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BASIC REFERENCE STATISTICS
Table X2.1. Overview of the economic context using basic variables
(reference period: calendar year 1997, 1997 current prices)
Annualised change
Ratio of gross
GDP per capita in GDP per capita
Total public average earnings Unemployment Labour force
(in equivalent over the period
expenditure of full time rates participation rates
US dollars 1990-1997
as a percentage employees of 25-64 year-olds of 25-64 year-olds
converted (1990 = 100)
of GDP (90th percentile/ (1998) 1 (1998)
using PPPs) (1997 constant
1
10th percentile)
US dollars)
ustralia 36.7 22 582 117 2.9 6.3 75.4
ustria m 23 054 117 2.8 4.1 70.5
elgium 51.7 23 242 118 m 8.0 70.1
anada 45.2 23 761 109 4.2 7.4 79.4
zech Republic 38.9 13 087 104 2.8 5.3 79.3
enmark m 25 514 127 m 4.6 81.1
inland 55.7 20 843 108 2.3 11.1 78.4
rance 54.2 21 293 104 3.1 10.7 77.2
ermany 48.6 22 049 117 2.9 9.9 75.0
reece m 13 912 129 m 7.4 64.0
ungary 30.6 9 875 100 4.2 6.7 63.7
celand 37.3 25 111 116 m 2.0 90.3
reland 35.7 21 009 154 4.1 7.1 70.6
taly 50.9 21 265 111 2.4 9.5 63.5
apan 35.7 24 616 117 3.0 3.3 78.3
orea 26.4 14 477 158 3.8 6.0 72.9
uxembourg m 34 484 124 m m m
exico m 7 697 112 m 4.7 69.7
etherlands 48.8 22 142 118 2.8 2.3 73.0
ew Zealand m 17 846 114 3.4 5.9 78.4
orway 44.2 26 876 130 m 3.1 84.4
oland 28.3 7 487 130 3.5 9.0 74.8
ortugal m 14 562 129 m 4.0 81.1
pain m 15 990 115 4.2 15.8 67.9
weden m 20 439 102 2.3 7.4 84.1
witzerland 37.6 25 902 104 2.6 3.3 83.8
urkey m 6 463 117 m 4.3 58.3
nited Kingdom 42.2 20 483 110 3.4 5.1 79.8
nited States 34.3 29 401 112 4.6 4.0 80.3
. Austria, Finland, Greece and Norway: Year of reference 1997.
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