% change from preceding year

United States 4.2 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.8

Japan 3.3 1.7 1.3 0.7 -0.6

Germany{2} 3.5 4.0 4.1 3.0 1.8

France 3.2 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.8

United Kingdom 5.9 3.7 1.6 2.5 3.2

Canada 5.6 1.5 1.8 0.2 2.4

Italy 6.5 5.3 4.2 3.9 6.0

Austria 3.3 4.0 3.6 3.0 1.9

Belgium 3.2 2.4 2.8 2.4 1.5

Denmark 2.4 2.1 1.3 2.0 1.9

Finland 4.3 2.9 2.2 1.1 1.0

Greece 19.5 15.9 14.4 10.9 8.5

Iceland 6.8 4.0 4.0 1.6 1.3

Ireland 3.2 3.1 1.4 2.3 2.7

Luxembourg 3.1 3.2 3.6 2.2 2.3

Netherlands, The 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.8 1.3

Norway 3.4 2.3 2.3 1.4 2.7

Portugal 11.4 8.9 6.5 5.2 4.0

Spain 5.9 5.9 4.6 4.7 4.3

Sweden 9.3 2.3 4.6 2.2 2.7

Switzerland 5.8 4.0 3.3 0.8 2.0

Turkey 66.0 70.1 66.1 106.3 88.5

Australia 3.2 1.0 1.8 1.9 5.0

New Zealand 2.6 1.0 1.3 1.8 4.6

OECD Total 6.1 4.8 4.2 4.3 4.5

{1}Twelve-month rate of change in October 1995. {2}Western Germany only.

Sources: OECD, The Economist.