Top 10 European Countries by GDP (1897-2022)

This video will compare the top 10 European countries by GDP from 1897 to 2022. This video exhibits the GDP figures of countries going back further in time than any other production on YouTube, so you'll witness the likes of many historically significant events that altered the economic landscape. Hopefully everyone enjoys! Be sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more videos!

Source: World Bank, Our World In Data
Music: Marche Slave by Tchaikovsky

[RankingCharts]

*Thank you everyone for 1 million views on this video. This is the fastest a video on my channel has reached this milestone - thank you for all the love and feedback!

I know it took a long time to get this video out (a couple months late) since the data prior to 1960 was very difficult to calculate, but it was worth it! Hopefully everyone enjoys!

*Sorry for not including Turkiye in this video. My mistake!

[haraldnijenhuis]

Biggest surprise for me was how well the Weimar-republic was doing despite all the restrictions after WW1.

[ppjk]

Germany is like the kid that keeps getting expelled but nails every exam.

[chees]

Germany loses every major war it has been in and still manages to take the no.1 spot every single time, that’s absolutely amazing

edit: i love causing endless political debates with a single comment i didn’t even pay attention to when leaving

[liamdudeeee]

That awkward moment in 1980 when West Germany has a higher GDP than the entire Soviet Union.

[bubblesxd]

This really shows how much damage war did to some countries

[mimamo]

Germany, when down at the bottom, is always able to reinvent itself and rise to the very top again.

[ZombolicBand]

Germany, how induatrialized are you?
-Yes.

[kungfudildo]

I find it so amazing how germany always found a comeback and even west germany alone took over the first place

[dimitaru.]

The moment in the Cold War where West Germany surpassed the Soviet's GDP was legendary.

[Micha-qvuf]

Haha the fact that both Germanys were in the top 6 throughout most of the cold war era xD

[Misteribel]

I can’t imagine how hard it must have been to collect all the historic data and convert it to a common currency. Pretty amazing and loved the music track!

[selwynrenard]

Would love to see this as a GDP per capita.

[carterzhang]

I love how you’re the only channel that shows data from the 1900s. So cool 👍!

[xmaniac]

Incredible how no one speaks about the economy of the Netherlands. Also amazing how Italy briefly surpassed the UK and was at par with France for a couple of years. Especially more so for a country with no natural resources to speak of.

[Sodacacik]

Sweden being in a pretty stable position through all of it.

[lindaliriel]

As an Italian I am honestly amazed at how well Italy did. I had no idea we were so consistent, we keep being told how there's a crisis...

[madbecause]

Germany is quite extraordinary in this video.

[tristanthamm]

It’s unbelievable that the German gdp in 1945!!! was still higher than the British one. You’d think that after years of war, huge territorial and human losses and being bombed to rubble they would be barely functional.

[TileBitan]

As a spanish, I just hope that some day we get our shit together, because the country has been underperforming for centuries; it has lots of potential