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Year Inflation GDP-UK £2019 per capita Population-UK million Total Spending-total £2019 per capita 1692 0.2 1154 9.100 75.65 a 1693 0.27 1184 9.100 98.87 a 1694 0.19 1216 9.100 99.15 a 1695 0.26 1248 9.100 109.81 a 1696 0.18 1281 9.100 140.96 a 1697 0.24 1315 9.100 139.18 a 1698 0.15 1350 9.100 72.46 a 1699 0.21 1386 9.100 82.19 a 1700 0.25 1423 9.100 55.95 a 1701 -5.29 1545 9.129 63.03 a 1702 -0.15 1501 9.158 91.58 a 1703 -0.9 1400 9.188 97.75 a 1704 2.1 1662 9.217 99.60 a 1705 -1.75 1572 9.247 107.48 a 1706 -2.37 1327 9.276 125.60 a 1707 -1.74 1486 9.306 166.22 a 1708 3.53 1577 9.336 141.94 a 1709 7.9 1362 9.366 153.42 a 1710 2.94 1234 9.396 158.04 a 1711 -7.86 1341 9.426 263.11 a 1712 -2.37 1336 9.456 139.49 a 1713 2.56 1274 9.487 109.55 a 1714 1.35 1397 9.517 104.87 a 1715 -3.98 1354 9.547 109.76 a 1716 0.38 1400 9.578 123.86 a 1717 1.48 1475 9.609 101.26 a 1718 -0.63 1553 9.640 109.63 a 1719 -1.79 1521 9.670 107.77 a 1720 3.64 1612 9.701 101.34 a 1721 -4.06 1545 9.733 103.20 a 1722 -2.09 1556 9.764 124.81 a 1723 2.29 1514 9.795 98.79 a 1724 -0.04 1494 9.826 94.47 a 1725 1.93 1528 9.858 93.75 a 1726 2.2 1476 9.889 91.83 a 1727 -1.3 1462 9.921 98.05 a 1728 5.87 1502 9.953 102.63 a 1729 -2.01 1414 9.985 91.78 a 1730 -6.61 1442 10.017 95.46 a 1731 -0.91 1415 10.049 92.13 a 1732 -3.72 1504 10.081 88.51 a 1733 0.86 1532 10.114 80.83 a 1734 0.36 1522 10.146 111.11 a 1735 1.91 1481 10.178 99.96 a 1736 -0.75 1586 10.211 99.27 a 1737 -1.34 1496 10.244 88.94 a 1738 -1.53 1519 10.277 82.81 a 1739 0.67 1504 10.310 90.50 a 1740 7.8 1474 10.343 98.82 a 1741 1.33 1510 10.393 118.06 a 1742 -2.4 1537 10.444 137.02 a 1743 -1.1 1494 10.494 145.18 a 1744 -0.77 1466 10.545 152.39 a 1745 -2.57 1480 10.597 147.69 a 1746 2.79 1519 10.648 157.29 a 1747 -1.49 1581 10.700 185.50 a 1748 1.89 1556 10.752 174.14 a 1749 1.1 1540 10.805 195.28 a 1750 -0.44 1554 10.857 111.79 a 1751 0.46 1513 10.910 99.02 a 1752 2.82 1580 10.963 105.10 a 1753 -1.74 1587 11.016 90.02 a 1754 -0.82 1535 11.070 45.99 a 1755 -1.84 1573 11.124 109.50 a 1756 4.72 1538 11.184 139.97 a 1757 7.24 1618 11.245 152.37 a 1758 -0.8 1632 11.306 179.81 a 1759 -6.76 1649 11.368 223.25 a 1760 0.53 1687 11.430 258.40 a 1761 -2.19 1745 11.492 308.06 a 1762 1.95 1687 11.555 285.12 a 1763 5.39 1673 11.617 237.93 a 1764 1 1663 11.681 141.26 a 1765 1.05 1641 11.744 156.34 a 1766 1.04 1654 11.808 132.10 a 1767 3.19 1656 11.872 119.01 a 1768 -3.38 1662 11.937 116.22 a 1769 -3.97 1747 12.002 125.66 a 1770 0.7 1690 12.067 136.47 a 1771 4.58 1712 12.133 124.73 a 1772 3.13 1659 12.199 127.55 a 1773 0.08 1680 12.265 117.92 a 1774 1.73 1633 12.332 110.50 a 1775 0.7 1676 12.399 118.28 a 1776 -2.02 1721 12.467 162.58 a 1777 2.83 1761 12.534 170.98 a 1778 0.12 1740 12.603 199.69 a 1779 -2.99 1726 12.671 224.99 a 1780 -0.4 1795 12.740 257.57 a 1781 12.51 1836 12.809 260.68 a 1782 0.45 1803 12.916 291.58 a 1783 -1.97 1779 13.023 237.30 a 1784 -3.86 1771 13.131 252.46 a 1785 0.34 1744 13.240 265.78 a 1786 5.8 1760 13.349 163.93 a 1787 -0.53 1716 13.460 149.02 a 1788 -3.25 1698 13.572 161.16 a 1789 -1.54 1722 13.684 159.20 a 1790 2.68 1838 13.798 161.55 a 1791 0.51 1830 13.912 170.79 a 1792 6.09 1874 14.134 149.55 a 1793 -1.01 1815 14.360 172.16 a 1794 0.96 1728 14.589 245.51 a 1795 11.01 1886 14.822 298.62 a 1796 2.96 1890 15.059 310.31 a 1797 0.96 1846 15.299 411.61 a 1798 4.34 1835 15.544 319.52 a 1799 7.4 1853 15.792 293.36 a 1800 8.54 1913 16.044 278.83 a 1801 7.13 1900 16.300 263.93 a 1802 -14.54 1898 16.508 390.96 a 1803 0.73 1835 16.718 320.58 a 1804 6.46 1810 16.931 287.55 a 1805 3.17 1896 17.147 326.68 a 1806 1.73 1865 17.365 360.50 a 1807 0.43 1962 17.586 361.99 a 1808 2.3 1847 17.811 350.95 a 1809 6.19 1881 18.037 347.89 a 1810 3.73 1977 18.267 