The World Economy

Understanding Economic Growth: Sample Tables and pages

Figure 1.1 The Components of GDP growth per capita

Figure 2.1 Total expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP, 1980s and 1990s

Figure 3.3 Contribution of IT manufacturing to annual average labour productivity growth

Figure 4.10 Level of e-activity in 2000 as a percentage of all firms adopting IT in various years

Table A1.3 Actual GDP per person employed in the OECD area

Table A1.6 Trend GDP per person employed in the OECD area

Table A4.7 Labour productivity decompositions: United Kingdom

The World Economy: Historical Statistics: Sample Tables

Table 1-4 Population and GDP: 13 Small West European Countries, 1950-2001

Table 3-3 Eastern Europe and Russia: Population and GDP, 1500-1820

Table 4-1 The Economies of the Americas: Five regions, 1500-2001

Table 4-4 Arrivals of African Slaves in the Americas, 1500-1870

Table 6-1 African Population, 1-2001 AD

Table 6-3 World Gold Output by Major Region, 1493-1925

Table 6-5 Slave Exports from Black Africa, 650-1900, by Destination

Table 7-3 Annual Change of World GDP, IMF and Maddison Measures, 1970-2001

Table 8-3 The Chinese/West European Dichotomy, 1-2001 AD

The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective: Sample Tables

Table 1-3 Level and Rate of Growth of GDP: World and Major Regions, 0-1998 A.D.

Table 2-4 Sugar Production by Area of Origin, 1456-1894

Table 2-6 Number of Ships Sailing to Asia from Seven European Countries, 1500-1800

Table 3-9 Total Government Expenditure as Per Cent of GDP at Current Prices, Western Europe, the United States and Japan, 1913-1999

Table 3-18 Exchange Rates: Units of National Currency per US Dollar in Asian Countries, 1973-1999

Table B-10 World Population, 20 Countries and Regional Totals, 0-1998 A.D.

Table B-18 World GDP, 20 Countries and Regional Totals, 0-1998 A.D.

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