WWII: pre-war GDP of selected countries and regions 1938

In 1938, the year before the Second World War, the United States had, by far, the largest economy in the world in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). The five Allied Great Powers that emerged victorious from the war, along with the three Axis Tripartite Pact countries that were ultimately defeated made up the eight largest independent economies in 1938.When values are converted into 1990 international dollars, the U.S. GDP was over 800 billion dollars in 1938, which was more than double that of the second largest economy, the Soviet Union. Even the combined economies of the UK, its dominions, and colonies had a value of just over 680 billion 1990 dollars, showing that the United States had established itself as the world's leading economy during the interwar period (despite the Great Depression).Interestingly, the British and Dutch colonies had larger combined GDPs than their respective metropoles, which was a key motivator for the Japanese invasion of these territories in East Asia during the war. Trade with neutral and non-belligerent countries also contributed greatly to the economic development of Allied and Axis powers throughout the war; for example, natural resources from Latin America were essential to the American war effort, while German manufacturing was often dependent on Swedish iron supplies.

在第二次世界大战爆发的前一年，即1938年，美国在以国内生产总值（GDP）衡量的全球经济体量方面，无疑是世界上最大的。从战争中脱颖而出的五个同盟国大国，以及最终败北的三个轴心国三国，共同构成了1938年全球八大独立经济体。当这些数值换算成1990年国际美元时，1938年的美国GDP超过了8000亿美元，是第二大经济体苏联的两倍以上。即便是英国及其自治领和殖民地的经济体量总和，也仅有略超过6800亿美元，这表明美国在战间期已确立其世界领先经济体的地位（尽管当时正值大萧条）。有趣的是，英国和荷兰的殖民地联合GDP甚至超过了它们各自的母国，这一现象成为日本在战争期间侵占东亚这些领土的关键动机。与中立国和非交战国之间的贸易也对同盟国和轴心国在整个战争期间的经济社会发展做出了巨大贡献；例如，拉丁美洲的自然资源对美国战争努力至关重要，而德国的制造业则往往依赖于瑞典的铁矿石供应。

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背景概述

该数据集提供了1938年二战前选定国家和地区的GDP估计值，以1990年国际美元为单位，按盟国、轴心国和中立国分类。数据显示美国当时GDP最高，超过8000亿1990年国际美元，其次是苏联和德国。