346.78 a 1811 -3.3 1932 18.500 354.65 a 1812 5.82 1830 18.736 353.20 a 1813 2.14 1905 18.975 371.19 a 1814 -2.29 1839 19.217 440.25 a 1815 -7.47 2010 19.462 473.28 a 1816 -5.88 1880 19.710 439.12 a 1817 2.1 1888 19.962 304.42 a 1818 4.01 1862 20.217 237.92 a 1819 -5 1809 20.474 242.87 a 1820 -6.67 1931 20.736 255.15 a 1821 -5.91 1939 21.000 271.66 a 1822 -6.65 1950 21.291 276.83 a 1823 1.57 1979 21.586 269.43 a 1824 2.06 2059 21.886 250.50 a 1825 8.23 2077 22.189 233.73 a 1826 -6.97 1939 22.497 242.59 a 1827 -3.67 2060 22.809 256.88 a 1828 -0.35 2038 23.125 253.35 a 1829 -4.1 2027 23.445 249.28 a 1830 -0.71 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 23.770 248.48 a 1831 -4.66 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.100 248.08 a 1832 -0.77 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.366 245.36 a 1833 -3.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.636 246.05 a 1834 2.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.908 228.92 a 1835 -0.3 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.183 227.52 a 1836 5.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.462 284.19 a 1837 -1.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.743 237.14 a 1838 0.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.028 221.16 a 1839 1.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.315 217.09 a 1840 -4.21 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.606 231.49 a 1841 -1.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.900 231.54 a 1842 -4.32 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.959 246.57 a 1843 -3.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.019 258.07 a 1844 0.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.079 257.15 a 1845 1.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.138 249.70 a 1846 -0.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.198 246.46 a 1847 6.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.258 238.56 a 1848 -8.45 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.319 276.53 a 1849 -0.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.379 276.98 a 1850 -6.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.439 278.58 a 1851 -1.53 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.500 278.02 a 1852 0.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.656 271.07 a 1853 9.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.813 253.04 a 1854 5.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.971 241.27 a 1855 0.67 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.129 295.10 a 1856 0.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.289 393.90 a 1857 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.449 324.66 a 1858 -4.73 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.611 303.73 a 1859 3.14 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.773 278.57 a 1860 0.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.936 297.03 a 1861 2.51 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.100 301.93 a 1862 0.85 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.341 294.47 a 1863 3.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.584 274.60 a 1864 4.14 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.829 252.35 a 1865 -2.52 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.075 253.84 a 1866 2.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.324 244.41 a 1867 -1.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.575 248.30 a 1868 -2.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.828 395.72 a 1869 -0.06 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.083 401.11 a 1870 -0.85 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.341 364.17 a 1871 1.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.485 368.66 a 1872 5.