This page shows real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for China, eurozone, Japan and the U.S. GDP fell sharply in the first half of 2020, but rebounded in the second half with the economies gradually reopening. Having learnt from the spring outbreak, both the governments and the healthcare systems are more experienced in handling the pandemic. China was the first of the major economies to have felt the impact, but also the first to recover. The rollout of mass vaccination programs is expected to underpin global growth in 1H21, before normalizing towards the second half of the year.