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Year Inflation GDP-UK £ billion nominal Population-UK million (2005) Defence-total £ billion 2019 1700 -0.11 9.583 9.100 0.19 a 1701 13.32 12.199 9.129 0.22 a 1702 -0.16 11.885 9.158 0.46 a 1703 -0.97 11.123 9.188 0.51 a 1704 2 13.242 9.217 0.54 a 1705 -1.43 12.568 9.247 0.57 a 1706 -2.13 10.643 9.276 0.70 a 1707 -2.5 11.958 9.306 0.83 a 1708 3.82 12.728 9.336 0.75 a 1709 7.55 11.027 9.366 0.83 a 1710 2.91 10.025 9.396 0.91 a 1711 -7.71 10.93 9.426 1.75 a 1712 -2.51 10.92 9.456 0.67 a 1713 2.95 10.452 9.487 0.38 a 1714 0.81 11.497 9.517 0.27 a 1715 -3.29 11.174 9.547 0.31 a 1716 0.11 11.597 9.578 0.43 a 1717 1.86 12.251 9.609 0.20 a 1718 -1 12.943 9.640 0.37 a 1719 -1.57 12.715 9.670 0.36 a 1720 3.97 13.526 9.701 0.30 a 1721 -4.43 12.998 9.733 0.22 a 1722 -2.21 13.137 9.764 0.40 a 1723 2.41 12.821 9.795 0.25 a 1724 -0.15 12.693 9.826 0.22 a 1725 2.04 13.024 9.858 0.20 a 1726 1.98 12.622 9.889 0.24 a 1727 -1.64 12.545 9.921 0.29 a 1728 6.14 12.928 9.953 0.40 a 1729 -1.81 12.21 9.985 0.31 a 1730 -6.83 12.489 10.017 0.33 a 1731 -0.8 12.291 10.049 0.32 a 1732 -2.99 13.108 10.081 0.26 a 1733 0.14 13.398 10.114 0.21 a 1734 0.36 13.35 10.146 0.43 a 1735 2.37 13.033 10.178 0.39 a 1736 -1.69 14.002 10.211 0.39 a 1737 -1.17 13.252 10.244 0.27 a 1738 -0.7 13.499 10.277 0.24 a 1739 0.67 13.409 10.310 0.32 a 1740 7.43 13.184 10.343 0.43 a 1741 1.43 13.569 10.393 1.02 a 1742 -2.3 13.881 10.444 0.77 a 1743 -1.82 13.555 10.494 0.83 a 1744 -0.77 13.365 10.545 0.88 a 1745 -2.59 13.562 10.597 0.83 a 1746 3.6 13.988 10.648 0.90 a 1747 -1.4 14.626 10.700 1.02 a 1748 1.07 14.469 10.752 1.11 a 1749 1.61 14.383 10.805 1.15 a 1750 -0.44 14.592 10.857 0.84 a 1751 0.17 14.276 10.910 0.33 a 1752 3.24 14.979 10.963 0.40 a 1753 -1.83 15.112 11.016 0.29 a 1754 -1.01 14.689 11.070 0.29 a 1755 -2.04 15.134 11.124 0.48 a 1756 4.63 14.878 11.184 0.72 a 1757 7.57 15.735 11.245 0.90 a 1758 -0.55 15.953 11.306 1.13 a 1759 -6.59 16.206 11.368 1.52 a 1760 0.6 16.677 11.430 1.81 a 1761 -2.29 17.341 11.492 2.19 a 1762 1.95 16.858 11.555 2.08 a 1763 5.37 16.803 11.617 1.55 a 1764 0.84 16.796 11.681 0.58 a 1765 0.81 16.66 11.744 0.77 a 1766 1.05 16.882 11.808 0.56 a 1767 3.19 16.998 11.872 0.43 a 1768 -3.16 17.155 11.937 0.38 a 1769 -4.12 18.124 12.002 0.40 a 1770 0.48 17.629 12.067 0.49 a 1771 5.06 17.958 12.133 0.46 a 1772 3.27 17.5 12.199 0.53 a 1773 -0.35 17.812 12.265 0.42 a 1774 1.52 17.416 12.332 0.44 a 1775 1.06 17.972 12.399 0.43 a 1776 -1.88 18.554 12.467 0.87 a 1777 2.47 19.091 12.534 1.00 a 1778 0.06 18.958 12.603 1.22 a 1779 -2.93 18.906 12.671 1.43 a 1780 -0.6 19.77 12.740 1.70 a 1781 13.08 20.333 12.809 1.73 a 1782 0.45 20.13 12.916 2.06 a 1783 -2.25 20.027 13.023 1.40 a 1784 -3.8 20.106 13.131 1.51 a 1785 0.7 19.965 13.240 1.67 a 1786 5.31 20.315 13.349 0.57 a 1787 -0.53 19.976 13.460 0.43 a 1788 -3.15 19.931 13.572 0.51 a 1789 -1.66 20.377 13.684 0.47 a 1790 2.82 21.923 13.798 0.54 a 1791 0.62 22.017 13.912 0.62 a 1792 5.82 22.902 14.134 0.56 a 1793 -0.74 22.531 14.360 0.79 a 1794 0.82 21.801 14.589 1.66 a 1795 10.92 24.169 14.822 2.39 a 1796 3.08 24.603 15.059 2.46 a 1797 1.11 24.425 15.299 3.67 a 1798 4.45 24.659 15.544 2.43 a 1799 7.99 25.307 15.792 2.17 a 1800 9.36 26.541 16.044 2.46 a 1801 5.48 26.779 16.300 2.19 a 1802 -14.52 27.092 16.508 3.23 a 1803 0.83 26.527 16.718 2.26 a 1804 6.46 26.504 16.931 1.91 a 1805 3.21 28.112 17.147 2.74 a 1806 1.48 28.004 17.365 3.14 a 1807 0.51 29.833 17.586 3.13 a 1808 2.37 28.446 17.811 3.17 a 1809 6.18 29.34 18.037 3.15 a 1810 3.74 31.231 