Historical GDP

It's an interesting project to provide on line historical GDP records for cross broader comparison. Although the records are only up to 2000, it's still interesting to play around.



I use the data to compare GDP growth patterns between Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea. It's quite amazing to see what Ireland had achieved in the past years. There are more parameters to play around if you have time.



Other interesting sources:
Historical statistics
The world fact book
GDP Rankings - Current Exchange Rate Method (Numerically by Ranking) (unfortunately, Taiwan is not on the list)
Foreign direct investment (FDI)