Reuters
Germany won the World Cup in 2014.
Soccer and money go hand in hand.
The sport is watched in multiple territories around the world, and some of its most recognisable clubs - like Premier League side Manchester United, La Liga heavyweight Real Madrid, and Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich - are worth close to a billion dollars each.
With attention turning to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on June 14, we power-ranked all 32 nations that qualified for this summer's tournament based on their nominal gross domestic product (GDP), as recognised by the International Monetary Fund and the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom.
Here are the 32 richest FIFA World Cup nations, ranked in ascending order by wealth: