§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to his answer of 13 July to the right hon. Member for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Sir D. Steel),Official Report, column 349, if he will give the money figures for per capita income in £ sterling and include the United Kingdom in the table.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe information is as follows:
Average GNP per capita in low income countries (excluding India and China) and average GNP per capita for DAC member countries and United Kingdom 1979–1988 Year Low income countries GNP per capita £ sterling DAC member countries GNP per capita £ sterling United Kingdom GNP per capita £ sterling 1979 125 4,559 3,455 1980 168 4,597 4,046 1981 183 5,296 4,462 1982 199 6,080 4,901 1983 208 7,250 5,345 1984 178 8,644 5,671 1985 242 9,373 6,186 1986 221 10,074 6,673 1987 161 10,394 7,282 1988 194 10,617 8,051 Sources:
OECD—DAC chairman's report, 1981–1989.
World bank atlas 1989.
Note 1: Low income countries as classified by OECD are those 743W countries which have GNP per capita of
- 1979—less than $500 in 1979
- 1980–82—less than $600 in 1980
- 1983–86—less than $700 in 1983
- 1987–88—less than $700 in 1987
Note 2: Sterling-US dollar exchange rates used
- 1979 0.4713
- 1980 0.4299
- 1981 0.4931
- 1982 0.5713
- 1983 0.6592
- 1984 0.7483
- 1985 0.7714
- 1986 0.6820
- 1987 0.6102
- 1988 0.5614