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The World's 200 Largest TNCs:
Home Country, Revenues and Profits

Source: Le Monde Diplomatique, April 1997, p. 16
Data for 1995; Revenue and Profit Figures in US$ billions

Country	Number of Firms	Annual Revenues	Annual Profits	% Global Revenues	% Global Profits
Japan	62	3,196	46.0	40.7	18.3
United States	53	1,998	98.0	25.4	39.2
Germany	23	786	24.5	10.0	9.8
France	19	572	16.0	7.3	6.3
United Kingdom	11	275	20.0	3.5	8.0
Switzerland	8	244	9.7	3.1	3.9
South Korea	6	183	3.5	2.3	1.4
Italy	5	171	6.0	2.2	2.5
UK/Netherlands	2	159	9.0	2.0	3.7
Netherlands	4	118	5.0	1.5	2.0
Venezuela	1	26	3.0	0.3	1.2
Sweden	1	24	1.3	0.3	0.5
Belgium/Netherlands	1	22	0.8	0.3	0.3
Mexico	1	22	1.5	0.3	0.6
China	1	19	0.8	0.2	0.3
Brazil	1	18	4.3	0.2	1.7
Canada	1	17	0.5	0.2	0.2
Total	200	7,850	251	100.0	100.0
World GNP	.	25,223	.	.	.
200 TNC Revenues as Pct. of World GNP	.	.	.	31.2.	.

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