Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica

Table 2: Annual average increase in real GDP per Worker, Selected Countries, 1960 – 1990 (1995
International Prices)
Year Barbados Canada DomRep Jamaica Singapore T & T USA
1961 5.37 -0.86 -3.75 0.67 4.33 8.72 -0.01
1962 8.54 3.80 19.27 2.95 2.99 -1.86 3.63
1963 -3.62 2.65 7.04 0.58 5.35 6.41 2.23
1964 4.17 3.76 5.28 10.26 -6.37 4.09 3.52
1965 9.34 4.17 -14.95 7.02 3.17 -3.22 4.69
1966 3.35 4.05 12.15 4.37 7.05 0.72 3.92
1967 11.15 0.64 -0.57 3.27 8.68 1.29 0.74
1968 4.99 2.91 -1.16 12.54 10.19 -5.58 2.80
1969 10.35 3.22 7.67 5.08 12.19 14.69 1.47
Period Avg. 5.96 2.70 3.44 5.19 5.29 2.81 2.56
1970 8.91 0.65 5.71 2.37 9.47 -4.16 -0.55
1971 0.14 2.52 7.05 1.49 17.49 7.14 0.73
1972 4.15 2.86 7.92 12.11 8.89 1.95 2.52
1973 -0.52 4.42 6.47 -9.72 12.34 0.55 3.26
1974 -4.04 1.14 7.94 1.57 -0.52 2.34 -3.34
1975 2.50 -1.41 -6.13 -1.58 6.81 0.01 -4.04
1976 -3.01 3.26 4.39 -5.71 1.72 8.88 3.01
1977 5.41 0.10 1.52 -3.74 2.76 6.03 2.66
1978 0.21 1.54 -0.72 -5.55 3.15 8.26 2.84
1979 7.11 1.70 0.00 -4.83 3.63 4.49 0.07
Period Avg. 2.09 1.68 3.42 -1.36 6.58 3.55 0.72
1980 -1.90 -1.60 11.00 -7.03 3.66 3.40 -3.35
1981 -2.14 2.63 -3.57 -1.31 6.84 3.22 1.03
1982 -4.58 -5.93 -2.32 -0.49 3.73 -4.07 -4.22
1983 -3.43 2.32 0.13 -1.26 4.71 -9.09 2.31
1984 2.31 5.65 -6.53 -3.06 5.62 -21.44 5.95
1985 -1.53 3.89 -3.17 -7.30 -3.78 16.18 1.61
1986 8.40 2.86 1.26 -0.91 0.87 -1.20 1.65
1987 6.35 3.62 2.22 2.90 7.98 -10.95 1.98
1988 2.25 3.99 2.28 4.71 9.73 -6.83 3.03
1989 2.23 1.59 4.30 2.62 7.14 -3.81 2.15
Period Avg. 0.79 1.90 0.56 -1.11 4.65 -3.46 1.21
1990 -1.96 -11.78 -0.62 5.81 -1.24 -0.24
Overall Avg. 2.84 1.88 2.03 0.86 5.52 1.06 1.39
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