HC Deb 23 February 1970 vol 796 c247W
Mr. Hordern

asked the Chancellor of of the Exchequer if he will publish a table on the same basis as Table 14 of Command Paper No. 4289, showing the average annual percentage increase of gross national product per head, at 1963 prices, for the period December, 1964, to December, 1967, of the European Economic Community and the European Free Trade Association countries.

Mr. William Rodgers

The latest available figures, based on returns made to O.E.C.D., are given in the table below:

GROWTH OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT PER HEAD AT 1963 MARKET PRICES 1964–1967
Average annual percentage increase
E.E.C. Countries
German F.R. … 1.7
France … 3.6
Italy … 4.2
Belgium … 2.7
Luxembourg … 0.5
Netherlands … 2.8
Average all E.E.C. Countries* … 2.9
E.F.T.A. Countries
United Kingdom … 1.6
Sweden … 2.4
Norway … 4.1
Denmark … 2.8
Austria … 2.6
Switzerland … 1.9
Portugal … 5.0
Average all E.F.T.A. countries* … 2.0
* At 1963 exchange rates.

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