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The global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the closing of
2025 is estimated at approximately $117.2 trillion in nominal terms, according to the latest projections from institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Statista.
Here you have the key data to understand the current global economy:
Nominal GDP (2025): Estimated at $117.17 trillion, which represents an increase of about $6 trillion compared to the $111.1 trillion recorded in 2024.
GDP at PPP (Purchasing Power Parity): When adjusted for cost of living, global GDP amounts to about 208.96 trillion international dollars.
Growth rate: The global economy has grown at an approximate rate of 3.2% over the last year, a figure slightly below the 3.3% of 2024 due to moderation in the major powers.
The largest economies in the world (2025)
The nominal ranking continues to be led by the same powers, although with variations in their relative weight:
United States: ~31.1 trillion dollars.
China: ~19.4 trillion dollars (although it leads in terms of PPP).
Germany: ~4.47 trillion euros (established as the largest in Europe).
Japan: ~4.41 trillion dollars.
India: ~3.74 trillion dollars (with the highest growth rate among the major economies, at 6.6%).
So:
To understand the magnitude of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) against global flows, it is necessary to differentiate between the current transaction volume and the theoretical capacity needed to absorb the institutional market.
1. How much does the XRPL move today?
At the beginning of 2026, activity on the XRP Ledger has shown significant institutional growth following the regulatory clarity obtained in 2025:
Daily Transactions: The XRPL averages between 1.45 and 2.5 million daily transactions.
Payment Volume: During 2025, the annual payment volume on the network reached a record 617 billion dollars, equivalent to an approximate average of 1.69 billion dollars daily.
Comparison: If the global financial system moves 21 trillion dollars daily, the XRPL currently processes less than 0.01% of that total value.
2. What value should XRP have to move 21 trillion daily?
Moving 21 trillion dollars a day would require the XRP Ledger to act as the main infrastructure of the global payment system (replacing or absorbing much of SWIFT).
For a cryptocurrency to handle such a volume of liquidity without causing extreme volatility or running out of available assets ("liquidity crunch"), two valuation models are applied:
Market Capitalization Model: If XRP were to capture a substantial portion of the value moved (for example, through asset tokenization and cross-border payments), analysts suggest that a market capitalization of 20 trillion dollars would place the price of each XRP at approximately 18 dollars.
High-Speed Utility Model: To efficiently absorb 21 trillion dollars daily, the asset needs a price high enough that each unit "is worth" a lot of money and not thousands of millions of tokens need to be moved in each transaction.
If the annual SWIFT volume (~150 trillion) is to be moved on the XRPL, some institutional projections place the "fair" utility value between 37 and 54 dollars per token, assuming that only a portion of the total supply is in circulation.
More aggressive scenarios, which consider XRP as a reserve currency or total settlement standard, speculate with prices of 100 dollars or even higher to ensure there is enough liquidity to move trillions without affecting the market price.
Technical Capacity Summary
The XRPL can process about 1,500 transactions per second (TPS). At that rate, the network has the technical capacity to process more than 129 million daily transactions, meaning that the current limit is not technological, but rather one of adoption and market liquidity.