§ Mr. Marquandasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the proportions of the gross national product devoted to public expenditure, private consumption and private investment in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and whether he will give the corresponding figures for France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Japan
EXPENDITURE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AT FACTOR COST 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Public expenditure on goods and services (current and capital) (a) including capital expenditure of public enterprises United Kingdom … … 27.8 28.2 29.6 31.6 31.4 30.7 France … … 24.6 24.6 24.9 24.8 24.7 .. West Germany … … .. .. .. .. .. .. Italy … … .. .. .. .. .. .. Sweden … … 31.5* 32.4* 33.7* 35.5* 37.4* .. Japan† … … 19.5 20.6 20.5 20.0 19.4 .. United States of America … … 23.5 23.0 24.0 26.0 26.5 .. (b) excluding capital expenditure of public enterprises United Kingdom … … 21.6 21.9 22.5 23.9 24.2 24.3 France … … 18.7 18.6 18.6 18.7 18.8 .. West Germany … … 22.3* 22.6* 22.8* 23.5* 22.3* .. Italy … … 18.3* 18.6* 18.4* 17.4* 18.0* .. Sweden … … 24.7* 25.4* 27.0* 28.4* 30.4* .. Japan† … … 15.5 16.1 16.0 15.1 14.8 .. United States of America … … 23.0‡ 22.5‡ 23.6‡ 25.6‡ 26.0‡ .. Consumers' expenditure United Kingdom … … 72.9 72.8 73.1 72.5 73.2 73.7 France … … 71.6 71.2 70.7 70.6 70.1 .. West Germany … … 65.0 65.1 65.9 67.2 64.4 .. Italy … … 71.3 70.9 71.8 72.7 71.3 .. Sweden … … 63.4 63.5 63.4 63.0 63.3 .. Japan … … 59.6 60.7 59.8 57.6 55.8 .. United States of America … … 68.8 68.3 67.0 67.0 67.0 .. Private fixed investment United Kingdom … … 11.2 11.2 10.8 10.4 11.1 10.9 France … … 18.6 19.1 19.4 19.3 18.9 .. West Germany … … 25.4§ 25.4§ 24.5§ 22.1§ 22.0§ .. Italy … … 21.1§ 18.2§ 17.6§ 18.7§ 18.8§ .. Sweden … … 15.5 15.2 15.9 15.5 14.8 .. Japan† … … 26.3 23.3 24.9 26.9 28.3 .. United States of America … … 15.1 15.5 15.3 14.7 14.8 .. .. Not available. * Excluding any changes in stocks. † Figures for fixed capital formation and stocks relate to the fiscal years beginning on 1st April of the years stated. ‡ Including changes in stocks of public enterprises. § Including fixed investment by public enterprises.