As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept over the globe (at now an estimated 150 countries) the economic impact will be severe. All countries will feel it. 

To put some economic value on the potential impact, we have assembled the GDP values for some of the major countries that have reported a significant number of coronavirus cases. The largest, of course, is the USA with over $19 trillion GDP and closely followed by China where the first cases broke out. China now seems to slowly emerging and it will be interesting to see how their recovery unfolds.

The chart below shows the GDP by country.

 

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