They managed to pull 1 billion people out of poverty and starvation, within 30 years.
Now they have a standard of living that's almost exactly at the global average.

[–] Sirence@feddit.org 6 points 4 hours ago

In 300 years they'll all be at 3m

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 4 hours ago

One of the most insanely quick rises of any country from poverty to modernity.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 7 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Improved health conditions. The start of the curve is around '91, and given this graph is for 19yos it's probably some change around '72. I don't know which change.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Better diet, mostly.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

Possible, but "better diet" on its own should apply to all five.

Another interesting bit in that pic is India. It was in a rather steep curve up from before '85 to ~'92[?]. Then it dropped, stagnated, started climbing back.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Mao died in '76. This wasn't some great achievement, but the end of one of the most catastrophic policies any country has submitted its own population to.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Mao died in '76. This wasn’t some great achievement, but the end of one of the most catastrophic policies any country has submitted its own population to.

Nah. Even if we eyeball the start of the curve, like I did, it clearly starts way before 1976+19 = 1995:

And upon further inspection even my eyeballed 1991 is a bit too late; 1969+19 = 1988 would make a better fit. It's something that happened before the 70s.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 1 points 6 hours ago

I mean percentage wise, they gained a lot.