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.874 358.18 a 1873 3.68 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.178 343.64 a 1874 -4.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.502 387.50 a 1875 -3.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.839 406.52 a 1876 -1.92 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.200 425.35 a 1877 -1.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.576 450.90 a 1878 -2.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.944 473.41 a 1879 -1.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.304 500.27 a 1880 -0.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.623 485.33 a 1881 -0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.935 490.37 a 1882 1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.207 500.34 a 1883 -2.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.450 514.12 a 1884 -1.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.724 511.87 a 1885 -1.27 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.016 532.16 a 1886 0.22 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.314 539.16 a 1887 -0.22 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.599 527.77 a 1888 0.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.881 514.23 a 1889 2.06 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.179 496.73 a 1890 1.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.485 503.80 a 1891 -2.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.802 530.30 a 1892 -0.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.134 555.13 a 1893 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.490 586.04 a 1894 0.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.859 606.74 a 1895 -1.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.221 624.11 a 1896 -0.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.599 645.40 a 1897 1.28 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.987 658.82 a 1898 0.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.381 677.62 a 1899 2.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.774 699.31 a 1900 4.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.155 769.49 a 1901 -1.43 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.538 952.11 a 1902 -1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.893 1021.13 a 1903 -0.28 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.247 1005.93 a 1904 -1.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.611 899.28 a 1905 0.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.981 997.45 a 1906 1.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.361 866.43 a 1907 1.54 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.738 836.67 a 1908 -0.72 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.124 814.39 a 1909 -0.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.520 823.58 a 1910 1.43 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.916 909.09 a 1911 0.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.190 939.67 a 1912 2.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.374 941.34 a 1913 -0.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.582 988.20 a 1914 -0.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.957 1042.76 a 1915 14.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.362 1885.96 a 1916 14.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.536 3872.25 a 1917 24.32 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.781 4324.50 a 1918 16.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.582 4531.64 a 1919 15.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.944 3476.06 a 1920 16.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.646 2055.94 a 1921 -8.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.904 1891.60 a 1922 -14.