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Table 3.1 The World Economy: Shares in Size and Growth by Region and Individual Economy
Notes: Numbers for growth and shares are in percentage, the shares are weighted by nominal share in the GDP of each country
and averaged for each period.
Group Summaries
Period 1989-1995 Period 1995-2001
GDP Average Share GDP Average Share
Group Growth Size Growth Growth Size Growth
World (116 Economies) 2.53 100.00 100.00 3.51 100.00 100.00
G7 2.15 47.82 40.72 2.78 46.24 36.62
Developing Asia 7.53 20.29 60.62 5.66 24.85 40.13
Non-G7 2.03 8.94 7.19 3.27 8.76 8.16
Latin America 2.95 8.48 9.90 2.52 8.33 5.97
Eastern Europe –7.13 8.67 –25.15 2.09 5.98 3.56
Sub-Sahara Africa 1.65 2.47 1.61 3.24 2.38 2.19
North Africa and Middle-East 3.87 3.33 5.11 3.43 3.46 3.38
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