BRITISH HISTORY II. TEXTS
Tables Illustrating the Spread of Industrialization
Table 1
Percentage Distribution of the World's ManufacturingProduction,
1870 and 1913
(percentage of world total)
1870 |
1913 | |
| USA | 23.3 | 35.8 |
| Germany | 13.2 | 15.7 |
| U.K. | 31.8 | 14.0 |
| France | 10.3 | 6.4 |
| Russia | 3.7 | 5.5 |
| Italy | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| Canada | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Belgium | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Sweden | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Japan | | 1.2 | |
| India |- | 11.0 | 1.1 |
| Other Countries | | 12.2 |
Table 2
Output of Pig Iron - Selected Countries, Annual Averages
(in thousand metric tons)
UK |
France |
Germany |
Austria |
Belgium |
Russia | |
| 1781-90 | 69 | 141 | - | - | - | - |
| 1825-29 | 669 | 212 | 90 | 85 | - | 164 |
| 1855-59 | 3,583 | 900 | 422 | 306 | 312 | 254 |
| 1875-79 | 6,484 | 1,462 | 1,770 | 418 | 484 | 424 |
| 1900-14 | 8,778 | 2,665 | 7,925 | 1,425 | 1,070 | 2,773 |