To be fair, the % of GDP argument is really hard to quantify along the axes being used here.<p>If India wasn&#x27;t a colony, wealth would not have concentrated in GB, likely slowing Down their development and Maybe even making them more open to local conflicts.<p>Provided the French or Dutch didn&#x27;t conquer more of India, and, it&#x27;s hard to argue that wealth remaining in India would have not have resulted in more trade and local development.<p>We can definitely say that having someone come to your country, and clearly stop you from building the best product you can build, sell or pruchase, impoverishes your country.