2.1 Directional changes of high-income countries’ imports and exports 16
2.2 Global economic convergence and divergence 22
2.3 Convergence of the global economy in different periods 23
7.1 GDP share of developed and developing countries, 1960–2035 106
7.2 Global trade imbalance, past, present, and future (2000–2060) 108
7.3 Total population of major global economies (unit: 100 million) 110
7.4 Middle-class consumption (1965–2030) 110
7.5 The changing international economic structure (proportion of each economy in the world total) 117