Jan 4, 2024
got real confused at first and then i read the title more carefully and saw it didn't mean per capita