This chart shows every major technological innovation in the last 150 years — and how they have changed the way we work
- Since 1760, productivity has increased almost 30 fold.
- That is largely down to technological innovations like electricity, telephones, and the internet.
- Barclays chronicled the world's rising productivity in its latest Equity Gilt Study.
LONDON — Humanity is always moving forward with innovation after innovation improving global quality of life.
The last 150 years have seen the most remarkable advancement of technology in history. Electric lighting, cars, plastic, the telephone, and television are all less than 150 years old, while newer innovations such as the internet have spurred ever more rapid societal development.
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Barclays measured total output per hour across both the UK and the USA from 1760 onward, using an index where that year is considered to be 100. Productivity in 2018 is around 3,000 on this index.
You can see the chart showing the growth in productivity below, as well as an index of the innovations:
Barclays
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