Wednesday, July 6, 2011

2010 Years of economic output and population in one chart

The Economist has an elegant picture, describing "Two thousand Years in one chart."

Over the last 2010 years, 55% of total economic output happened in the 20th century, and an additional 23% of the total in just the first 10 years of the 21st century.

About 28% of the total years of human life lived in the last 2010 years happened during the 20th century, and about 6% of total years of human life lived in the last 2010 years happened in the first 10 years of the 21st century.