SNAPSHOTThe Industrial Revolution and the Global Divide
During the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution generated an enormous and unprecedented economic division in the world, as measured by the share of manufacturing output. What patterns can you see in this table?30
SHARE OF TOTAL WORLD MANUFACTURING OUTPUT (percentage)
| 1750 | 1800 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 |
EUROPE AS A WHOLE | 23.2 | 28.1 | 53.2 | 61.3 | 62.0 |
United Kingdom | 1.9 | 4.3 | 19.9 | 22.9 | 18.5 |
France | 4.0 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
Germany | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 8.5 | 13.2 |
Russia | 5.0 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.8 |
UNITED STATES | 0.1 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 14.7 | 23.6 |
JAPAN | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
THE REST OF THE WORLD | 73.0 | 67.7 | 36.6 | 20.9 | 11.0 |
China | 32.8 | 33.3 | 19.7 | 12.5 | 6.2 |
South Asia (India/Pakistan) | 24.5 | 19.7 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 |