Il sorpasso.
Italy's 1987 overtaking of Britain's economy in nominal GDP per capita
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Il sorpasso is a term used by Italian press and commentators to designate Italy's 1987 overtaking of Britain's economy in nominal GDP terms. Italy's per capita income reached $15,120 by 1989, compared with Britain's $14,160. Italy thus became the sixth largest economy in the world, after the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan, West Germany and France. In 1991, according to Business International, Italy overtook France as well and reached the fourth position due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In the late 1990s, after some years of stagnation of the Italian economy, both the United Kingdom and France regained their position.
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