OECD Countries (Deficit)

HC Deb 13 July 1988 vol 137 c270W

59. Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development countries are running a greater trade deficit than the United Kingdom per head of population.

Mr. Alan Clark

The most recent data for OECD countries generally relate to 1987. In that year the following countries had larger estimated current account deficits per capitaNorway, the United States, Denmark, Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Iceland, Canada, Greece, Sweden and France.