HC Deb 18 February 1981 vol 999 cc131-2W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report the gross national product per capita of each of the following countries at the latest available date, together with their energy consumption per capita: Austria, Belgium, Albania, Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland and Iceland.

Mr. David Howell

The latest available figures are for 1978 and are tabulated below:

Country Gross Domestic Product Per capita (US dollard) Energy Consumption Per capita (Kilograms of coal equivalent)
Austria 7,730 4,048
Belgium 9,848 6,078
Albania not available 998
Denmark 10,958 5,423
Finland 7,132 5,205
France 8,851 4,368
Federal Republic of Germany 10,419 6,015
Greece 3,375 1,925
Republic of Ireland 3,756 3,292
United Kingdom 5,545 5,212
Italy 4,587 3,230
Israel 3,913 2,362
Japan 8,476 3,825
Netherlands 9,383 5,327
Luxembourg 9,748 14,724
Sweden 10,543 5,954
Norway 9,847 5,571
New Zealand (1978–79) 5,917 3,790
Portugal 1,816 1,030
Switzerland 13,335 3,690
Iceland 9,904 4,844

Sources:

United Nations book of National Accounts Statistics 1979.

United Nations Series J No. 22 World Energy Supplies 1973–1978.