The Marshall Plan was very successful. The western European countries involved experienced a rise in their gross national products of 15 to 25 percent during this period. ... Truman extended the Marshall Plan to less-developed countries throughout the world under the Point Four Program, initiated in 1949.

Why did the Marshall Plan Succeed?

Did the Marshall Plan Succeed? By the time the Marshall Plan ended in 1951, industrial production in Western Europe had risen 40 percent above the prewar level. Trade and exports also increased far above what they were before the war. People had returned to work and their standard of living was rising.

What did the Marshall Plan accomplish?

the expansion of European agricultural and industrial production; the restoration of sound currencies, budgets, and finances in individual European countries; and. the stimulation of international trade among European countries and between Europe and the rest of the world.