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.332 2108.24 a 1923 -7.53 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.563 1789.48 a 1924 -2.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.886 1678.32 a 1925 -0.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.040 1728.79 a 1926 -0.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.218 1835.97 a 1927 -1.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.432 1945.63 a 1928 -0.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.622 1929.29 a 1929 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.731 1915.58 a 1930 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.889 1971.34 a 1931 -1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.074 2042.38 a 1932 -2.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.335 2097.83 a 1933 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.520 2080.28 a 1934 -0.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.666 2010.75 a 1935 0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.869 2029.64 a 1936 0.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.081 2123.13 a 1937 3.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.289 2185.49 a 1938 2.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.494 2212.82 a 1939 2.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.548 2335.26 a 1940 11.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.029 2710.11 a 1941 11.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.870 5515.44 a 1942 7.49 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.323 6301.42 a 1943 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.262 6353.46 a 1944 5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.460 6166.74 a 1945 1.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.669 6314.30 a 1946 2.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.988 5651.90 a 1947 9.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 49.539 4186.96 a 1948 6.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.033 3470.07 a 1949 3.19 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.331 3264.73 a 1950 1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.382 3357.42 a 1951 8.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.287 3655.45 a 1952 7.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.429 3786.16 a 1953 1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.593 3906.87 a 1954 1.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.765 3847.22 a 1955 4.91 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.946 3795.52 a 1956 7.05 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.184 3815.30 a 1957 4.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.430 3791.46 a 1958 3.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.653 3859.99 a 1959 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.956 4034.58 a 1960 1.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.373 4224.96 a 1961 3.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.807 4551.10 a 1962 3.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.292 4644.97 a 1963 1.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.625 4818.65 a 1964 3.77 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.991 5054.09 a 1965 6.05 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.350 5252.66 a 1966 5.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.643 5369.82 a 1967 3.03 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.959 5933.87 a 1968 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.214 6185.84 a 1969 6.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.461 5986.68 a 1970 9.92 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.632 5939.37 a 1971 8.57 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.928 6125.05 a 1972 7.