The bar chart illustrates the total production rate for Asia, Europe and the rest of the world between the years 1840 to 2000.
Overall it can be observed that Asia had the highest production rate in the year 1840, while the rest of the continents had the least. Europe had a consistent increase in the total production from 1840 till 1920, on the contrary Asia had a consistent decline.
Asia had hit the bottom during 1920s at a production rate of 20%. The production was then gradually increasing every fourty years with a slight decline in the year 2000. Europe had a slight decline after the year 1920.
Initially, the rest of the world was producing 10% of the total production. Over the years this rate had rapidly increasing and hit a plateu near 35%. In the year 1960, all of them were producing almost at the same rate. Europe had the most balanced rates over the years without any huge differences.