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https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ny_gdp_mktp_kd_zg&idim=country:CHN:IND:USA&hl=en&dl=en#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met
by gonvaled 11y ago
https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ny_gdp_mktp_kd_zg&idim=country:CHN:IND:USA&hl=en&dl=en#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=ny_gdp_pcap_kd&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&idim=country:CHN&ifdim=region&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&...
China 1976: $166
China 2014: $3865
Growth: 23 times increase -> 2300%
Exactly the same as gold production. So yes, increase in gold production is impressive (as is increase in GDP)
- mikeash 11y agoThat's per-capita GDP. The population has also increased substantially. So the increase is more like 4-5000%. Put another way, the gold mining industry has shrunk by 50% relative to the overall economy.