California's economy passes UK's to become world's fifth biggest
by Guardian staff and agencies from on (#3PEHF)
Aided by tech, entertainment and agriculture, state's GDP rose between 2016 and 2017, while UK's has fallen since 2014
California's economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the world's fifth largest, according to new federal data made public on Friday.
Despite having a population of only 40 million compared with the UK's 65 million people, California's gross domestic product of $2.7tn has overtaken the UK's $2.6tn.
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