2006 Comparison of Multinationals GDP to World Economies?

Question

I am researching a project for International Accounting and am trying to find information that compares the GDP of large multinational corporations to that of world economies. I have found the info for 2005 but have been unable to find 2006 . . . suggestions??

Thanks

Answer 1

2006 data is fairly recent. Many governments have not released their GDP yet. For good estimates, I suggest the CIA factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/gallery.html

As for corporations, what do you mean by GDP? What does "domestic" mean for multi-national corporation?

If you are looking at earnings of a corporation in specific countries, be warned that the numbers are almost meaningless. Corporations regularly adjust income and costs so as to show minimum profit in high-tax domains, etc.

Stock exchange companies have to report earnings regularly. The Fortune Global 500 is a good place to start:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2007/

But note that it does not include privately held companies, many government-owned companies (especially Chinese), etc.