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Table 3 Percent
Average Annual Rate of Growth of Per Capita Consumption in
Selected OECD Countries and the USSR
1951-55 B 1956-60 1961-65 1966-70 1971-75 1976-79 1951-79“
Total OECD NA NA 3.7 3.7 2.8 3.] NA
Of which
Canada 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.7 5.2 2.4 2.9
United States 1.5 1.0 2.8 2.7 2.0 3.4 2.2
Japan 7.0 6.8 7.9 8.6 4.8 3.9 6.6
Australia 0.4 0.9 2.5 2.9 2.5 1.1 1.7
New Zealand NA NA 1.5 0 1.2 0.1 0.7
Finland 3.7 2.0 5.0 4.1 3.6 1.5 3.4
France 3.7 3.2 4.5 4.0 , 4.1 3.6 3.9
West Germany 8.1 5.5 4.1 4.0 2.6 3.7 4.6
Italy 3.9 4.1 5.3 6.1 1.8 2.6 4.0
Netherlands 3.4 2.3 4.9 4.9 2.3 3.3 3.5
Norway 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 1.9 2.5
Spain 4.6 1.5 7.3 4.8 4.8 1.6 4.1
Sweden 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.3 2.3 0.9 2.2
Switzerland 1.4 2. 3 3.1 3.0 1.4 2.1 2.2
Turkey 5.4 1.9 1.8 3.0 4.5 1.7 3.1
United Kingdom 3.9 2.2 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.2
USSR 3.1 3.8 2.1 4.3 2.6 1.7 3.0
= Data in column l for Japan and the United Kingdom are for 1953-
55; for Finland, France, West Germany, Italy, and the Nether-
lands—1952-55; and for Spain—1955 only. The corresponding data
in column 7 are for 1953-79, 1952-79, and 1955-79, respectively.
The value in column 7 for New Zealand is for 1961-79.
NA = not available.
Sources: See sources to table 1 for the OECD consumption data. The
USSR consumption data are from table A-9. The population data
for all countries are from World Population I 97 9, US Bureau of the
Census, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1980, and
Demographic Estimates for Countries With a Population of 10
Million or More: I 981, US Bureau of the Census, Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1981, and World Population
I 977. US Bureau of the Census, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1978.
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