18.267 3.28 a 1811 -3.27 30.909 18.500 3.37 a 1812 5.69 29.638 18.736 3.53 a 1813 2.09 31.247 18.975 3.80 a 1814 -2.11 30.557 19.217 4.89 a 1815 -7.66 33.818 19.462 5.14 a 1816 -5.83 32.048 19.710 4.26 a 1817 2.07 32.587 19.962 2.10 a 1818 3.94 32.556 20.217 1.30 a 1819 -4.9 32.023 20.474 1.20 a 1820 -6.72 34.623 20.736 1.36 a 1821 -5.84 35.212 21.000 1.44 a 1822 -6.72 35.891 21.291 1.54 a 1823 1.59 36.947 21.586 1.38 a 1824 1.99 38.971 21.886 1.28 a 1825 8.29 39.849 22.189 1.26 a 1826 -7.04 37.724 22.497 1.34 a 1827 -3.53 40.628 22.809 1.55 a 1828 -0.31 40.752 23.125 1.52 a 1829 -4.18 41.098 23.445 1.45 a 1830 -0.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 23.770 1.48 a 1831 -4.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.100 1.42 a 1832 -0.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.366 1.49 a 1833 -3.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.636 1.48 a 1834 2.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.908 1.29 a 1835 -0.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.183 1.28 a 1836 5.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.462 1.17 a 1837 -1.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.743 1.20 a 1838 0.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.028 1.30 a 1839 1.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.315 1.25 a 1840 -4.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.606 1.41 a 1841 -1.5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.900 1.44 a 1842 -4.29 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.959 1.56 a 1843 -3.49 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.019 1.62 a 1844 0.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.079 1.58 a 1845 1.67 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.138 1.48 a 1846 -1.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.198 1.67 a 1847 6.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.258 1.71 a 1848 -8.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.319 2.03 a 1849 -0.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.379 2.07 a 1850 -6.71 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.439 1.85 a 1851 -1.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.500 1.82 a 1852 0.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.656 1.77 a 1853 9.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.813 1.77 a 1854 5.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.971 1.87 a 1855 0.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.129 2.89 a 1856 0.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.289 5.05 a 1857 -1.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.449 3.99 a 1858 -4.74 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.611 2.69 a 1859 3.19 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.773 2.34 a 1860 0.25 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.936 2.80 a 1861 2.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.100 3.31 a 1862 0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.341 3.22 a 1863 3.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.584 2.96 a 1864 4.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.829 2.58 a 1865 -2.5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.075 2.60 a 1866 2.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.324 2.51 a 1867 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.575 2.57 a 1868 -2.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.828 2.98 a 1869 -0.04 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.083 3.26 a 1870 -0.