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.097 6180.42 a 1973 9.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.223 6559.55 a 1974 15.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.236 7245.91 a 1975 25.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.226 7550.91 a 1976 16.02 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.216 7416.35 a 1977 14.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.190 6897.57 a 1978 12.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.178 7175.30 a 1979 14.98 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.240 7413.58 a 1980 19.69 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.330 7515.29 a 1981 12.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.358 7468.47 a 1982 8.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.291 7638.30 a 1983 5.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.316 7496.42 a 1984 5.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.409 7530.30 a 1985 5.63 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.554 7653.31 a 1986 4.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.684 7682.47 a 1987 5.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.804 7539.79 a 1988 6.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.916 7476.98 a 1989 8.21 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.077 7153.39 a 1990 8.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.238 7339.87 a 1991 6.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.439 7443.06 a 1992 3.29 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.585 7780.95 a 1993 3.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.714 8287.66 a 1994 1.91 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.862 8485.74 a 1995 2.68 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.025 8777.23 a 1996 4.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.164 8853.76 a 1997 -0.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.314 8961.37 a 1998 1.33 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.475 9111.35 a 1999 1.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.684 9355.06 a 2000 1.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.886 9445.48 a 2001 1.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.113 9957.04 a 2002 2.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.366 10318.24 a 2003 2.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.637 10841.91 a 2004 2.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.950 11377.71 a 2005 3.02 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.413 11853.31 a 2006 2.86 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.827 12191.21 a 2007 2.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.319 12412.38 a 2008 3.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.824 12614.45 a 2009 0.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 62.261 13516.33 a 2010 1.32 32519 62.760 14048.47 a 2011 1.94 33054 63.285 14510.41 a 2012 1.78 33161 63.705 14294.42 a 2013 1.88 33421 64.106 14330.68 a 2014 1.96 33926 64.597 13998.00 a 2015 1.25 34707 65.110 14017.07 a 2016 0.74 35122 65.648 14285.85 a 2017 2.31 35631 66.040 14283.04 a Legend: a - actual outturn Data Sources for 1692: 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 2017: 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.

Total Spending
Fiscal Years 1692 to 2017
Year	Inflation	GDP-UK £2019 per capita	Population-UK million	Total Spending -total -total £2019 per capita
1692	0.2	1,154	9.100	75.65	a
1693	0.27	1,184	9.100	98.87	a
1694	0.19	1,216	9.100	99.15	a
1695	0.26	1,248	9.100	109.81	a
1696	0.18	1,281	9.100	140.96	a
1697	0.24	1,315	9.100	139.18	a
1698	0.15	1,350	9.100	72.46	a
1699	0.21	1,386	9.100	82.19	a
1700	0.25	1,423	9.100	55.95	a
1701	-5.29	MW gdp	9.129	63.03	a
1702	-0.15	MW gdp	9.158	91.58	a
