China’s Growth By Provinces
While many of us have heard about the huge inequalities within China, it’s sometimes hard to put how large some of these are in perspective. The economist recently published an interactive map that shows which “countries match the the GDP, population and exports of Chinese provinces”. You can find the whole thing in here but I’ll go into some details below.
http://www.economist.com/content/chinese_equivalents
GDP: Guess which province has the Biggest GDP in China? It’s Guangdong (with major cities Shenzhen and Guangzhou) with an overall GDP matching that of Indonesia’s. Rounding up the bottom, we have Tibet with the smallest GDP in China, with one matching that of Malta.
GDP Per Capita: When you take out Hong Kong and Macau, it may be surprising to find that Inner Mongolia has one of the biggest GDP/Capita in all of China (ranked 5). I definitely would not have expected this.
Exports: What’s surprising here is that the export total in Guangdong (ranked #1) is almost double that of Jiangsu (ranked #2). Furthermore, when you compare the eastern seaboard with the rest of China, it’s easy to see why it’s much richer there.