Economics: China vs. USA

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In 2006, the last year for which statistics are available, China’s Gross Domestic Product was $10.21 trillion, the second largest GDP in the world, after the United States. For the past twenty five years, China’s annual GDP has grown faster than any other major nation, at the fast rate of 10%. China’s per capita income has also grown quickly, at 8% over the last three decades. In contrast to China, the GDP of the United States only grew at approximately 2.2% for the same time period. Per capita income in the United States grew at approximately 1.3%.

	GDP	GDP Growth	GDP Per Capita	Per Capita Income Growth
USA	$13.86 Trillion	2.2%	$46,000	1.3%
China	$10.21 Trillion	10%	$7,800	8%

Imagine that the first and third columns in this table did not exist. We could conclude with question that China’s economy was far superior to that of the United States. Even if we add in the first column, GDP, we can see that China is catching up to the United States fast. Within six years, China’s GDP will be greater than the U.S.’s. When today’s kindergarteners are in middle school, the U.S.A. will no longer have the largest GDP in the world. China’s economy will be larger than our own. Granted, the per-capita income in the United States will remain higher than the per capita income in China for the next twenty eight years, if everything remains consistent. But, twenty eight years is not a very long time. Just think about the fact that today’s infants will be starting to raise their own families when China’s per capita income passes our own, if everything remains consistent.