1703	-0.9	MW gdp	9.188	97.75	a
1704	2.1	MW gdp	9.217	99.60	a
1705	-1.75	MW gdp	9.247	107.48	a
1706	-2.37	MW gdp	9.276	125.60	a
1707	-1.74	MW gdp	9.306	166.22	a
1708	3.53	MW gdp	9.336	141.94	a
1709	7.9	MW gdp	9.366	153.42	a
1710	2.94	MW gdp	9.396	158.04	a
1711	-7.86	MW gdp	9.426	263.11	a
1712	-2.37	MW gdp	9.456	139.49	a
1713	2.56	MW gdp	9.487	109.55	a
1714	1.35	MW gdp	9.517	104.87	a
1715	-3.98	MW gdp	9.547	109.76	a
1716	0.38	MW gdp	9.578	123.86	a
1717	1.48	MW gdp	9.609	101.26	a
1718	-0.63	MW gdp	9.640	109.63	a
1719	-1.79	MW gdp	9.670	107.77	a
1720	3.64	MW gdp	9.701	101.34	a
1721	-4.06	MW gdp	9.733	103.20	a
1722	-2.09	MW gdp	9.764	124.81	a
1723	2.29	MW gdp	9.795	98.79	a
1724	-0.04	MW gdp	9.826	94.47	a
1725	1.93	MW gdp	9.858	93.75	a
1726	2.2	MW gdp	9.889	91.83	a
1727	-1.3	MW gdp	9.921	98.05	a
1728	5.87	MW gdp	9.953	102.63	a
1729	-2.01	MW gdp	9.985	91.78	a
1730	-6.61	MW gdp	10.017	95.46	a
1731	-0.91	MW gdp	10.049	92.13	a
1732	-3.72	MW gdp	10.081	88.51	a
1733	0.86	MW gdp	10.114	80.83	a
1734	0.36	MW gdp	10.146	111.11	a
1735	1.91	MW gdp	10.178	99.96	a
1736	-0.75	MW gdp	10.211	99.27	a
1737	-1.34	MW gdp	10.244	88.94	a
1738	-1.53	MW gdp	10.277	82.81	a
1739	0.67	MW gdp	10.310	90.50	a
1740	7.8	MW gdp	10.343	98.82	a
1741	1.33	MW gdp	10.393	118.06	a
1742	-2.4	MW gdp	10.444	137.02	a
1743	-1.1	MW gdp	10.494	145.18	a
1744	-0.77	MW gdp	10.545	152.39	a
1745	-2.57	MW gdp	10.597	147.69	a
1746	2.79	MW gdp	10.648	157.29	a
1747	-1.49	MW gdp	10.700	185.50	a
1748	1.89	MW gdp	10.752	174.14	a
1749	1.1	MW gdp	10.805	195.28	a
1750	-0.44	MW gdp	10.857	111.79	a
1751	0.46	MW gdp	10.910	99.02	a
1752	2.82	MW gdp	10.963	105.10	a
1753	-1.74	MW gdp	11.016	90.02	a
1754	-0.82	MW gdp	11.070	45.99	a
1755	-1.84	MW gdp	11.124	109.50	a
1756	4.72	MW gdp	11.184	139.97	a
1757	7.24	MW gdp	11.245	152.37	a
1758	-0.8	MW gdp	11.306	179.81	a
1759	-6.76	MW gdp	11.368	223.25	a
1760	0.53	MW gdp	11.430	258.40	a
1761	-2.19	MW gdp	11.492	308.06	a
1762	1.95	MW gdp	11.555	285.12	a
1763	5.39	MW gdp	11.617	237.93	a
1764	1	MW gdp	11.681	141.26	a
1765	1.05	MW gdp	11.744	156.34	a
1766	1.04	MW gdp	11.808	132.10	a
1767	3.19	MW gdp	11.872	119.01	a
1768	-3.38	MW gdp	11.937	116.22	a
1769	-3.97	MW gdp	12.002	125.66	a
1770	0.7	MW gdp	12.067	136.47	a
1771	4.58	MW gdp	12.133	124.73	a
1772	3.13	MW gdp	12.199	127.55	a
1773	0.08	MW gdp	12.265	117.92	a
1774	1.73	MW gdp	12.332	110.50	a
1775	0.7	MW gdp	12.399	118.28	a
1776	-2.02	MW gdp	12.467	162.58	a
1777	2.83	MW gdp	12.534	170.98	a
1778	0.12	MW gdp	12.603	199.69	a
1779	-2.99	MW gdp	12.671	224.99	a
1780	-0.4	MW gdp	12.740	257.57	a
1781	12.51	MW gdp	12.809	260.68	a
1782	0.45	MW gdp	12.916	291.58	a
1783	-1.97	MW gdp	13.023	237.30	a
1784	-3.86	MW gdp	13.131	252.46	a
1785	0.34	MW gdp	13.240	265.78	a
1786	5.8	MW gdp	13.349	163.93	a
1787	-0.53	MW gdp	13.460	149.02	a
1788	-3.25	MW gdp	13.572	161.16	a
1789	-1.54	MW gdp	13.684	159.20	a
1790	2.68	MW gdp	13.798	161.55	a
1791	0.51	MW gdp	13.912	170.79	a
1792	6.09	MW gdp	14.134	149.55	a
1793	-1.01	MW gdp	14.360	172.16	a
1794	0.96	MW gdp	14.589	245.51	a
1795	11.01	MW gdp	14.822	298.62	a
1796	2.96	MW gdp	15.059	310.31	a
1797	0.96	MW gdp	15.299	411.61	a
1798	4.34	MW gdp	15.544	319.52	a
1799	7.4	MW gdp	15.792	293.36	a
1800	8.54	MW gdp	16.044	278.83	a
1801	7.13	MW gdp	16.300	263.93	a
1802	-14.54	MW gdp	16.508	390.96	a
1803	0.73	MW gdp	16.718	320.58	a
1804	6.46	MW gdp	16.931	287.55	a
1805	3.17	MW gdp	17.147	326.68	a
1806	1.73	MW gdp	17.365	360.50	a
1807	0.43	MW gdp	17.586	361.99	a
1808	2.3	MW gdp	17.811	350.95	a
1809	6.19	MW gdp	18.037	347.89	a
1810	3.73	MW gdp	18.267	346.78	a
1811	-3.3	MW gdp	18.500	354.65	a
1812	5.82	MW gdp	18.736	353.20	a
1813	2.14	MW gdp	18.975	371.19	a
1814	-2.29	MW gdp	19.217	440.25	a
1815	-7.47	MW gdp	19.462	473.28	a
1816	-5.88	MW gdp	19.710	439.12	a
1817	2.1	MW gdp	19.962	304.42	a
1818	4.01	MW gdp	20.217	237.92	a
