Table 1.

Average annual percentage growth of real GDP in major advanced countries in 2009–2019 and forecasts for 2020–2021.

Nation/area	Yearly Aver.				2020a	2021a
	2009	2010–2017	2018	2019
USA	−2.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	2.0	1.7
EU-19	−4.5	1.3	1.9	1.2	1.3	1.4
Germany	−5.6	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.4
France	−2.9	1.3	1.7	1.3	1.3	1.3
Italy	−5.5	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.7
Spain	−3.6	0.7	2.4	2.0	1.6	1.6
U.K.	−4.3	2.0	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.5
Japan	−5.4	1.5	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.5
Canada	−2.9	2.3	1.9	1.5	1.8	1.8

^aForecasts. Source: IMF, 2019, IMF, 2020a, IMF, 2020b.