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Economy of Shandong

The economy of Shandong is the provincial economy of a coastal, manufacturing-heavy Chinese province, which in 2025 produced about US$1.4 trillion, third after Guangdong and Jiangsu.

Economy of Shanghai

The economy of Shanghai is a service- and finance-centered urban economy that produced 5.39 trillion yuan of GDP in 2024, the first Chinese city above 5 trillion yuan.

Economy of Shanxi

The economy of Shanxi is a resource-based provincial economy in northern China built on the country's largest coal industry, which produced about 30% of national output in 2023.

Economy of Shenzhen

The economy of Shenzhen, designated a special economic zone in 1980, grew into China's third-largest city economy, its top exporter, and home to Huawei, Tencent, BYD, and DJI.

Economy of Sichuan

The economy of Sichuan is the largest provincial economy in western China, ranking fifth nationally, with a 2024 GDP of 6.47 trillion yuan led by Chengdu.

Economy of Sierra Leone

The economy of Sierra Leone is a low-income, resource-dependent West African economy, with GDP of about US$8.0 billion and more than half the population in poverty.

Economy of Silicon Valley

The economy of Silicon Valley is the regional economy of the southern San Francisco Bay Area, centered on Santa Clara County and driven by venture-funded technology startups.

Economy of Singapore

The economy of Singapore is a wealthy, trade-dependent city-state economy of 6.0 million people, with GDP per capita of US$98,878 in 2025 and goods exports exceeding 100% of GDP.

Economy of Sint Maarten

The economy of Sint Maarten is a small, extremely open tourism economy on the Dutch side of an island shared with French Saint Martin, devastated by Hurricane Irma in 2017.

Economy of Slovakia

The economy of Slovakia, also known as the Slovak economy, is a small, open eurozone economy of 5.5 million people that relies heavily on car manufacturing, with GDP of almost EUR 130 billion in 2024.

Economy of Slovenia

The economy of Slovenia, also called the Slovenian economy, is a small, open, high-income euro-area economy of about 2.1 million people that adopted the euro in 2007.

Economy of Somalia

The economy of Somalia, also known as the Somalian economy, produces about $13 billion a year, driven by livestock exports to the Gulf, diaspora remittances, and mobile money.

Economy of South Africa

The economy of South Africa is a service-dominated economy of about $427 billion in 2025, larger than Nigeria's, with unemployment above 30% and among the world's highest inequality.

Economy of South America

The economy of South America is the combined economic system of the continent's countries, producing about $4.6 trillion in 2025, dominated by Brazil and organized around commodity exports.

Economy of South Asia

The economy of South Asia has a combined nominal GDP of about $4.6 trillion in 2025, dominated by India, which accounts for roughly 80 percent of output.

Economy of South East England

The economy of South East England is the UK's second largest regional economy after London, with GDP of £391,807 million in 2022 and 370,000 daily commuters to London.

Economy of South Korea

The economy of South Korea, also called the South Korean economy, is a high-income, export-driven economy that grew from postwar poverty to 14th-largest globally by 2023.

Economy of South Sudan

The economy of South Sudan is a landlocked, oil-dependent economy that since independence in 2011 has drawn most exports and government revenue from crude oil exported through Sudan.

Economy of Southeast Asia

The economy of Southeast Asia is the combined economy of the eleven ASEAN members, which produced US$3.9 trillion in GDP in 2024, the fifth-largest in the world.

Economy of Southern Africa

The economy of Southern Africa is dominated by the Southern African Development Community, whose combined GDP reached US$845.8 billion in 2024, with South Africa alone accounting for 46.1%.

Economy of Spain

The economy of Spain is a services- and tourism-heavy member of the euro area, with a 2025 GDP of about €1.69 trillion and strong post-pandemic growth.

Economy of Sri Lanka

The economy of Sri Lanka is a US$99 billion economy that defaulted on US$51 billion of external debt in April 2022 and is recovering under a 48-month IMF program.

Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa

The economy of Sub-Saharan Africa is the combined economic activity of countries south of the Sahara, dominated by South Africa and Nigeria, with regional growth near 4 percent since 2024.

Economy of Sudan

The economy of Sudan, also known as the Sudanese economy, collapsed after civil war broke out in April 2023, with GDP falling roughly 29 percent.

Economy of Surabaya

The economy of Surabaya is the economy of Indonesia's second-largest city, led by trade and manufacturing, anchored by Tanjung Perak port, and growing 5.87 percent in 2025.

Economy of Suriname

The economy of Suriname is commodity-driven, with gold and oil extraction accounting for nearly 90 percent of exports, bolstered by a new offshore oil project starting in 2028.

Economy of Suzhou

The economy of Suzhou is the prefecture-level city economy of Suzhou in Jiangsu, China, a manufacturing and export center ranking sixth among Chinese cities, with GDP of 2,769.51 billion yuan in 2025.

Economy of Sweden

The economy of Sweden is a market economy using the krona inside the EU but outside the euro, with exports equal to 55% of GDP.

Economy of Switzerland

The economy of Switzerland, also called the Swiss economy, had a nominal GDP of about US$1.04 trillion in 2025 and ranks among the richest countries by output per person.

Economy of Sydney

The economy of Sydney is Australia's largest metropolitan economy, producing roughly a fifth of national output, anchored by financial services and centered on the country's financial capital.