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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2015 Sep;41(3):381–407. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00065.x

Table 3.

GDP Annual Growth Rate Averages (1913-1950)/(1950-1973)

GDP Annual Growth Rate Average
Country 1913-1950 1950-1973 Ratio
Spain 0.17 5.79 0.029
Germany 0.17 5.02 0.034
Austria 0.18 4.94 0.036
Greece 0.5 6.21 0.081
Hungary 0.45 3.6 0.125
Italy 0.85 4.95 0.172
Belgium 0.7 3.55 0.197
Portugal 1.39 5.66 0.246
France 1.12 4.05 0.277
Netherlands 1.07 3.45 0.31
Australia 0.73 2.34 0.312
UK 0.92 2.44 0.377
Finland 1.91 4.25 0.449
Denmark 1.56 3.08 0.506
Canada 1.4 2.74 0.511
USA 1.61 2.45 0.657
Norway 2.13 3.19 0.668
Switzerland 2.06 3.08 0.669
Sweden 2.12 3.07 0.691
New Zealand 1.35 1.72 0.785