Income disparities in regions of Europe 1900-1950 compared with Western Europe
Compared to Western Europe, the development of average incomes differed between Scandinavia and and East-Central Europe between 1900 and 1950. Over these five decades, income in Scandinavia gradually caught up with the rest of Western Europe, eventually overtaking it by the middle of the century. By contrast, income across East-Central Europe fell further behind the west over this period, falling from 42 percent of the west's rate in 1900 to 37 percent in 1950.