GDP per capita of Africa compared to China (1980 vs 2023)

Posted by Senior-Foot-5316

18 Comments

  1. Africa is not a country

    Edit:

    Therefore comparison of GDP between a country and entire continent is meaningless.

  2. Disastrous-Dream-457 on

    The best thing Mao did was passing away and letting more competent successors rebuild the country

  3. Honestly way more crazy to me how most of Africa was richer than China which had thousands of years of civilization

  4. YeeBeforeYouHaw on

    The key to a successful economy is stable government and market liberalization.

    Some countries can do one or the other but if you want massive growth you need both.

  5. All the deaths to take in place in the history of mankind, Mao’s probably had the largest positive effect

  6. People very easily forget how much incredible success China has had just in our lifetime. From imperial peasants to modern superpower in practically a generation.

    Same exact story with Russia. And then it collapsed just as quickly.

  7. Does that say something about China but also about Africa? Why did China take advantage of the opportunities they had and Africa didn’t.