The Maddison Project is one of the most famous projects in Economics. It started with the work of Angus Maddison (\(1926-2010\)) and after his death in \(2010\), a group of his colleagues initiated his work again.
We use the Maddison project’s data of the real GDP per capita in the long run to have a broader look at the countries’ development in that regard.
We did plot the data as a shinyapp. You can take a look at it here