这一差距大致相当于1951年美国和日本之间的差距，在此之后的20年里，日本平均年增长率为9.2 % 。 这一差距也大致等于1977年美国和韩国之间的差距，在此之后的20年里，韩国年增长率为7.6 % 。
This gap is roughly equal to the gap between the US and Japan in 1951, after which Japan grew at an average annual rate of 9.2% for the next 20 years, or between the US and South Korea in 1977, after which South Korea grew at 7.6% per year for two decades.