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.341 2.36 a 1871 1.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.485 2.29 a 1872 5.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.874 2.36 a 1873 3.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.178 2.17 a 1874 -4.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.502 2.39 a 1875 -3.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.839 2.50 a 1876 -1.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.200 2.58 a 1877 -1.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.576 2.69 a 1878 -2.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.944 3.07 a 1879 -1.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.304 3.30 a 1880 -0.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.623 3.11 a 1881 -0.77 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.935 2.85 a 1882 1.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.207 3.00 a 1883 -2.52 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.450 3.33 a 1884 -1.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.724 3.17 a 1885 -1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.016 3.53 a 1886 0.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.314 4.52 a 1887 -0.18 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.599 3.66 a 1888 0.43 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.881 3.51 a 1889 2.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.179 3.15 a 1890 1.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.485 3.63 a 1891 -2.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.802 3.80 a 1892 -0.1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.134 3.78 a 1893 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.490 3.75 a 1894 0.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.859 3.76 a 1895 -1.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.221 4.04 a 1896 -0.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.599 4.40 a 1897 1.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.987 4.59 a 1898 0.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.381 4.55 a 1899 2.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.774 4.91 a 1900 4.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.155 7.37 a 1901 -1.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.538 12.89 a 1902 -1.04 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.893 13.93 a 1903 -0.25 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.247 12.08 a 1904 -1.1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.611 7.98 a 1905 0.48 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.981 7.27 a 1906 1.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.361 6.76 a 1907 1.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.738 6.34 a 1908 -0.74 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.124 6.30 a 1909 -0.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.520 6.38 a 1910 1.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.916 6.71 a 1911 0.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.190 7.18 a 1912 2.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.374 7.28 a 1913 -0.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.582 7.50 a 1914 -0.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.957 7.96 a 1915 14.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.362 39.14 a 1916 14.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.536 108.93 a 1917 24.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.781 123.31 a 1918 16.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.582 128.87 a 1919 15.