The bar chart illustrates the world production output from Asia, Europe, and the rest of the world between 1840 and 2000. Overall, the Asian share of manufacture experienced fluctuations, marginally declining throughout the period. Although figures for Europe initially increased, they underwent a downward trend by the end, while the rest of the world significantly rose and exceeded Europe.
Initially, Asia’s production output was nearly 50%, whereas Europe stood at 40%. Within the next four decades, the former accounted for nearly half of what it had in 1840, 30%, while the latter rose by around 5%, reaching 45%. Similarly, over the subsequent 40 years, figures for Europe dominated, climbing to just under 50%, compared to those of Asia, which saw a 10% decrease. It was not until 1960, when Asia’s figures began to increase, reaching approximately 25%, while Europe saw the opposite, dropping to under 40%. By 2000, the production output from Asia exceeded that of Europe by around 17%, reaching 45%.
Regarding the manufacture output from the rest of the world, data on them was 10% in 1840, which nearly tripled by 1920. The figures uninterruptedly went up until 1940, when they made up almost 40%, before falling to just over 30% by 2000.