No other country that became upper middle income after 1950, and then made the transition, took nearly as long. In fact, the average length of that transition was 14 years, with economies such as South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong taking as little as seven years.
在1950年后成为中上收入然后成功进入高收入行列的国家中，没有一个国家经历的时长接近阿根廷和希腊。事实上，平均升级时间为14年，韩国、中国台湾和中国香港等经济体更是只花了七年时间。