asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details of regional incomes differentials, by province or other appropriate area, in the years 1958 and 1968 in each of the following countries: member states of the EEC, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway and Ireland.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Income Differentials.
81.
Details of regional income differentials for the two years requested by the Deputy are not available in my Department. However, I propose, with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to circulate with the Official Report a tabular statement setting out such information on regional incomes as is available for years as close as possible to 1958 and 1968. No information is readily available for the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark.
Following is the statement:
Regional income differentials
(a) Germany
Net domestic product (DM) per head at factor cost.
|
Region |
1958 |
1965 |
|
(i) North: |
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Schleswig-Holstein |
2,947 |
4,915 |
|
Niedersachsen |
3,059 |
5,156 |
|
Hamburg |
5,669 |
9,365 |
|
Bremen |
5,013 |
7,407 |
|
(ii) West: |
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Nordrhein-Westfalen |
3,865 |
6,030 |
|
(iii) Midlands |
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Hessen |
3,496 |
6,123 |
|
Rheinland-Pfalz |
2,708 |
4,624 |
|
Saar |
— |
5,183 |
|
(iv) South: |
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Baden-Wurttemberg |
3,662 |
6,194 |
|
Bayern |
3,094 |
5,417 |
|
(v) Berlin (West) |
— |
5,860 |
(b) Italy
Net domestic product per head (1,000 lires) at factor cost
|
Region |
1955 |
1966 |
|
(i) North-west: |
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Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta-Liguria |
346.8 |
771.4 |
|
Lombardia |
358.9 |
794.2 |
|
(ii) North-east: |
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Trentino-Alto-Adige- |
235.0 |
571.2 |
|
Veneto-Friuli-VeneziaEmilia Giulia-Romagna |
267.8 |
683.5 |
|
(iii) Midlands: |
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Marche-Toscana-Umbria |
222.0 |
552.0 |
|
Lazio |
288.8 |
608.4 |
|
(iv) South: |
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Abruzzi-Molise |
151.1 |
384.7 |
|
Puglia-Basilicate Calabria |
136.6 |
368.7 |
|
Campania |
159.8 |
402.8 |
|
Sicilia |
153.7 |
383.9 |
|
Sardegna |
182.6 |
414.7 |
(c) Netherlands
Average income (FL) per head
|
Region |
1958 |
1963 |
|
North |
1,814 |
2,618 |
|
East |
1,904 |
2,772 |
|
West |
2,392 |
3,360 |
|
South |
1,863 |
2,720 |
(d) Belgium
Gross domestic product per head (1,000 Belgian Francs) at factor cost.
|
Region |
1958 |
1966 |
|
Flemish region |
45.2 |
76.7 |
|
Wallocn region |
50.8 |
75.4 |
|
Brussels region |
75.2 |
121.2 |
(e) Luxembourg
Net national product per head (1,000 Luxembourg Francs) at factor cost.
|
1955 |
1965 |
|
|
Luxembourg |
48.0 |
77.0 |
(f) France
Gross domestic product (Francs) per head
|
Region |
1962 |
|
Paris Region |
7,973 |
|
Paris Basin |
6,075 |
|
North |
5,521 |
|
East |
6,222 |
|
West |
4,751 |
|
Massif Central |
4,904 |
|
South West |
5,038 |
|
South East |
5,967 |
|
Mediterranean |
5,648 |
(g) Ireland
|
Personal income (£) per head. |
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|
Province |
1960 |
1965 |
|
Leinster |
225 |
327 |
|
Munster |
193 |
283 |
|
Connaught |
155 |
222 |
|
Ulster (Part) |
154 |
224 |
Source: figures for the member States have been taken from the Memorandum on Regional Policy in the Community (Commission of the European Communities October, 1969); those for Ireland have been taken from Personal Incomes by County 1965 (E.S.R.I. Paper No. 49).