HC Deb 23 May 1978 vol 950 cc555-7W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the average annual rate of growth in gross domestic product at constant 1970 market prices in each member

AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF GROWTH IN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT CONSTANT 1970 MARKET PRICES
Per cent.
Average annual growth rate:
1975/1974 1976/1975 1977/76 1974–76 1974–77
United Kingdom* … … … -2.0 3.0 0.1 0.5 0.4
Germany … … … … -2.6 5.6 n.a. 1.4 n.a.
France … … … … 0.7 5.4 n.a. 3.0 n.a.
Italy … … … … -3.5 5.6 2.4† 1.0 n.a.
Netherlands … … … -1.2 4.6 n.a. 1.7 n.a.
Belgium … … … … -2.0 2.0 n.a. — n.a.
Luxembourg … … … -7.7 2.9 n.a. -2.6 n.a.
Ireland … … … … 0.3 3.2 n.a. 1.7 n.a.
Denmark … … … … -1.1 5.3 n.a. 2.1 n.a.
United States … … … -1.0 5.8 4.9‡ 2.4 3.2‡
Canada … … … … 0.9 5.2 1.8†§ 3.0 n.a.
Japan … … … … 2.6 6.0 5.1† 4.3 n.a.
Source:
Except where stated otherwise, National Accounts of O.E.C.D. countries.
n.a.—not available.
* Source: United Kingdom National Accounts (expenditure measure of G.D.P.).
† First three quarters of 1977 compared with corresponding period of 1976. Source: O.E.C.D. Quarterly National Accounts Bulletin.
‡ Source: Estimates published by the United States Department of Commerce (at constant 1972 prices).
§ At constant 1971 prices.

table showing the rate of change in output per person employed in production industries in the United Kingdom, other EEC countries, the United States of America, Japan and Canada in each of the last four available years.

Mr. Denzil Davies

The latest available comparable information for the countries for which data are required is given in the table below.

country of the EEC, the United States of America, Canada and Japan each year, and in total since 1974 to the latest available date.

Mr. Denzil Davies

Following is the available information:

Data other than those derived from National Accounts of OECD countries have not been standardised to international definitions; but differences in definitions, including the choice of the base year for constant price data, are unlikely to have an appreciable effect on the comparability of the growth rates over this period.

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