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AA1

LOW RISK for enterprise

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

Updated in January 2025.
GDP USD 27360.9bn (World ranking 1, World Bank 2023)
Population 334.9mn (World ranking 3, World Bank 2023)

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Form of state Federal Republic
Head of government Donald TRUMP (President)
Next elections 2026, legislative
Strenghts
  • World’s largest economy
  • Effective governmental checks and balances
  • High per capita GDP
  • Reserve currency
  • Large oil and gas reserves
  • Diverse GDP
  • Strong underlying productivity growth
Weaknesses
  • Increasing political polarization and unpredictability of policymaking
  • High public debt that will continue to rise without major fiscal tightening
  • Prone to social disruption and unres
  • Shortages of labor an obstacle to re-industrialization drive
(% of total, 2023)
  Exports Rank Imports  
Canada 17.5% 1 Mexico 15.2%
Mexico 16.0% 2 China 14.1%
China 7.3% 3 Canada 13.6%
Netherlands 4.1% 4 Germany 5.1%
Germany 3.8% 5 Japan 4.8%
(% of total, annual 2023)
Exports Rank Imports
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials 11.8%
1 11.8% Road vehicles
Road vehicles 7.3%
2 9.0% Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s. 7.3%
3 7.8% Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 4.6%
4 5.8% Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Other industrial machinery and parts 4.2%
5 5.5% Telecommunication and sound recording apparatus
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