[Economic Report of the President (1999)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS


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Table B-112.--Growth rates in real gross domestic product, 1980-98
[Percent change at annual rate]
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Area and country                          1980-89   1990     1991     1992     1993     1994     1995     1996     1997    1998\1\

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World........................................................       3.4      2.7      1.8      2.5      2.6      3.9      3.7      4.2      4.1      2.0

Advanced economies.........................................       2.9      2.7      1.2      1.9      1.2      3.2      2.5      3.0      3.1      2.0

Major industrial countries...............................       2.7      2.4       .7      1.8      1.0      2.8      2.1      2.8      2.9      2.1

United States..........................................       2.7      1.2      -.9      2.7      2.3      3.5      2.3      3.4      3.9      3.5
Japan..................................................       3.8      5.1      3.8      1.0       .3       .6      1.5      3.9       .8     -2.5
Germany\2\.............................................       1.8      5.7      5.0      2.2     -1.2      2.7      1.2      1.3      2.2      2.6
France.................................................       2.3      2.5       .8      1.2     -1.3      2.8      2.1      1.6      2.3      3.1
Italy..................................................       2.4      2.2      1.1       .6     -1.2      2.2      2.9       .7      1.5      2.1
United Kingdom\3\......................................       2.4       .4     -2.0      -.5      2.1      4.3      2.7      2.2      3.4      2.3
Canada.................................................       2.9       .3     -1.9       .9      2.5      3.9      2.2      1.2      3.7      3.0

Other advanced economies.................................       3.7      4.0      2.9      2.5      2.0      4.6      4.4      3.8      4.2      1.4

Developing countries.......................................       4.3      4.0      5.0      6.6      6.5      6.7      6.1      6.6      5.8      2.3

Africa...................................................       2.5      2.3      1.9       .4       .7      2.2      3.1      5.8      3.2      3.7
Asia.....................................................       7.0      5.6      6.6      9.5      9.3      9.6      9.0      8.2      6.6      1.8
Middle East and Europe...................................       2.2      5.6      3.5      6.5      3.9       .7      3.8      4.7      4.7      2.3
Western Hemisphere.......................................       2.2      1.0      3.8      3.3      3.9      5.2      1.2      3.5      5.1      2.8

Countries in transition....................................       2.8     -3.5     -7.6    -14.0     -7.3     -7.1     -1.5     -1.0      2.0      -.2

Central and eastern Europe...............................  ........  .......    -10.0     -8.7     -3.8     -2.8      1.6      1.6      2.8      3.4
Russia...................................................  ........  .......     -5.4    -19.4    -10.4    -11.6     -4.8     -5.0       .9     -6.0
Transcaucasus and central Asia...........................  ........  .......     -7.0    -14.4    -10.1    -10.3     -4.3      1.6      2.1      4.1
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\1\All figures are forecasts as published by the International Monetary Fund.
\2\Through 1991 data are for West Germany only.
\3\Average of expenditure, income, and output estimates of GDP at market prices.

Source: International Monetary Fund.