Table 2 Expenditure-based GDP
Year-on-year growth rates, first quarter of 1997 to third quarter of 1999

% change over same period of the preceding year

    Expenditure components of GDP
Gross
Domestic
Product
    Private
consumption
expenditure
Government
consumption
expenditure
Gross domestic fixed
capital formation

Exports
of
goods
Imports
of
goods
Exports
of
services
Imports
of
services
       

Total

of which : 
          Construction
 
Machinery
and
equipment

At Current Market Prices

Year/quarter
 

1997   10.6 9.0

19.7

14.3 11.8 4.2 5.2 0.7 5.5 11.1
1998   -4.0 3.6

-13.0

3.7 -12.3 -7.4 -11.5 -10.3 -2.1 -4.3
                       
1997 1 8.8 11.4

21.8

9.9 19.8 2.2 4.3 7.8 7.3 12.3
  2 13.0 13.1

21.2

15.4 9.5 4.2 4.8 5.3 1.9 13.9
  3 14.5 6.2

23.7

21.3 6.4 2.6 5.7 -2.1 7.7 12.3
  4 6.5 5.5

13.3

11.6 12.7 7.4 5.8 -6.9 4.8 6.7
                       
1998 1 0.8 6.9

0.2

15.2 -10.1 -1.0 -5.2 -12.9 -0.1 1.3
  2 -2.1 -3.0

-2.7

16.1 0.5 -3.1 -6.2 -15.4 0.1 -3.6
  3 -6.6 6.1

-20.9

-2.4 -15.6 -10.3 -15.5 -8.9 -5.4 -6.8
  4 -7.4 4.7

-26.6

-11.6 -24.1 -13.6 -18.2 -4.2 -2.6 -7.5
                       
1999 1 -5.1 6.5

-23.5

-7.9 -27.8 -9.0 -13.9 -3.8 -1.3 -6.4
  2 -2.4 2.1

-27.8

-15.8 -31.0 -5.9 -11.3 0.3 -1.3 -4.3
  3 -3.7 -0.8

-9.9

-7.0 -5.2 4.3 4.3 8.1 0.7 -2.2
                       

At Constant (1990) Market Prices

Year/quarter
 

1997   6.2 2.4 12.8 4.7 13.1 6.1 7.2 -0.1 4.0 5.0
1998   -6.7 0.6 -6.4 -4.6 -6.6 -4.3 -7.2 -6.6 -0.6 -5.1
 
1997  1 4.0 4.6 16.6 1.5 23.8 4.0 6.4 5.4 4.5 5.4
  2 8.2 5.6 13.3 6.4 11.3 6.2 6.9 3.0 0.2 6.4
  3 10.6 -0.1 12.0 10.7 5.6 4.4 7.1 -2.9 6.3 5.8
  4 2.4 -0.3 9.7 1.4 13.7 9.6 8.2 -5.0 4.9 2.5
 
1998 1 -2.5 2.0 -0.8 5.3 -6.3 1.4 -1.7 -10.1 1.2 -2.6
  2 -5.0 -5.4 5.4 5.9 8.5 -0.5 -1.8 -11.5 1.6 -5.1
  3 -9.9 3.6 -9.8 -10.8 -7.1 -7.0 -10.5 -4.7

-2.7

-6.9
  4 -9.0 2.4 -19.2 -17.4 -21.2 -9.6 -13.5 -0.3 -2.0 -5.6
 
1999 1 -4.4 3.9 -21.2 -10.8 -29.2 -4.8 -10.3 0.1 -1.0 -3.0
  2 1.3 3.7 -26.1 -17.2 -30.2 -2.0 -7.9 2.4 -0.3 1.1
  3 3.0 0.8 -10.8 -7.6 -9.1 8.1 6.8 10.2

0.7

4.5

Last Updated : 21 December 1999