Shares of World GDP, 1000-1998
(per cent)

 
1000
1500
1820
1870
1913
1950
1973
1998
Western Europe
8.7
17.9
23.6
33.6
33.5
26.3
25.7
20.6
Western Offshoots
0.7
0.5
1.9
10.2
21.7
30.6
25.3
25.1
Japan
2.7
3.1
3.0
2.3
2.6
3.0
7.7
7.7
Asia (excluding Japan)
67.6
62.1
56.2
36.0
21.9
15.5
16.4
29.5
Latin America
3.9
2.9
2.0
2.5
4.5
7.9
8.7
8.7
Eastern Europe and former USSR
4.6
5.9
8.8
11.7
13.1
13.1
12.9
5.3
Africa
11.8
7.4
4.5
3.7
2.7
3.6
3.3
3.1
World
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

Source: Angus Maddison, The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective (Paris: OECD, 2001), p. 127