Together, the four BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) contributed around $2.2 trillion in 2012, equivalent to another Italy every year. (Despite its problems, Italy is still the world’s eighth-largest economy, and will be for at least the next couple of years, until Russia and India possibly overtake it).
2011年，中国为世界贡献了1.3万亿美元的GDP增长，相当于每12周半创造出一个希腊，或是每年创造出一个西班牙。金砖四国（巴西、俄罗斯、印度及中国）合共在2012年贡献了约2.2万亿美元，相当于一年一个意大利。（虽然本身存在问题，但意大利依然是世界第八大经济体，至少在未来几年被俄罗斯或印度赶超之前还是如此。）