World output 1.6 0.3 0.8 1.1 2½ 3

For the past 50 years, these affluent countries have dominated the global economy, producing four fifths of its economic output.

In 1750, Asia had three fifths of the world population and three fifths of the world s economic output.

Global economic momentum

B. Distribution of global output and domestic income 76 77 18

It is a safe prediction, given that Asia is already home to nearly 60 of the world s population and accounts for roughly 25 of global economic output.

Table 1 Growth of world output, 2000 2006 (Annual percentage change)

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Emerging markets and developing countries now account for 50 of global GDP and 75 of global growth, and demographics will further accentuate the shift in the center of economic gravity.

Much economic activity lies outside the GDP data.

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Nevertheless, world trade remained far more robust than world output.

Global Information Technology Report 2004 2005, World Economic Forum.

The global economic recovery remains too weak.

Mr. Malte Godbersen, World Economic Forum, Geneva

Japan s GDP share is about one third of Asia and 8 of the world.

Meanwhile, the US share of global output has declined.

The US economy still accounts for about one quarter of global output.

These measures alone correspond to 4 of global GDP.

As a result of the tsunami, the GDP contracted by about 3.6 in 2005.

China would continue to make a key contribution to world economic growth.

The tourism sector continued to be the main economic driver, accounting for on average 25 per cent of economic output during the period.

The world annual Gross Domestic Product is about 65 trillion.

WASHINGTON, DC Greece s GDP, at about 300 billion, represents approximately 0.5 of world output.

According to the 1993 World Economic Survey, world output will be outpaced by world population growth rates for the third year in a row.

Between markets and States international cooperation through global public private partnerships.

30 World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2004 2005.

It would have the global reach of the World Economic Forum.

In 2010, economic output was dominated by the service sector which accounted for 66 of GDP, followed by the industrial sector with 27.2 and agriculture accounting for 6.8 of GDP.

The resulting economic inequality a result of politics as much as market forces contributes to today s overall economic weakness.

(d) Size of economies (gross domestic product) (GDP)) and level of funding made available to the GEF.

But nowadays developing countries represent a much larger share of global output and an even bigger share of world lending.

Yemen s GDP is only 10 the size of Greece s, representing 0.05 of global output, and its economy is not significantly linked to the international financial system.

As firms shed workers during the economic downturn, output fell more slowly.

Economically, the West will account for around 30 of global output a level that corresponds to Europe s share in the eighteenth century and down from 68 in 1950.

That way, the debt GDP ratio declines because the denominator (economic output) increases, not because the numerator (the total the government has borrowed) declines.

Yasser Arafat at the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 2001.

29. The growth of world trade slowed down along with that of world output in the early 1990s.

Secondly, its dwindling workforce cannot sustain the economic output level that is maintained in the future.

Tourism is the primary economic activity, accounting for more than 60 per cent of GDP.

Today, however, global economic integration and interdependence are much deeper than in the 1930 s.

Ms. Valerie Weinzierl, Senior Project Manager, Global Institute for Partnership and Governance, World Economic Forum, Cologny, Switzerland

According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in the absence of more sustainable water management, the share could rise to 45 by 2050, placing a significant portion of global economic output at risk.

Global economic instability correlates strongly with energy price volatility.

Ms. Lisa Dreier, Associate Director, Policy and Governance, World Economic Forum