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Appendix 4 European Economic Growth, 1950–80

Table 1 Percentage growth in industrial production in selected countries, 1950–6

Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) 100
Italy 63
France 49
Belgium 36
Britain 21

Source: David Sanders, Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: British Foreign Policy since 1945, London: Macmillan 1990, 144.

Table 2 Average annual growth of GDP in selected countries, 1950–80

1950–60 1960–70 1970–80
Belgium 2.0 4.1 3.2
France 3.5 4.6 3.0
FRG 6.6 3.5 2.4
Italy 4.9 4.6 2.1
Netherlands 3.3 4.1 2.3
Britain 2.3 2.3 2.0

Source: Sanders, op. cit., 145

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Source: Adamthwaite Anthony. Britain, France and Europe, 1945-1975: The Elusive Alliance. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. — 272 p.. 2020

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