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Current Middle Powers

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A 1988 list of middle powers based on gross domestic product by Bernard Wood published in his book: Middle Powers and the General Interest. The list was used and commented on by Hussein Solomon, in his 1997 article titled: South African Foreign Policy and Middle Power Leadership. He notes that it is unclear which China is being referred to. For the People's Republic of China, the Great power status may be more appropriate, while Taiwan or the Republic of China is "not recognised as an independent sovereign state by international law". And mentions that other academics "have problems with this list on normative grounds", and "object to certain states with poor human rights records being granted the status of middle power".

Rank Country
1  Italy
2  China
3  Canada
4  Brazil
5  Spain
6  Netherlands
7  India
8  Poland
9  Australia
10  Mexico
11  Belgium
12  Sweden
13   Switzerland
14  Saudi Arabia
15  Czech Republic
16  Nigeria
Rank Country
17  Austria
18  Denmark
19  Turkey
20  Argentina
21  South Korea
22  South Africa
23  Indonesia
24  Venezuela
25  Romania
26  Norway
27  Finland
28  Hungary
29  Pakistan
30  Algeria
31  Iran
   Part of a 1988 list of great powers by Bernard Wood based on GDP criteria
   Other countries that have since been identified as middle powers on various criteria
   China is today usually grouped under the great powers


Other countries have since also been called middle powers on various criteria.