GDP Per Capita in the Seven Wealthiest Countries, 1870 to 1930
By the turn of the century, the United States boasted the world's largest growth domestic product per capita.
This line chart shows the growth domestic product (GDP) per capita in the seven wealthiest countries from 1900 to 1925. The seven countries measured are Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The data shows that the growth of the U.S. economy far outpaced other wealthy countries during the first decades of the twentieth century.
