The group is accounting for 36.7% of the world's GDP in PPP terms, according to Anton Siluanov

The share of the BRICS countries in global GDP, as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP), has been growing steadily to reach its current 36.7%, according to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

On Thursday, Siluanov was addressing a meeting of BRICS ministers of finance and central bank go