Chad just fined Exxon Mobil $74 billion - here's how that stacks up against the size of its economy
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To put that into perspective, the CIA World Factbook estimates that the 2015 gross domestic product of Chad was just $10.88 billion at current exchange rates.
That means that the fine against Exxon works out to being about 6.8 times the overall size of the country's overall economy.
Adjusting for the cost of goods and services in Chad through a method called purchasing power parity, Chad's GDP is around $30.47 billion, according to the World Factbook, meaning that the fine is still around 2.4 times the adjusted GDP.
The fine is also several times the size of the country's government budget. According to the World Factbook, total government expenditures were about $2.739 billion in 2015, making the fine about 27 times the size of that government budget.
A payday of $74 billion would be a huge boost to Chad's economy.
Check out the full Bloomberg News report here.
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