Why don’t I feel California as world’s 4th largest economy?

California has regained its bragging-rights ranking as the world’s fourth-largest economy.

Using gross domestic product as the scorecard, my spreadsheet compared fresh state-level data for the third quarter of 2025 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis with the International Monetary Fund’s October release of 2025 business output estimates for countries.

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