25% of all-time global GDP produced since 2000 – true!
About a year ago, The Economist produced a graph which has been making the rounds. It depicts the development in global economic output over the last 20 centuries, representing the output of each century as a percentage of combined output since AD 1. The graph, along with some commentary, can be found here, and it looks like this (click for larger version): As you can see, it also depicts the