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.944 101.15 a 1920 16.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.646 27.11 a 1921 -8.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.904 12.77 a 1922 -14.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.332 11.06 a 1923 -7.53 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.563 6.63 a 1924 -2.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.886 6.79 a 1925 -0.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.040 6.57 a 1926 -0.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.218 7.02 a 1927 -1.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.432 6.98 a 1928 -0.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.622 7.10 a 1929 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.731 6.81 a 1930 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.889 6.84 a 1931 -1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.074 6.87 a 1932 -2.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.335 6.79 a 1933 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.520 6.76 a 1934 -0.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.666 7.15 a 1935 0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.869 7.44 a 1936 0.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.081 8.80 a 1937 3.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.289 11.43 a 1938 2.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.494 11.78 a 1939 2.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.548 14.82 a 1940 11.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.029 32.54 a 1941 11.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.870 147.83 a 1942 7.49 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.323 174.49 a 1943 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.262 198.46 a 1944 5.01 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.460 192.53 a 1945 1.63 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.669 196.47 a 1946 2.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.988 164.78 a 1947 9.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 49.539 59.25 a 1948 6.3 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.033 29.20 a 1949 3.18 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.331 25.46 a 1950 1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.382 24.63 a 1951 8.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.287 41.23 a 1952 7.1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.429 47.24 a 1953 1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.593 48.80 a 1954 1.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.765 46.76 a 1955 4.92 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.946 42.34 a 1956 7.04 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.184 41.39 a 1957 4.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.430 38.01 a 1958 3.71 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.653 36.52 a 1959 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.956 36.31 a 1960 1.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.373 36.78 a 1961 3.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.807 37.50 a 1962 3.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.292 40.26 a 1963 1.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.625 40.86 a 1964 3.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.991 42.05 a 1965 6.06 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.350 42.04 a 1966 5.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.643 41.70 a 1967 3.05 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.959 43.98 a 1968 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.214 42.48 a 1969 6.