More specifically, analysts believe that Asia could soon become the largest regional contributor to world GDP, surpassing the traditional economic powerhouses grouped together in the Developed Markets (DM) category.

In the graphic below, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu visualizes Goldman Sachs' real GDP forecasts for the year 2050 using a voronoi diagram.

Data and Highlights

The following table includes a regional breakdown of expected real GDP in 2050. All figures are based on 2021 USD.

Based on these projections, Asia (ex DM) will represent 40% of global GDP, slightly ahead of Developed Markets' expected share of 36%. This would mark a massive shift from 50 years ago (2000), when DMs represented over 77% of global GDP.