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Average GDP per Capita In 20 High Income Countries And 20 Low Income Countries*
1970-2000
This chart shows how income disparities between rich and poor countries have increased between 1970-2000. Economic growth, measured as GDP per Capita, has risen steadily increase in the 20 richest countries. At the same time, the 20 poorest countries have, on an average, experienced modest or even declining GDP per capita.
The data above is presented in current prices. Inflation-adjusted data in the chart below show an even bleaker picture for the poorest countries, while rich country growth seem less robust, especially in the high-inflation period 1975-1985.
Source: World Economic Outlook and U.S. Implicit GNP 2000 Price Deflator from U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). *Average based on 20 countries with the highest GDP per Capita and 20 countries with the lowest, in both 1970 and 2000. If based only on countries with the lowest GDP/Capita in 2000, the chart might have looked different. Calculated by Global Policy Forum. (Created by Sara Spånt)
High Income Countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China P.R.:Hong Kong, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States.
Low Income Countries: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Rep., Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bisau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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