Einar H. Dyvik
Research expert covering Nordics and global data for society, economy, and politics
Global North and Global South divide - statistics & facts
In 2023, the size of the five original BRICS economies- Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa - was comparable to that of the United States and the EU-27. Moreover, on a PPP (purchasing power parity) basis, China ranked as the world's largest economy. Despite the dominant North-South divide narrative, which labels the Global North as rich and developed, and the Global South as poor and in development, it seems that the North-South fictional border tends to be blurrier nowadays.
