Apple’s Enormous Reach: Seven Surprising Comparisons

As we traverse this digital age, one truth stands unchallenged: Apple is an undeniable global titan, with an astonishing market cap of $668 billion. Yet how many of us truly comprehend the enormity of this titan? Below, are seven startling comparisons that might just make it a little clearer.

1. Putting it in perspective with finance, Apple’s colossal worth is bigger than every single bank in the euro zone combined. To push the comparison further, it nearly outweighs the entire market cap of the Latin American and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) MSCI indexes, as compiled by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

2. The massive market cap of Apple is more than two times the combined gross domestic product of Afghanistan and Iraq. That’s right, two entire nations’ annual incomes, combined.

3. Comparing Apple with celebrity wealth, it equals about 10,000 times the net worth of Kim Kardashian. Who knew tech could trump celebrity glitz and glamor?

4. In terms of federal reserves, Apple’s valuation is nearly identical to eight months of what the Federal Reserve produced during the third wave of quantitative easing. Quite the heavy hitter when it comes to surpassing monetary policy benchmarks!

5. For those beer aficionados out there, Apple’s market value amounts to three times the total dollar value spent on beer in the U.S each year. That’s a lot of brew!

6. Are you a fan of luxury cars? Well, Apple’s value is about 20,000 times more than the most expensive car ever sold.

7. It may be hard to believe, but Apple’s worth is three times the size of illegal drug sales in the U.S each year. This shows that tech can definitely outpace the underground economy!

Source: CNBC