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.461 37.88 a 1970 9.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.632 37.03 a 1971 8.57 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.928 38.89 a 1972 7.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.097 39.48 a 1973 9.37 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.223 42.86 a 1974 15.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.236 42.64 a 1975 25.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.226 41.58 a 1976 16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.216 44.85 a 1977 14.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.190 44.33 a 1978 12.32 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.178 46.19 a 1979 14.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.240 47.91 a 1980 19.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.330 47.54 a 1981 12.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.358 45.69 a 1982 8.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.291 48.56 a 1983 5.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.316 44.56 a 1984 5.33 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.409 45.48 a 1985 5.62 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.554 47.37 a 1986 4.62 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.684 47.72 a 1987 5.69 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.804 45.95 a 1988 6.25 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.916 44.44 a 1989 8.03 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.077 42.40 a 1990 8.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.238 42.52 a 1991 6.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.439 41.76 a 1992 3.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.585 43.14 a 1993 2.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.714 42.52 a 1994 1.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.862 41.49 a 1995 2.5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.025 39.83 a 1996 4.22 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.164 36.87 a 1997 -0.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.314 37.53 a 1998 1.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.475 36.08 a 1999 0.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.684 39.22 a 2000 1.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.886 40.00 a 2001 1.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.113 42.54 a 2002 2.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.366 39.53 a 2003 2.45 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.637 40.90 a 2004 2.59 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.950 43.06 a 2005 2.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.413 43.23 a 2006 2.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.827 44.33 a 2007 2.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.319 44.87 a 2008 3.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.824 45.56 a 2009 -11.63 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 62.261 54.42 a 2010 1.32 2040.9 62.760 55.74 a 2011 1.94 2091.8 63.285 57.78 a Legend: a - actual outturn Data Sources for 1700: GDP: data from measuringworth.com (but now unsupported) Spending: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Historical-Statistics-B-Mitchell/dp/1107402441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366835878&sr=8-1 B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics Debt: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Historical-Statistics-B-Mitchell/dp/1107402441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366835878&sr=8-1 B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics Data Sources for 2011: GDP: obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2018/ OBR EFO supp. economy tables Spending: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury/series/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-pesa HM Treasury PESA Debt: obr.uk/data/ OBR Public Finances Databank

