Year 2015 Global 500 – Fortune list is published, it will be great to see how many countries are in the list. Who is fortunate this year? Click to see the last 10 years Global Fortune 500 Database, Charts and Maps. To know about the measuring criteria, cutoff date and quick history about the Global Fortune 500, please visit our 10 years data page about it.
Still the USA is ruling the chart with total of 128 companies and second is China with 98 companies. After that Japan, France, and Britain are in the ranking order. This year the USA total companies are 128 with 2.3 % decrease. For 2014 USA total companies were 131. China added 3 companies with 3.2 % change, for this year total companies are 98 and 95 was for the last year. Britain and Japan also added one company to their list.
The table showing the percentage change:
Country |
Total Company (2014) |
Total Company (2015) |
Percentage Change |
United States |
131 |
128 |
-2.3% |
China |
95 |
98 |
3.2% |
Japan |
57 |
54 |
-5.3% |
France |
32 |
31 |
-3.1% |
Britain |
27 |
29 |
7.4% |
Germany |
27 |
28 |
3.7% |
Total |
369 |
368 |
-0.3% |
This Year total countries were 36 for the Fortune Global 500 and was same number last year. Malaysia was only the new country to make it to the list and Finland was only country that did not made.
This year total 500 global fortune companies generated $31.2 trillion revenues and $1.7 trillion in profits in year 2014. Global 500 fortune companies employed 65 million people all around the world. For detail data click here
The USA had 38 % out of 340 companies (top 5 total) and 26 % out of 500 companies this year. China as usual 2nd position with 29 % out of 340 companies (top 5 total) and 20 % out of 500 companies.
Country |
Total Number |
Out of 340 |
Out of 500 |
United States |
128 |
38% |
26% |
China |
98 |
29% |
20% |
Japan |
54 |
16% |
11% |
France |
31 |
9% |
6% |
Britain |
29 |
9% |
6% |
Total |
340 |
100% |
68% |
Asia still top the chart with 198 companies with the gain of 0.5 %. North America has lost one company this year.
Country |
Total Company (2014) |
Total Company (2015) |
Percentage Change |
Asia |
197 |
198 |
0.5% |
North America |
143 |
142 |
-0.7% |
Europe |
140 |
142 |
1.4% |
South America |
11 |
10 |
-9.1% |
Oceania |
9 |
8 |
-11.1% |
Total |
500 |
500 |
Charlie Gautreaux
11 Aug 2015Thanks for pulling this together! Have a question for you if you have a minute! Awesome stuff.
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12 Aug 2015Thank you for the comment, please let me know.
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