Best Economic Leaders Tier List

The Economic Victory in Civilization 7 is based on players’ ability to hoard resources. Though every Civ benefits from having a strong economy and good Gold income, the best Economic Leaders in Civ 7 push their empire’s Gold income to the limit and enable powerful synergies that help achieve these Economic Victory conditions faster.

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In Civ 7, the best Exploration Age Civs are those that can achieve Exploration Legacy Paths quickly to get you ready for Victory in the Modern Age.

This list of the best Leaders in Civ 7 for an Economic Victory is based on each Leader’s ability to generate Gold, hoard Resources throughout all three Ages, and establish Factories quickly in the Modern Age to rush the final Victory condition.

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Xerxes, the Achaemenid

Leader Attributes: Cultural, Economic

Civilization VII Best Economic Leaders Ranked Gold Leader Tier List Civ 7 Xerxes the Achaemenid

Xerxes, the Achaemenid Leader Ability
Silk Road	+1 Trade Route limit with all other leaders. Creating a Trade Route or Road with a Merchant provides 100 Gold and 50 Culture per Age. +1 Culture and Gold per Age on Unique Buildings and Unique Improvements.

Xerxes, the Achaemenid Leader Ability

Silk Road

+1 Trade Route limit with all other leaders.

Creating a Trade Route or Road with a Merchant provides 100 Gold and 50 Culture per Age.

+1 Culture and Gold per Age on Unique Buildings and Unique Improvements.

Xerxes, the Achaemenid is one of two Personalities for Xerxes. While Xerxes, King of Kings offers players plenty of Military might, Xerxes, the Achaemenid is focused almost exclusively on Trade Routes and Culture. What makes The Achaemenid one of the best Economic Leaders in Civ 7 is how well his abilities work with each Age’s Economic Victory conditions.

Having extra Trade Routes means getting more Resources to slot into your Cities. Resources are required to progress the Antiquity Path, and having Factory Resources helps secure an Economic Victory win in the Modern Age. Establish lots of Trade Routes as fast as possible to get a significant boost to these Economic Victory Legacy Paths.

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Machiavelli

Leader Attributes: Diplomatic, Economic

Civilization VII Best Economic Leaders Ranked Gold Leader Tier List Civ 7 Machiavelli

Machiavelli Leader Ability
Il Principe	+3 Influence per Age. Gain 50 Gold per Age when your Diplomatic Action proposals are accepted, or 100 Gold per Age when they are rejected. Ignore Relationship requirements for declaring Formal Wars. You can Levy Military Units from City-States you are not Suzerain of.

Machiavelli Leader Ability

Il Principe

+3 Influence per Age.

Gain 50 Gold per Age when your Diplomatic Action proposals are accepted, or 100 Gold per Age when they are rejected.

Ignore Relationship requirements for declaring Formal Wars.

You can Levy Military Units from City-States you are not Suzerain of.

Machiavelli is one of the most multi-faceted Leaders in Civ 7 with many strengths, but he favors the Economic Victory path because of just how much Gold he can generate. Though getting lots of Gold doesn’t necessarily fulfill each Age’s Economic Legacy Path requirements, it does give you a way to skip production and purchase everything you need with the click of a button.

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The best Modern Age Civs in Civ 7 are those that can earn a Victory Condition without too much hassle, and some make it easier than others.

Machiavelli generates 50 Gold per Age when his endeavors are accepted or supported, but he generates 100 Gold per Age if he is rejected. Machiavelli gains a +3 bonus to Influence for each Age, which means he can propose endeavors faster and more often than other Leaders.

If you’re going for an Economic Victory as Machiavelli, go for a Military Victory at the same time – he ignores Relationship requirements for Formal Wars, which makes this duo Victory strategy work very well. This will ensure you get more Gold from rejected proposals, and by conquering enemy settlements you’ll be able to slot more Resources, send out more Treasure Fleets, and gain more Factory locations to connect to your Rail Network in the Modern Age.

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Benjamin Franklin

Leader Attributes: Diplomatic, Scientific

Civilization VII Best Economic Leaders Ranked Gold Leader Tier List Civ 7 Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Leader Ability
The First American	+1 Science per Age on Production Buildings in Cities. +50% Production towards constructing Production Buildings. +1 Science per Age from active Endeavors you started or supported. Can have two Endeavors of the same type active at a time.

