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Those who already are rich plus Asia. By the way, I never heard anyone talking about “starving Asian children”, but South Asia was much poorer than Africa back then.
What: GDP per capita in USD
When: 1980 and 2017
Where: World regions according to WB
Source: WB
Of course it’s North America. But here what’s interesting – seems like South Asia is as poor as Africa (which is unexpected to me), but it’s growing much faster, 6% a year, whereas Sub-Saharan Africa – only 3%.
What: GDP per capita and GDP per capita growth.
When: 2017
Where: World regions according to WB
Source: WB
Seems like Asia’s economic power is growing and Europe’s is shrinking.
What: Shares in global GDP
When: 1980-2017
Where: World regions according to WB
Source: WB