# The New Paradigm of Informal Economies Under GAI-Driven Innovation
## 3 Digitalization and Growth in Developed and Emerging Countries
### Virtuous Cycle with Accelerated Growth
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & & & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**DC/EC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{_V_} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{_ID_} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{_SP_} \\ \cline{4-13} \multicolumn{1}{c}{**No.**} & **Country** & **Code** & \multirow{2}{*}{**Area**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(Developed/ Emerging)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**GDP per Capita**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Internet**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Smartphone**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Population**} \\ \cline{4-13} \multicolumn{1}{c}{} & & & & **(PPP, Current US & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Usage Ratio (\%)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Mon ownership**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(Millions)**} \\ \cline{4-13} \multicolumn{1}{c}{} & & & & **2015** & **2019** & **2015** & **2019** & **2015** & **2019** & **2015** & **2019** \\ \hline
1 & USA & USA & North America & DC & 55,904 & 65,548 & 87 & 89 & 79 & 88 & 321 & 329 \\ \hline
2 & Canada & CAN & North America & DC & 45,489 & 50,499 & 90 & 97 & 81 & 89 & 36 & 37 \\ \hline
3 & Germany & DEU & Europe & DC & 47,033 & 58,252 & 84 & 86 & 63 & 83 & 81 & 83 \\ \hline
4 & UK & GBR & Europe & DC & 40,958 & 49,911 & 86 & 90 & 75 & 89 & 65 & 67 \\ \hline
5 & France & FRA & Europe & DC & 41,221 & 51,240 & 73 & 87 & 57 & 84 & 64 & 65 \\ \hline
6 & Italy & ITA & Europe & DC & 35,665 & 46,470 & 70 & 77 & 64 & 83 & 60 & 60 \\ \hline
7 & Spain & ESP & Europe & DC & 35,270 & 43,740 & 84 & 84 & 74 & 80 & 46 & 47 \\ \hline
8 & Poland & POL & Europe & EC & 26,403 & 35,488 & 68 & 74 & 46 & 76 & 38 & 38 \\ \hline
9 & Russia & RUS & Russia/Ukraine & EC & 23,744 & 30,964 & 71 & 73 & 46 & 64 & 146 & 146 \\ \hline
10 & Ukraine & UKR & Russia/Ukraine & EC & 7990 & 14,381 & 60 & 65 & 30 & 53 & 44 & 44 \\ \hline
11 & Israel & ISR & Middle East & DC & 33,658 & 41,513 & 84 & 87 & 76 & 84 & 8 & 9 \\ \hline
12 & Turkey & TUR & Middle East & EC & 20,277 & 28,461 & 68 & 79 & 62 & 83 & 78 & 83 \\ \hline
13 & Lebanon & LBN & Middle East & EC & 18,417 & 21,758 & 65 & 70 & 59 & 96 & 6 & 7 \\ \hline
14 & Jordan & JOR & Middle East & EC & 12,162 & 9405 & 62 & 65 & 52 & 76 & 8 & 10 \\ \hline
15 & Australia & AUS & Asia/Pacific & DC & 47,318 & 52,747 & 92 & 92 & 83 & 90 & 24 & 25 \\ \hline
16 & Korea & KOR & Asia/Pacific & DC & 36,528 & 43,865 & 89 & 96 & 88 & 97 & 50 & 52 \\ \hline
17 & Japan & JPN & Asia/Pacific & DC & 38,211 & 42,678 & 68 & 71 & 44 & 75 & 127 & 126 \\ \hline
18 & Malaysia & MYS & Asia/Pacific & EC & 26,141 & 29,495 & 59 & 82 & 60 & 89 & 30 & 32 \\ \hline
19 & China & CHN & Asia/Pacific & EC & 14,190 & 17,262 & 63 & 64 & 70 & 60 & 1371 & 1398 \\ \hline
20 & Indonesia & IDN & Asia/Pacific & EC & 11,112 & 12,116 & 28 & 52 & 27 & 71 & 258 & 271 \\ \hline
21 & Viet & VNM & Asia/Pacific & EC & 6020 & 11,190 & 45 & 69 & 40 & 63 & 92 & 96 \\ \hline
22 & Philippines & PHL & Asia/Pacific & EC & 7318 & 8958 & 36 & 63 & 31 & 75 & 101 & 108 \\ \hline
23 & India & IND & Asia/Pacific & EC & 6209 & 7182 & 17 & 35 & 21 & 48 & 1311 & 1366 \\ \hline
24 & Pakistan & PAK & Asia/Pacific & EC & 4902 & 5207 & 10 & 17 & 19 & 16 & 189 & 217 \\ \hline
25 & Chile & CHL & Latin America & EC & 23,564 & 25,825 & 76 & 86 & 70 & 93 & 18 & 19 \\ \hline
26 & Mexico & MEX & Latin America & EC & 18,335 & 21,096 & 53 & 67 & 49 & 56 & 122 & 128 \\ \hline
27 & Argentina & ARG & Latin America & EC & 22,375 & 23,535 & 68 & 76 & 59 & 87 & 43 & 45 \\ \hline
28 & Brazil & BRA & Latin America & EC & 15,690 & 15,741 & 58 & 74 & 47 & 75 & 207 & 211 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 3: Digitalization and growth in 39 countries (2015 and 2019). Figure 2: Correlation between digitalization and growth (39 countries in both the North and South in 2019).