Benjamin Franklin Leader Ability

The First American

+1 Science per Age on Production Buildings in Cities.

+50% Production towards constructing Production Buildings.

+1 Science per Age from active Endeavors you started or supported.

Can have two Endeavors of the same type active at a time.

Benjamin Franklin is one of the best Economic Leaders Civ 7 players can choose, but not necessarily for the Antiquity or Exploration eras. In Antiquity, you must slot 20 Resources to get an Economic Victory, while Exploration requires Treasure Fleet Points from Distant Land settlements to win the Age’s Economic path.

Thanks to his enormous Production and Science bonuses, and thanks to his unique District and Buildings, Benjamin Franklin is arguably the best Economic Leader for the Modern Age specifically.

In the Modern Age, you must establish Rail Stations and Factories to connect together your Cities and gain Railroad Tycoon Points to win the Economic Victory. With extra Production towards Production Buildings, extra Science on Production Buildings, you’ll be able to research the necessary Techs faster than anyone else and get your Rail Network up and running remarkably fast.

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Isabella

Leader Attributes: Economic, Expansionist

Civilization VII Best Economic Leaders Ranked Gold Leader Tier List Civ 7 Isabella

Isabella Leader Ability
Seven Cities of Gold	Gain 300 Gold every time you discover a Natural Wonder, doubled if the Natural Wonder is in Distant Lands. Receive double tile yields from Natural Wonders +50% Gold towards purchasing Naval Units, and -1 Gold maintenance for Naval Units.

Isabella Leader Ability

Seven Cities of Gold

Gain 300 Gold every time you discover a Natural Wonder, doubled if the Natural Wonder is in Distant Lands.

Receive double tile yields from Natural Wonders

+50% Gold towards purchasing Naval Units, and -1 Gold maintenance for Naval Units.

If you get lucky with your starting location as Isabella, she becomes an unstoppable menace. Isabella is one of the best Civ 7 Economic Leaders for a few reasons: her enormous bonuses to Natural Wonders yields, the immense Gold that you get from discovering Natural Wonders, and her Naval unit benefits.

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Civilization 7: Best Antiquity Age Civs, Ranked

The best Antiquity Age Civs in Civ 7 are those that have the easiest time achieving one of the four Antiquity Age Legacy Paths in Civilization 7.

In the Antiquity Age, you’ll naturally start near a Natural Wonder to take advantage of, granting double the already-extremely-high yields of those tiles. Because you will start near a Natural Wonder, you’ll essentially begin the game with 300 Gold, letting you skip several turns of Production and giving an enormous boost to your tempo from the get-go.

This is doubled in Distant Lands to 600 Gold, which is an enormous amount in the Exploration Age and early Modern Age. Build plenty of Cities, place them near Natural Wonders, and you’ll soar through most Legacy Path requirements – let alone just the Economic Victory path.

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Amina

Leader Attributes: Economic, Militaristic

Civilization VII Best Economic Leaders Ranked Gold Leader Tier List Civ 7 Amina

Amina Leader Ability
Warrior-Queen of Zazzau	+1 Resource Capacity in Cities. +1 Gold per Age for each Resource assigned to Cities. +5 Combat Strength for all Units on Plains and Desert tiles.

Amina Leader Ability

Warrior-Queen of Zazzau

+1 Resource Capacity in Cities.

+1 Gold per Age for each Resource assigned to Cities.

+5 Combat Strength for all Units on Plains and Desert tiles.

Amina is the best Economic Leader in Civ 7 because of the absurd amount of Gold she can generate throughout all Ages. Her Combat Strength bonus to Units on Plains and Desert tiles can be ignored almost completely.

As Amina, if you focus solely on hoarding Resources and establishing lots of Cities to slot those Resources, you’ll passively generate enormous amounts of Gold. Establish Trade Routes and settle in places with lots of Resources to get tons of Gold per turn with little effort.

This bonus scales with Age, and in the Modern Age, +3 Gold for all Resources (including Factory Resources) will make your empire extremely wealthy.

Amina gains an extra Resource Slot in all Cities, which helps when it comes to completing both the Antiquity and Modern Age Economic Victory paths. Though she doesn’t have any abilities that directly help her in the Exploration Age, her passive Gold generation from all Resources prevents her from lagging behind during this middle era as she can simply purchase just about anything she needs.