🌎 Is BRICS+ Gathering Steam as a G7 Rival?

What We’re Showing:

This chart tracks the G7 and BRICS+ share of the world economy in 2025.

All data is sourced from the International Monetary Fund, last updated in October 2024.

ℹ️ The share is based on nominal GDP in current USD, with figures rounded. For Cuba, a BRICS+ partner, 2020 GDP estimates—the most recent available—were used.

💥 BRICS Is Expanding

The BRICS+ sphere is growing, adding five new members and eight new “partner” countries in in the last year.

Together this bloc accounts for around 29% of the global economy in 2025, which is still dominated by the G7.

The BRICS acronym initially started as a way to signal investment opportunities in fast-growing economies in the 2000s.

Since then, the five founding members (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) have tried to create a platform supporting a multipolar world, with global institutions that are not funded by Western nations.