Table 1
Relative Capability of Major Powers in the International System,
1950-1993 Ratio of US GNP in Current US$ Exchange Rates

	1950	1955	1960	1965	1970	1974	1975	1976	1977
USA	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Japan	3.8	5.5	7.6	12.2	19.8	32.2	32.9	33.3	36.7
Germany	7.3		16.5	16.9	18.8	27.3	27.5	26.3	27.4
France	9.0		14.2	13.5	14.5	18.8	22.2	20.1	20.2
Italy	4.5		8.5	9.4	9.3	10.8	11.5	11.1	11.4
Britain	15.3		14.7	12.3	12.1	13.6	14.9	13.1	13.2
Canada	5.4	6.4	6.5	7.9	8.3	10.3	10.7	11.5	10.5
USSR*	5.6	7.1	8.7	34.2	32.2	32.5	32.9	30.1	29.0
China	NA	9.6	NA	6.8	9.1	9.9	10.2	8.6	8.8
USA%9	NA	59.4	NA	46.4	44.6	39.1	38.0	39.3	38.9
USA%8	NA	NA	NA	NA	52.0	44.8	43.4	44.6	43.8
USA%G7	68.6	65.9	62.0	57.4	54.6	46.9	45.5	46.4	45.6

	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
USA	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Japan	46.1	41.9	40.0	39.3	35.5	36.0	33.7	33.5	46.7
Germany	30.4	31.9	31.3	23.5	21.6	20.0	16.6	15.7	21.2
France	22.4	24.1	25.1	19.6	17.8	15.8	13.4	13.2	17.4
Italy	12.4	13.6	15.2	12.0	11.4	10.8	11.0	10.6	14.3
UK	14.9	17.1	20.1	17.1	15.8	13.9	11.4	11.4	13.6
Canada	9.7	9.6	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.2	8.8	8.6
USSR*	29.5	28.2	27.4	23.2	23.6	22.5	18.8	17.5	19.9
China	10.1	10.8	11.5	9.6	9.0	8.9	8.0	7.3	6.7
USA%9	36.6	36.1	35.4	39.3	40.9	42.0	45.0	45.9	40.2
USA%8	40.6	40.2	39.3	43.3	45.3	46.4	49.2	49.9	43.8
USA%G7	42.4	42.0	41.1	45.2	47.2	48.4	51.2	51.7	45.1

	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
USA	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Japan	53.0	60.3	55.9	53.4	59.2	61.5	67.1	68.4	71.6
Germany	24.9	25.0	23.2	27.3	28.1	30.0	27.2	26.1	30.1
France	19.7	19.9	18.7	21.8	21.1	22.2	19.9	18.9	20.9
Italy	16.9	17.3	16.9	19.9	20.4	20.5	15.8	14.9	15.3
UK	15.2	17.3	16.3	17.8	17.8	17.5	14.4	14.4	15.6
Canada	9.2	10.1	10.6	10.4	10.3	9.5	8.7	7.9	7.8
USSR/Russia	21.2	21.6	20.9	NA	13.8	5.3	1.7	1.3	NA
China	6.8	7.9	6.6	6.2	6.6	7.0	8.5	8.9	NA
USA%9	37.5	35.8	37.2	NA	36.1	36.6	38.0	36.0	NA
USA%8	40.7	38.9	40.3	38.9	37.9	37.3	38.2	36.1	NA
USA%G7	41.8	40.0	41.4	39.9	38.9	38.3	39.5	39.9	38.2