The bar chart compares the proportion of products manufactured worldwide by several continents over a period of 161 years.
It’s noticeable that Asia manufactured the most quantity of products during the years of 1840 and 2000, whereas the rate of production of Europe was much higher than that of its counterpart in other periods of time, and became the market leader from 1880 to 1960. In general, the rate of production of these regions maintained relatively stable throughout the whole period.
Furthermore, the number of production by Asia kept decreasing in the first 120 years, however, it saw a huge rising in the rest 40 years, from about 21 percent to 42 percent. By contrast, European’s rate of production saw a steady climbing throughout the same period, but the number declined about 20 percent from 1960 to 2000, which led it to fall of the main force of worldwide production.
In 1840, the other continents of the world produced the least number of products, with the proportion of 10 percent. However, 40 years later, its figure rose by 18 percent approximately, then the number of that fluctuated, by the data from approximate 27 percent in 1920 to 30 percent in 2000, on the other hand, its ranking surpassed Asian and European’s quantity in 1960 and 2000 separately, and reached the second eventually.