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Timetric: Income per capita over the (very) long run!
13th March 2011
A wonderful chart showing the long run path of GDP per capita for the USA, Africa, Western Europe and Asia at constant 1990 prices. The sweep of this data makes for a terrific discussion in the classroom. So too does the second chart which tracks UK population and per capita GDP (measured in US dollars at constant 1990 prices)
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UK population and income per capita
Data from Timetric.
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World Population and GDP: 1AD - 2009AD by country from Timetric
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.