John Bruton
Question:97 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the average GDP per head for Ireland and for each other OECD country in 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and to date. [18260/04]
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The GDP per head for Ireland in current and constant terms — in terms of 1995 prices — are supplied in Table 1 for the years requested. There are discontinuities in the series in 1990 and 1985 and two sets of figures have been supplied for each of those years. This arises in the case of 1990 due to the accounts being compiled according to new rules — the ESA95 system as opposed to the ESA 1970 system. However, the values of GDP under the new and old systems are supplied for 1990.
In the case of 1985, the discontinuity arises due to improved methodologies being adopted while it was not possible to revise retrospectively prior to 1985. Here again, two sets of figures using the new and old methodologies have been provided for the year 1985.
The GDP figures per capita in other OECD countries, in US dollars for the relevant years beginning with 1970, have been supplied in Table 2. These have been taken from the OECD website. OECD cannot provide the data prior to 1970. The conversion into dollars has been done using a special PPP, purchasing power parity, rate that compares the price of a representative basket of goods in each country rather than using the currency exchange rates. Similar tables in constant terms can be obtained on the OECD website.
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Ireland's GDP per capita at current and constant (1995) prices |
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Period: 1950-2003 |
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Year |
GDP per capita (€) |
GDP per capita (€) |
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Current |
1995 prices |
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2003 |
33,155 |
24,335 |
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2002 |
33,021 |
24,381 |
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2001 |
29,889 |
23,266 |
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2000 |
27,157 |
22,211 |
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1990 |
10,358 |
11,947 |
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1990 |
9,846 |
11,323 |
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1985 |
6,663 |
9,005 |
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1985 |
6,445 |
8,711 |
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1980 |
3,522 |
8,187 |
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1970 |
702 |
6,183 |
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1960 |
285 |
4,344 |
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1950 |
159 |
3,232 |
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OECD GDP per head at current prices and current PPPs (US dollars) |
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Country |
1970 |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
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Australia |
4,214.719 |
9,747.555 |
16,663.03 |
26,294.57 |
27,385.44 |
28,086.7 |
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Austria |
3,601.775 |
9,962.901 |
18,698.34 |
27,865.26 |
28,372.61 |
28,871.98 |
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Belgium |
3,667.228 |
9,809.5 |
17,931.78 |
25,916 |
27,096.28 |
27,716.49 |
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Canada |
4,223.356 |
10,830.99 |
19,100.63 |
28,366.59 |
29,290.04 |
30,302.71 |
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Czech Republic |
— |
— |
11,087.31 |
13,668.14 |
14,852.99 |
15,108.29 |
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Denmark |
4,530.475 |
10,344.42 |
18,296.06 |
28,143.9 |
29,222.95 |
29,231.2 |
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Finland |
3,373.793 |
9,154.551 |
17,990.29 |
25,358.52 |
26,390.27 |
26,494.63 |
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France |
3,769.408 |
9,647.375 |
17,717.73 |
25,292.78 |
26,552.11 |
27,216.64 |
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Germany |
3,662.261 |
9,369.552 |
17,621.32 |
24,851.36 |
25,455.81 |
25,917.24 |
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Greece |
2,558.882 |
7,175.642 |
11,072.94 |
16,074.54 |
17,020.13 |
18,436.27 |
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Hungary |
— |
— |
— |
11,878.5 |
13,042.7 |
13,891.61 |
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Iceland |
3,466.84 |
11,250.31 |
20,047.15 |
27,948.54 |
29,030.91 |
28,398.86 |
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Ireland |
22,68.574 |
6,131.31 |
12,890.97 |
28,035.07 |
29,821.87 |
32,646.13 |
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Italy |
3,444.59 |
9,189.887 |
17,368 |
24,682.09 |
25,343.02 |
25,610.05 |
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Japan |
3,200.402 |
8,627.72 |
18,632.57 |
25,887.44 |
26,551.14 |
26,852.42 |
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Korea |
706.276 |
2,396.947 |
7,416.338 |
15,185.62 |
15,915.87 |
17,016.08 |
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Luxembourg |
4,526.414 |
10,671.96 |
25,068.44 |
48,419.78 |
49,229.86 |
49,149.71 |
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Mexico |
1,569.178 |
4,256.151 |
6,288.826 |
9,110.341 |
9,148.489 |
9,214.563 |
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Netherlands |
4,121.188 |
9,929.523 |
17,808.3 |
26,982.1 |
28,711.19 |
29,008.81 |
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New Zealand |
39,67.432 |
8,308.082 |
13,982.27 |
20,412.28 |
21,229.52 |
21,783.16 |
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Norway |
3,180.164 |
9,460.887 |
17,908.39 |
35,815.83 |
36,577.71 |
35,515.75 |
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Poland |
— |
— |
6,037.929 |
10,173.57 |
10,495.82 |
10,845.51 |
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Portugal |
1,881.694 |
5,237.291 |
10,805.96 |
17,149.85 |
17,885.79 |
18,433.66 |
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Slovak Republic |
— |
— |
— |
10657.25 |
11322.87 |
12,254.56 |
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Spain |
2,627.579 |
6,647.209 |
13,013.8 |
20,316.7 |
21,346.52 |
22,405.65 |
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Sweden |
4,421.369 |
10,189.36 |
18,665.68 |
26,575.75 |
26,902.26 |
27,265.22 |
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Switzerland |
6,378.603 |
13,902.84 |
24,299.88 |
29,758.81 |
30,036.44 |
30,454.87 |
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Turkey |
968.794 |
2,268.518 |
4,526.084 |
6,729.826 |
6,045.501 |
6,407.769 |
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United Kingdom |
3,585.214 |
8,436.865 |
16,358.96 |
25,322.1 |
26,627.13 |
27,948.35 |
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United States |
5,000.268 |
12,170.33 |
23,004.76 |
34,601.67 |
35,178.81 |
36,120.66 |
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Euro area |
3,419.879 |
8,834.149 |
16,533.98 |
24,049.84 |
24,964.09 |
25,565.52 |
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EU15 |
3,486.408 |
8,824.675 |
16,581.24 |
24,364.27 |
25,328.04 |
26,027.1 |
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OECD-Europe |
3,298.811 |
8,203.736 |
15,153.63 |
21,963.58 |
22,641.69 |
23,240.09 |
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OECD total |
3,550.821 |
8,821.716 |
16,656.62 |
24,562.91 |
25,162.85 |
25,801.65 |