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Total Assets, Sales and Gross Product of TNCs

1982 - 1997

Value Sums in Billions of $US

Year Assets Sales Gross Product
(Value-Added) Value-Added as
% of World GDP

1982 1,869 2,440 559 5.3

1983 1,885 2,395 547 5.0

1984 1,965 2,632 573 5.1

1985 2,272 2,533 604 5.2

1986 2,878 2,842 755 5.5

1987 3,403 3,519 846 4.3

1988 4,027 4,180 1,017 5.7

1989 4,520 4,788 1,160 6.2

1990 5,625 5,204 1,394 6.4

1991 4,162 5,052 1,422 6.2

1992 6,300 5,325 1,411 5.8

1993 7,132 5,975 1,371 5.7

1994 8,361 6,624 1,574 6.1

1995 9,957 8,346 1,810 6.3

1996 11,156 8,851 1,950 6.8

1997 12,606 9,500 2,100 6.9

Source: UNCTAD 1998 World Investment Report

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Year	Assets	Sales	Gross Product (Value-Added)	Value-Added as % of World GDP
1982	1,869	2,440	559	5.3
1983	1,885	2,395	547	5.0
1984	1,965	2,632	573	5.1
1985	2,272	2,533	604	5.2
1986	2,878	2,842	755	5.5
1987	3,403	3,519	846	4.3
1988	4,027	4,180	1,017	5.7
1989	4,520	4,788	1,160	6.2
1990	5,625	5,204	1,394	6.4
1991	4,162	5,052	1,422	6.2
1992	6,300	5,325	1,411	5.8
1993	7,132	5,975	1,371	5.7
1994	8,361	6,624	1,574	6.1
1995	9,957	8,346	1,810	6.3
1996	11,156	8,851	1,950	6.8
1997	12,606	9,500	2,100	6.9