§ Mr. G. OLIVERasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of exports per head of the population in the leading exporting nations of the world; and if he will give a list of those countries in the order of their standard of living?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe table appended shows the value of the domestic exports 1121W of merchandise per head of the population in some principal exporting countries. The information contained in the table has been extracted from the "Memorandum on International Trade and Balances of Payments, 1926–1928," published by the League of Nations, which contains similar information relating to 51 other countries. Sufficient information is not available to enable the countries named in the table to be arranged in the order of their standard of living, but my hon. Friend will find some information regarding the comparative level of real wages in certain of these countries in the issues for October and December, 1929, of the International Labour Review, published by the International Labour Office.
According to particulars published by the League of Nations, the values of the domestic exports of merchandise, per head of population of the undermentioned countries during the year 1928, were as under:
£ s. d. British Countries: New Zealand … 37 3 6 Canada (a) … 30 10 8 British Malaya (b) … 25 9 7 Australia (c) … 22 0 6 United Kingdom … 15 17 1 Irish Free State … 15 9 0 Union of South Africa (d) … 10 15 8 India … 0 15 0 Foreign Countries: Denmark … 24 4 5 Netherlands … 21 10 6 Belgium … 20 16 11 Switzerland … 20 15 3 Argentine … 18 16 10 Cuba … 15 17 5 Sweden … 14 4 11 Chile … 11 12 8 France … 9 17 9 Austria … 9 10 5 Germany … 8 19 11 Czechoslovakia … 8 18 6 United States of America … 8 9 7 Mexico … 3 18 4 Italy … 3 17 0 Egypt … 3 16 9 Spain … 3 14 9 Japan … 2 19 2 Brazil … 2 9 10 Dutch East Indies … 2 9 7 Poland … 1 17 9 Russia … 0 11 0 China … 0 6 3 NOTE.—Gold Dollars have been converted into Sterling at the par value.
(a) Includes bullion and specie, of domestic origin.
(b) Includes re-exports.
(c) Includes specie and gold bullion.
(d) Includes gold bullion, and specie of Union minting.