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Below is a formatted version of the dataset displayed in the chart. Included is a column of nominal or chained GDP for each year charted.

Defence
Fiscal Years 1700 to 2011
Year	Inflation	GDP-UK £ billion 2019	Population-UK million (2005)	Defence -total £ billion 2019
1700	-0.11	9.583	9.100	0.19	a
1701	13.32	MW gdp	9.129	0.22	a
1702	-0.16	MW gdp	9.158	0.46	a
1703	-0.97	MW gdp	9.188	0.51	a
1704	2	MW gdp	9.217	0.54	a
1705	-1.43	MW gdp	9.247	0.57	a
1706	-2.13	MW gdp	9.276	0.70	a
1707	-2.5	MW gdp	9.306	0.83	a
1708	3.82	MW gdp	9.336	0.75	a
1709	7.55	MW gdp	9.366	0.83	a
1710	2.91	MW gdp	9.396	0.91	a
1711	-7.71	MW gdp	9.426	1.75	a
1712	-2.51	MW gdp	9.456	0.67	a
1713	2.95	MW gdp	9.487	0.38	a
1714	0.81	MW gdp	9.517	0.27	a
1715	-3.29	MW gdp	9.547	0.31	a
1716	0.11	MW gdp	9.578	0.43	a
1717	1.86	MW gdp	9.609	0.20	a
1718	-1	MW gdp	9.640	0.37	a
1719	-1.57	MW gdp	9.670	0.36	a
1720	3.97	MW gdp	9.701	0.30	a
1721	-4.43	MW gdp	9.733	0.22	a
1722	-2.21	MW gdp	9.764	0.40	a
1723	2.41	MW gdp	9.795	0.25	a
1724	-0.15	MW gdp	9.826	0.22	a
1725	2.04	MW gdp	9.858	0.20	a
1726	1.98	MW gdp	9.889	0.24	a
1727	-1.64	MW gdp	9.921	0.29	a
1728	6.14	MW gdp	9.953	0.40	a
1729	-1.81	MW gdp	9.985	0.31	a
1730	-6.83	MW gdp	10.017	0.33	a
1731	-0.8	MW gdp	10.049	0.32	a
1732	-2.99	MW gdp	10.081	0.26	a
1733	0.14	MW gdp	10.114	0.21	a
1734	0.36	MW gdp	10.146	0.43	a
1735	2.37	MW gdp	10.178	0.39	a
1736	-1.69	MW gdp	10.211	0.39	a
1737	-1.17	MW gdp	10.244	0.27	a
1738	-0.7	MW gdp	10.277	0.24	a
1739	0.67	MW gdp	10.310	0.32	a
1740	7.43	MW gdp	10.343	0.43	a
1741	1.43	MW gdp	10.393	1.02	a
1742	-2.3	MW gdp	10.444	0.77	a
1743	-1.82	MW gdp	10.494	0.83	a
1744	-0.77	MW gdp	10.545	0.88	a
1745	-2.59	MW gdp	10.597	0.83	a
1746	3.6	MW gdp	10.648	0.90	a
1747	-1.4	MW gdp	10.700	1.02	a
1748	1.07	MW gdp	10.752	1.11	a
1749	1.61	MW gdp	10.805	1.15	a
1750	-0.44	MW gdp	10.857	0.84	a
1751	0.17	MW gdp	10.910	0.33	a
1752	3.24	MW gdp	10.963	0.40	a
1753	-1.83	MW gdp	11.016	0.29	a
1754	-1.01	MW gdp	11.070	0.29	a
1755	-2.04	MW gdp	11.124	0.48	a
1756	4.63	MW gdp	11.184	0.72	a
1757	7.57	MW gdp	11.245	0.90	a
1758	-0.55	MW gdp	11.306	1.13	a
1759	-6.59	MW gdp	11.368	1.52	a
1760	0.6	MW gdp	11.430	1.81	a
1761	-2.29	MW gdp	11.492	2.19	a
1762	1.95	MW gdp	11.555	2.08	a
1763	5.37	MW gdp	11.617	1.55	a
1764	0.84	MW gdp	11.681	0.58	a
1765	0.81	MW gdp	11.744	0.77	a
1766	1.05	MW gdp	11.808	0.56	a
1767	3.19	MW gdp	11.872	0.43	a
1768	-3.16	MW gdp	11.937	0.38	a
1769	-4.12	MW gdp	12.002	0.40	a
1770	0.48	MW gdp	12.067	0.49	a
1771	5.06	MW gdp	12.133	0.46	a
1772	3.27	MW gdp	12.199	0.53	a
1773	-0.35	MW gdp	12.265	0.42	a
1774	1.52	MW gdp	12.332	0.44	a
1775	1.06	MW gdp	12.399	0.43	a
1776	-1.88	MW gdp	12.467	0.87	a
1777	2.47	MW gdp	12.534	1.00	a
1778	0.06	MW gdp	12.603	1.22	a
1779	-2.93	MW gdp	12.671	1.43	a
1780	-0.6	MW gdp	12.740	1.70	a
1781	13.08	MW gdp	12.809	1.73	a
1782	0.45	MW gdp	12.916	2.06	a
1783	-2.25	MW gdp	13.023	1.40	a
1784	-3.8	MW gdp	13.131	1.51	a
1785	0.7	MW gdp	13.240	1.67	a
1786	5.31	MW gdp	13.349	0.57	a
1787	-0.53	MW gdp	13.460	0.43	a
1788	-3.15	MW gdp	13.572	0.51	a
