![1.9B combined population](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-population.png?itok=wajanOjZ)
1.9 billion combined population
Source: IMF, 2022
![US $34.8 trillion combined GDP](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-gdp.png?itok=CqjvE-fp)
US $34.8 trillion combined GDP
![44% of two way merch trade](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-2-way-merch-trade.png?itok=l7fHl55C)
Quad countries account for 44% of two-way merchandise trade across the Indo-Pacific region
Source: UN Comtrade, 2021
![30% of Global Foreign Direct Investment stock](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-fdi-stock-held.png?itok=3M4aetBl)
Quad countries hold 30% of Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stock
Source: UNCTAD, 2022
![22% FDI stock held](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-fdi-invested-indo-pacific.png?itok=1Zmar5_G)
22% of FDI stock held by Quad countries is invested in the Indo-Pacific
![Two way global](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-2-way-global-goods.png?itok=PmlswH_9)
18% of two-way global goods and services trade US $10 trillion
Source: World Trade Organization, 2023, Bulk Download of Trade Datasets, accessed via Macroband
![Global exports](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-global-exports.png?itok=08Bp7Gao)
16% of global exports US $4.5 trillion
Source: World Trade Organization, 2023, Bulk Download of Trade Datasets, accessed via Macroband
![Global imports](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-global-imports.png?itok=wSDi8W_j)
20% of global imports US $5.5 trillion
Source: World Trade Organization, 2023, Bulk Download of Trade Datasets, accessed via Macroband
![Scientific publications](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-scientific-pub.png?itok=QS_VneZp)
34% of world scientific publications
Source: InCitesTM, Clarivate Analytics (2023), 2017-21
![Top 10 science publications](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-top-10-science.png?itok=dnWqaImI)
Quad countries are all in the world top 10 for scientific publications
Source: InCitesTM, Clarivate Analytics (2023), 2017-21
![International scientific co-publications](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2023-05/quad-icons-scientific-co-pub.png?itok=irOAc-KJ)
50% of all international scientific co-publications
Source: InCitesTM, Clarivate Analytics (2023), 2017-21