HC Deb 21 November 1977 vol 939 cc534-5W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1945 both in current market prices and in 1970 prices gross domestic productper capita and gross domestic product per family.

Mr. Denzil Davies

The figures available are given in the following table. Estimates at current prices are not available for 1945 and the earliest year for which constant price figures are available is 1948.

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA
At current market prices At 1970 market prices
£ £
1946 203 n.a.
1947 216 n.a.
1948 235 552
1949 247 565
1950 257 580
1951 286 601
1952 309 598
1953 332 624
1954 353 645
1955 375 668
1956 403 676
1957 425 686
1958 440 684
1959 461 708
1960 485 735
1961 514 754
1962 534 754
1963 565 781
1964 613 819
1965 655 833
1966 694 844
1967 729 862
1968 785 888
1969 836 897
1970 917 917
1971 1,023 939
1972 1,129 960
1973 1,288 1,020
1974 1,465 1,013
1975 1,845 998
1976 2,182 1,025

Source:

1955–76 National Income and Expenditure 1966–76.

1946–54 CSO Macro-Economic Databank.

Estimates of gross domestic product per family, or per household, have not been provided as this would require an allocation of gross domestic product between the household and non-household population on some arbitrary basis.