The incomes of Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, as a percentabe of the incomes of Western Europe, in PPP dollars. All lost heavily against Western Europe during the nineteenth century. Latin America and Eastern Europe (Russia) recovered until 1950 when they lost again; Asia (as a whole) has recovered marginally since 1970. The gap is widening faster during the nineteenth century than during the twentieth. The figure doesn't account for the populous East Asia and doesn't differ between losses in West Asia and recovery in East Asia since 1970. Source: Angus Maddison: Monitoring the world economy 1820-1992, OECD 1995.

 

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