To determine which country showed the greatest percentage increase in world manufacturing from 1870 to 1913, let's examine the given data and calculate the changes for each country.
Here are the manufacturing percentages for each country in 1870 and 1913:
- US: 23% in 1870 to 36% in 1913
- Germany: 13% in 1870 to 16% in 1913
- Great Britain: 32% in 1870 to 14% in 1913
- France: 10% in 1870 to 6% in 1913
- Russia: 4% in 1870 to 6% in 1913
- Belgium: 3% in 1870 to 2% in 1913
Next, let's compute the actual changes in percentage points for each country:
- US: [tex]\(36\% - 23\% = 13\%\)[/tex]
- Germany: [tex]\(16\% - 13\% = 3\%\)[/tex]
- Great Britain: [tex]\(14\% - 32\% = -18\%\)[/tex]
- France: [tex]\(6\% - 10\% = -4\%\)[/tex]
- Russia: [tex]\(6\% - 4\% = 2\%\)[/tex]
- Belgium: [tex]\(2\% - 3\% = -1\%\)[/tex]
From the calculated values:
- The US increased by 13 percentage points.
- Germany increased by 3 percentage points.
- Great Britain decreased by 18 percentage points.
- France decreased by 4 percentage points.
- Russia increased by 2 percentage points.
- Belgium decreased by 1 percentage point.
Clearly, the United States had the greatest increase in world manufacturing, with an increase of 13 percentage points.
Therefore, the country that showed the greatest percentage increase in world manufacturing from 1870 to 1913 is:
the United States.