1789	-1.66	MW gdp	13.684	0.47	a
1790	2.82	MW gdp	13.798	0.54	a
1791	0.62	MW gdp	13.912	0.62	a
1792	5.82	MW gdp	14.134	0.56	a
1793	-0.74	MW gdp	14.360	0.79	a
1794	0.82	MW gdp	14.589	1.66	a
1795	10.92	MW gdp	14.822	2.39	a
1796	3.08	MW gdp	15.059	2.46	a
1797	1.11	MW gdp	15.299	3.67	a
1798	4.45	MW gdp	15.544	2.43	a
1799	7.99	MW gdp	15.792	2.17	a
1800	9.36	MW gdp	16.044	2.46	a
1801	5.48	MW gdp	16.300	2.19	a
1802	-14.52	MW gdp	16.508	3.23	a
1803	0.83	MW gdp	16.718	2.26	a
1804	6.46	MW gdp	16.931	1.91	a
1805	3.21	MW gdp	17.147	2.74	a
1806	1.48	MW gdp	17.365	3.14	a
1807	0.51	MW gdp	17.586	3.13	a
1808	2.37	MW gdp	17.811	3.17	a
1809	6.18	MW gdp	18.037	3.15	a
1810	3.74	MW gdp	18.267	3.28	a
1811	-3.27	MW gdp	18.500	3.37	a
1812	5.69	MW gdp	18.736	3.53	a
1813	2.09	MW gdp	18.975	3.80	a
1814	-2.11	MW gdp	19.217	4.89	a
1815	-7.66	MW gdp	19.462	5.14	a
1816	-5.83	MW gdp	19.710	4.26	a
1817	2.07	MW gdp	19.962	2.10	a
1818	3.94	MW gdp	20.217	1.30	a
1819	-4.9	MW gdp	20.474	1.20	a
1820	-6.72	MW gdp	20.736	1.36	a
1821	-5.84	MW gdp	21.000	1.44	a
1822	-6.72	MW gdp	21.291	1.54	a
1823	1.59	MW gdp	21.586	1.38	a
1824	1.99	MW gdp	21.886	1.28	a
1825	8.29	MW gdp	22.189	1.26	a
1826	-7.04	MW gdp	22.497	1.34	a
1827	-3.53	MW gdp	22.809	1.55	a
1828	-0.31	MW gdp	23.125	1.52	a
1829	-4.18	MW gdp	23.445	1.45	a
1830	-0.8	MW gdp	23.770	1.48	a
1831	-4.61	MW gdp	24.100	1.42	a
1832	-0.75	MW gdp	24.366	1.49	a
1833	-3.15	MW gdp	24.636	1.48	a
1834	2.75	MW gdp	24.908	1.29	a
1835	-0.41	MW gdp	25.183	1.28	a
1836	5.79	MW gdp	25.462	1.17	a
1837	-1.8	MW gdp	25.743	1.20	a
1838	0.41	MW gdp	26.028	1.30	a
1839	1.89	MW gdp	26.315	1.25	a
1840	-4.16	MW gdp	26.606	1.41	a
1841	-1.5	MW gdp	26.900	1.44	a
1842	-4.29	MW gdp	26.959	1.56	a
1843	-3.49	MW gdp	27.019	1.62	a
1844	0.9	MW gdp	27.079	1.58	a
1845	1.67	MW gdp	27.138	1.48	a
1846	-1.07	MW gdp	27.198	1.67	a
1847	6.38	MW gdp	27.258	1.71	a
1848	-8.44	MW gdp	27.319	2.03	a
1849	-0.56	MW gdp	27.379	2.07	a
1850	-6.71	MW gdp	27.439	1.85	a
1851	-1.4	MW gdp	27.500	1.82	a
1852	0.56	MW gdp	27.656	1.77	a
1853	9.46	MW gdp	27.813	1.77	a
1854	5.4	MW gdp	27.971	1.87	a
1855	0.78	MW gdp	28.129	2.89	a
1856	0.34	MW gdp	28.289	5.05	a
1857	-1.46	MW gdp	28.449	3.99	a
1858	-4.74	MW gdp	28.611	2.69	a
1859	3.19	MW gdp	28.773	2.34	a
1860	0.25	MW gdp	28.936	2.80	a
1861	2.47	MW gdp	29.100	3.31	a
1862	0.79	MW gdp	29.341	3.22	a
1863	3.65	MW gdp	29.584	2.96	a
1864	4.11	MW gdp	29.829	2.58	a
1865	-2.5	MW gdp	30.075	2.60	a
1866	2.15	MW gdp	30.324	2.51	a
1867	-1.39	MW gdp	30.575	2.57	a
1868	-2.82	MW gdp	30.828	2.98	a
1869	-0.04	MW gdp	31.083	3.26	a
1870	-0.81	MW gdp	31.341	2.36	a
1871	1.76	MW gdp	31.485	2.29	a
1872	5.13	MW gdp	31.874	2.36	a
1873	3.61	MW gdp	32.178	2.17	a
1874	-4.39	MW gdp	32.502	2.39	a
1875	-3.39	MW gdp	32.839	2.50	a
1876	-1.89	MW gdp	33.200	2.58	a
1877	-1.97	MW gdp	33.576	2.69	a
1878	-2.16	MW gdp	33.944	3.07	a
1879	-1.97	MW gdp	34.304	3.30	a
1880	-0.08	MW gdp	34.623	3.11	a
1881	-0.77	MW gdp	34.935	2.85	a
1882	1.26	MW gdp	35.207	3.00	a
1883	-2.52	MW gdp	35.450	3.33	a
1884	-1.84	MW gdp	35.724	3.17	a
1885	-1.34	MW gdp	36.016	3.53	a
1886	0.26	MW gdp	36.314	4.52	a
1887	-0.18	MW gdp	36.599	3.66	a
1888	0.43	MW gdp	36.881	3.51	a
1889	2.09	MW gdp	37.179	3.15	a
1890	1.46	MW gdp	37.485	3.63	a
1891	-2.6	MW gdp	37.802	3.80	a
1892	-0.1	MW gdp	38.134	3.78	a
1893	0.76	MW gdp	38.490	3.75	a
1894	0.58	MW gdp	38.859	3.76	a
1895	-1.09	MW gdp	39.221	4.04	a
1896	-0.94	MW gdp	39.599	4.40	a
1897	1.24	MW gdp	39.987	4.59	a
1898	0.82	MW gdp	40.381	4.55	a
1899	2.36	MW gdp	40.774	4.91	a
1900	4.09	MW gdp	41.155	7.37	a
1901	-1.38	MW gdp	41.538	12.89	a
