The bar graph illustrates the proportion of product that produced in manufactures in Asia, Europe and the rest of the world from 19840 to 2000.
Overall, the percentage in all regions saw fluctuations throughout the period, while production in Asia and Europe experienced a downward trend, that of rest of the world showed an increase over the period.
The proportion for Asia accounted for 50 percent in 1840, making it the highest percentage in that year. Followed by Europe at 40 percent and rest of the world at 10 percent, which was the lowest percentage of all time. After which production in Asia declined to 30 percent, while that of Europe and the rest of the world soared up to nearly 45 percent and roughly 25 percent in 1880 respectively. The patterns continued in 1920, the percentage of manufacturing production in Europe and the rest of the world increased to 50 percent and 30 percent respectively, whereas that of Asia hitting its the lowest at only 20 percent.
In comparison, in 1960, the percentage of Asia started to climb again to approximately 25 percent, whilst the figure for Europe went down to around 48 percent, which was the same as the percentage of the rest of the world in the same year. In 2000, the proportion of production in Asia continued to rise to 45 percent and that of Europe and rest of the world fell to roughly 29 percent and nearly 31 percent.