One surprise is that there has been relatively little change in the ranking of countries by real per capita GDP since 2000. Despite all the talk about the Chinese economic miracle, China’s ranking has risen only slightly, from 61st out of 82 countries in 2000 to 60th in 2004 – even though per capita real GDP grew by 44% between 2000 and 2004, or 9.6% a year, the highest of the major countries.
有一点出乎人们的意料，那就是从2000年到现在，各国人均实际国内生产总值排名并没有发生多大变化。尽管所有人都在谈论中国的经济奇迹，但中国的排名只是略有上升，从2000年在82个国家中排名第61位上升到2004年的第60位¾尽管从2000到2004年间中国的人均实际国内生产总值增长了44%，相当于每年增长9.6%，在所有大国中独占鳌头。