1902	-1.04	MW gdp	41.893	13.93	a
1903	-0.25	MW gdp	42.247	12.08	a
1904	-1.1	MW gdp	42.611	7.98	a
1905	0.48	MW gdp	42.981	7.27	a
1906	1.4	MW gdp	43.361	6.76	a
1907	1.58	MW gdp	43.738	6.34	a
1908	-0.74	MW gdp	44.124	6.30	a
1909	-0.35	MW gdp	44.520	6.38	a
1910	1.44	MW gdp	44.916	6.71	a
1911	0.58	MW gdp	42.190	7.18	a
1912	2.61	MW gdp	42.374	7.28	a
1913	-0.17	MW gdp	42.582	7.50	a
1914	-0.8	MW gdp	42.957	7.96	a
1915	14.36	MW gdp	41.362	39.14	a
1916	14.76	MW gdp	40.536	108.93	a
1917	24.35	MW gdp	39.781	123.31	a
1918	16.79	MW gdp	39.582	128.87	a
1919	15.24	MW gdp	42.944	101.15	a
1920	16.64	MW gdp	43.646	27.11	a
1921	-8.17	MW gdp	43.904	12.77	a
1922	-14.46	MW gdp	44.332	11.06	a
1923	-7.53	MW gdp	44.563	6.63	a
1924	-2.09	MW gdp	44.886	6.79	a
1925	-0.26	MW gdp	45.040	6.57	a
1926	-0.42	MW gdp	45.218	7.02	a
1927	-1.94	MW gdp	45.432	6.98	a
1928	-0.89	MW gdp	45.622	7.10	a
1929	-0.84	MW gdp	45.731	6.81	a
1930	-0.84	MW gdp	45.889	6.84	a
1931	-1.83	MW gdp	46.074	6.87	a
1932	-2.24	MW gdp	46.335	6.79	a
1933	-1.39	MW gdp	46.520	6.76	a
1934	-0.87	MW gdp	46.666	7.15	a
1935	0.79	MW gdp	46.869	7.44	a
1936	0.89	MW gdp	47.081	8.80	a
1937	3.46	MW gdp	47.289	11.43	a
1938	2.36	MW gdp	47.494	11.78	a
1939	2.88	MW gdp	47.548	14.82	a
1940	11.13	MW gdp	46.029	32.54	a
1941	11.47	MW gdp	44.870	147.83	a
1942	7.49	MW gdp	44.323	174.49	a
1943	4.44	MW gdp	48.262	198.46	a
1944	5.01	MW gdp	48.460	192.53	a
1945	1.63	MW gdp	48.669	196.47	a
1946	2.81	MW gdp	48.988	164.78	a
1947	9.08	MW gdp	49.539	59.25	a
1948	6.3	MW gdp	50.033	29.20	a
1949	3.18	MW gdp	50.331	25.46	a
1950	1.34	MW gdp	50.382	24.63	a
1951	8.55	MW gdp	50.287	41.23	a
1952	7.1	MW gdp	50.429	47.24	a
1953	1.83	MW gdp	50.593	48.80	a
1954	1.13	MW gdp	50.765	46.76	a
1955	4.92	MW gdp	50.946	42.34	a
1956	7.04	MW gdp	51.184	41.39	a
1957	4.08	MW gdp	51.430	38.01	a
1958	3.71	MW gdp	51.653	36.52	a
1959	0.76	MW gdp	51.956	36.31	a
1960	1.11	MW gdp	52.373	36.78	a
1961	3.88	MW gdp	52.807	37.50	a
1962	3.65	MW gdp	53.292	40.26	a
1963	1.55	MW gdp	53.625	40.86	a
1964	3.79	MW gdp	53.991	42.05	a
1965	6.06	MW gdp	54.350	42.04	a
1966	5.42	MW gdp	54.643	41.70	a
1967	3.05	MW gdp	54.959	43.98	a
1968	4.44	MW gdp	55.214	42.48	a
1969	6.76	MW gdp	55.461	37.88	a
1970	9.9	MW gdp	55.632	37.03	a
1971	8.57	MW gdp	55.928	38.89	a
1972	7.9	MW gdp	56.097	39.48	a
1973	9.37	MW gdp	56.223	42.86	a
1974	15.8	MW gdp	56.236	42.64	a
1975	25.7	MW gdp	56.226	41.58	a
1976	16	MW gdp	56.216	44.85	a
1977	14.17	MW gdp	56.190	44.33	a
1978	12.32	MW gdp	56.178	46.19	a
1979	14.97	MW gdp	56.240	47.91	a
1980	19.7	MW gdp	56.330	47.54	a
1981	12.31	MW gdp	56.358	45.69	a
1982	8.16	MW gdp	56.291	48.56	a
1983	5.78	MW gdp	56.316	44.56	a
1984	5.33	MW gdp	56.409	45.48	a
1985	5.62	MW gdp	56.554	47.37	a
1986	4.62	MW gdp	56.684	47.72	a
1987	5.69	MW gdp	56.804	45.95	a
1988	6.25	MW gdp	56.916	44.44	a
1989	8.03	MW gdp	57.077	42.40	a
1990	8.12	MW gdp	57.238	42.52	a
1991	6.56	MW gdp	57.439	41.76	a
1992	3.16	MW gdp	57.585	43.14	a
1993	2.79	MW gdp	57.714	42.52	a
1994	1.4	MW gdp	57.862	41.49	a
1995	2.5	MW gdp	58.025	39.83	a
1996	4.22	MW gdp	58.164	36.87	a
1997	-0.07	MW gdp	58.314	37.53	a
1998	1.07	MW gdp	58.475	36.08	a
1999	0.97	MW gdp	58.684	39.22	a
2000	1.89	MW gdp	58.886	40.00	a
2001	1.15	MW gdp	59.113	42.54	a
2002	2.15	MW gdp	59.366	39.53	a
2003	2.45	MW gdp	59.637	40.90	a
2004	2.59	MW gdp	59.950	43.06	a
2005	2.78	MW gdp	60.413	43.23	a
2006	2.88	MW gdp	60.827	44.33	a
2007	2.76	MW gdp	61.319	44.87	a
2008	3.07	MW gdp	61.824	45.56	a
2009	-11.63	2101.4	62.261	54.42	a
2010	1.32	2040.9	62.760	55.74	a
2011	1.94	2091.8	63.285	57.78	a
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