Regional Outlook

• North America: slowdown and uncertainty for the future
• South and Central America: renewed growth from 1999
• Western Europe: growth in the Euro area but slowing activity
• Eastern Europe: need for structural and institutional reforms in some countries
• Asia: setback to recovery and underlying structural weaknesses in Japan; weakened growth in developing nations
• Middle East: boosted activity
• Africa: growth constrained by war and civil conflict in some countries

Developing Economies with GDP>$400 billion

	GDP $bn	GDP per head $	Population m	GDP growth %	Inflation
China	1,161.6	909	1,278	7.5	1.4
Brazil	715.7	4,270	167.55	4.5	5.7
Mexico	553.1	5,600	98.82	3.5	9.6
India	496.7	488	1,017	6.6	8.0

The Top 25 Companies in the World

Rank	Company	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Exxon Mobil	210,392.00
2	Wal-Mart Stores	193,295.00
3	General Motors	184,632.00
4	Ford Motor	180,598.00
5	DaimlerChrysler	150,069.70
6	Royal Dutch/Shell Group	149,146.00
7	BP	148,062.00
8	General Electric	129,853.00
9	Mitsubishi	126,579.40
10	Toyota Motor	121,416.20
11	Mitsui	118,013.70
12	Citigroup	111,826.00
13	Itochu	109,756.50
14	Total Fina Elf	105,869.60
15	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone	103,234.70
16	Enron	100,789.00
17	AXA	92,781.60
18	Sumitomo	91,168.40
19	Intl. Business Machines	88,396.00
20	Marubeni	85,351.00
21	Volkswagen	78,851.90
22	Hitachi	76,126.80
23	Siemens	74,858.30
24	ING Group	71,195.90
25	Allianz	71,022.30

Top 25 Companies in Asia

Rank	Global 50 Rank	Company	Country	2000 Revenues ($ millions)
1	9	Mitsubishi	Japan	126,579.4
2	10	Toyota Motor	Japan	121,416.2
3	11	Mitsui	Japan	118,013.6
4	13	Itochu	Japan	109,756.4
5	15	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone	Japan	103,234.7
6	18	Sumitomo	Japan	91,168.3
7	20	Marubeni	Japan	85,351.0
8	22	Hitachi	Japan	76,126.7
9	26	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.	Japan	69,475.3
10	28	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	68,054.8
11	30	Sony	Japan	66,158.3
12	39	Nissho Iwai	Japan	58,557.2
13	40	Honda Motor	Japan	58,461.6
14	43	Nissan Motor	Japan	55,077.1
15	44	Toshiba	Japan	53,826.6
16	48	Mizuho Holdings	Japan	52,068.5
17	52	Fujitsu	Japan	49,603.4
18	55	NEC	Japan	48,927.9
19	62	Tokyo Electric Power	Japan	47,555.7
20	64	Dai-Ichi Mutual Life	Japan	46,435.5
21	68	Sinopec	China	45,345.9
22	77	State Power	Japan	42,548.6
23	83	China National Petroleum	Japan	41,683.7
24	92	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	38,490.7
25	96	Sumitomo Life	Japan	37,535.8

Top 25 Companies in Europe

Rank	Global 500	Company	Country	2000 Revenues
	Rank			($millions)
1	5	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	150,069.70
2	6	Royal Dutch/Shell Group	Brit./Neth.	149,146.00
3	7	BP	Britain	148,062.00
4	14	Total Fina ELF	France	105,869.60
5	17	AXA	France	92,781.60
6	21	Volkswagen	Germany	78,851.80
7	23	Siemens	Germany	74,858.20
8	24	ING Group	Netherlands	71,195.80
9	25	Allianz	Germany	71,022.30
10	27	E.ON	Germany	68,432.60
11	29	Deutsche Bank	Germany	67,133.20
12	35	CGNU	Britain	61,498.70
13	37	Carrefour	France	59,887.70
14	38	Credit Suisse	Switzerland	59,315.50
15	42	BNP Paribas	France	57,611.50
16	46	Assicurazioni Generali	Italy	53,333.00
17	47	Fiat	Italy	53,190.30
18	57	HSBC Holdings	Britain	48,632.70
19	58	Koninklijke Ahold	Netherlands	48,491.70
20	59	Nestlé	Switzerland	48,224.90
21	63	UBS	Switzerland	47,315.80
22	69	ENI	Italy	45,139.00
23	72	Unilever	Brit./Neth.	43,973.60
24	73	Fortis	Belg./Neth.	43,830.80
25	74	ABN Amro Holding	Netherlands	43,389.50

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