1819	-5	MW gdp	20.474	242.87	a
1820	-6.67	MW gdp	20.736	255.15	a
1821	-5.91	MW gdp	21.000	271.66	a
1822	-6.65	MW gdp	21.291	276.83	a
1823	1.57	MW gdp	21.586	269.43	a
1824	2.06	MW gdp	21.886	250.50	a
1825	8.23	MW gdp	22.189	233.73	a
1826	-6.97	MW gdp	22.497	242.59	a
1827	-3.67	MW gdp	22.809	256.88	a
1828	-0.35	MW gdp	23.125	253.35	a
1829	-4.1	MW gdp	23.445	249.28	a
1830	-0.71	MW gdp	23.770	248.48	a
1831	-4.66	MW gdp	24.100	248.08	a
1832	-0.77	MW gdp	24.366	245.36	a
1833	-3.13	MW gdp	24.636	246.05	a
1834	2.61	MW gdp	24.908	228.92	a
1835	-0.3	MW gdp	25.183	227.52	a
1836	5.73	MW gdp	25.462	284.19	a
1837	-1.82	MW gdp	25.743	237.14	a
1838	0.38	MW gdp	26.028	221.16	a
1839	1.98	MW gdp	26.315	217.09	a
1840	-4.21	MW gdp	26.606	231.49	a
1841	-1.44	MW gdp	26.900	231.54	a
1842	-4.32	MW gdp	26.959	246.57	a
1843	-3.39	MW gdp	27.019	258.07	a
1844	0.73	MW gdp	27.079	257.15	a
1845	1.73	MW gdp	27.138	249.70	a
1846	-0.98	MW gdp	27.198	246.46	a
1847	6.26	MW gdp	27.258	238.56	a
1848	-8.45	MW gdp	27.319	276.53	a
1849	-0.56	MW gdp	27.379	276.98	a
1850	-6.6	MW gdp	27.439	278.58	a
1851	-1.53	MW gdp	27.500	278.02	a
1852	0.7	MW gdp	27.656	271.07	a
1853	9.4	MW gdp	27.813	253.04	a
1854	5.41	MW gdp	27.971	241.27	a
1855	0.67	MW gdp	28.129	295.10	a
1856	0.39	MW gdp	28.289	393.90	a
1857	-1.39	MW gdp	28.449	324.66	a
1858	-4.73	MW gdp	28.611	303.73	a
1859	3.14	MW gdp	28.773	278.57	a
1860	0.17	MW gdp	28.936	297.03	a
1861	2.51	MW gdp	29.100	301.93	a
1862	0.85	MW gdp	29.341	294.47	a
1863	3.6	MW gdp	29.584	274.60	a
1864	4.14	MW gdp	29.829	252.35	a
1865	-2.52	MW gdp	30.075	253.84	a
1866	2.11	MW gdp	30.324	244.41	a
1867	-1.35	MW gdp	30.575	248.30	a
1868	-2.78	MW gdp	30.828	395.72	a
1869	-0.06	MW gdp	31.083	401.11	a
1870	-0.85	MW gdp	31.341	364.17	a
1871	1.75	MW gdp	31.485	368.66	a
1872	5.12	MW gdp	31.874	358.18	a
1873	3.68	MW gdp	32.178	343.64	a
1874	-4.41	MW gdp	32.502	387.50	a
1875	-3.38	MW gdp	32.839	406.52	a
1876	-1.92	MW gdp	33.200	425.35	a
1877	-1.97	MW gdp	33.576	450.90	a
1878	-2.17	MW gdp	33.944	473.41	a
1879	-1.94	MW gdp	34.304	500.27	a
1880	-0.12	MW gdp	34.623	485.33	a
1881	-0.79	MW gdp	34.935	490.37	a
1882	1.34	MW gdp	35.207	500.34	a
1883	-2.56	MW gdp	35.450	514.12	a
1884	-1.87	MW gdp	35.724	511.87	a
1885	-1.27	MW gdp	36.016	532.16	a
1886	0.22	MW gdp	36.314	539.16	a
1887	-0.22	MW gdp	36.599	527.77	a
1888	0.47	MW gdp	36.881	514.23	a
1889	2.06	MW gdp	37.179	496.73	a
1890	1.47	MW gdp	37.485	503.80	a
1891	-2.6	MW gdp	37.802	530.30	a
1892	-0.11	MW gdp	38.134	555.13	a
1893	0.76	MW gdp	38.490	586.04	a
1894	0.61	MW gdp	38.859	606.74	a
1895	-1.07	MW gdp	39.221	624.11	a
1896	-0.98	MW gdp	39.599	645.40	a
1897	1.28	MW gdp	39.987	658.82	a
1898	0.82	MW gdp	40.381	677.62	a
1899	2.35	MW gdp	40.774	699.31	a
1900	4.12	MW gdp	41.155	769.49	a
1901	-1.43	MW gdp	41.538	952.11	a
1902	-1	MW gdp	41.893	1021.13	a
1903	-0.28	MW gdp	42.247	1005.93	a
1904	-1.08	MW gdp	42.611	899.28	a
1905	0.46	MW gdp	42.981	997.45	a
1906	1.42	MW gdp	43.361	866.43	a
1907	1.54	MW gdp	43.738	836.67	a
1908	-0.72	MW gdp	44.124	814.39	a
1909	-0.35	MW gdp	44.520	823.58	a
1910	1.43	MW gdp	44.916	909.09	a
1911	0.6	MW gdp	42.190	939.67	a
1912	2.6	MW gdp	42.374	941.34	a
1913	-0.16	MW gdp	42.582	988.20	a
1914	-0.81	MW gdp	42.957	1042.76	a
1915	14.34	MW gdp	41.362	1885.96	a
1916	14.79	MW gdp	40.536	3872.25	a
1917	24.32	MW gdp	39.781	4324.50	a
1918	16.81	MW gdp	39.582	4531.64	a
1919	15.24	MW gdp	42.944	3476.06	a
1920	16.64	MW gdp	43.646	2055.94	a
1921	-8.17	MW gdp	43.904	1891.60	a
1922	-14.46	MW gdp	44.332	2108.24	a
1923	-7.53	MW gdp	44.563	1789.48	a
1924	-2.09	MW gdp	44.886	1678.32	a
1925	-0.26	MW gdp	45.040	1728.79	a
1926	-0.42	MW gdp	45.218	1835.97	a
1927	-1.94	MW gdp	45.432	1945.63	a
1928	-0.89	MW gdp	45.622	1929.29	a
1929	-0.84	MW gdp	45.731	1915.58	a
1930	-0.84	MW gdp	45.889	1971.34	a
1931	-1.83	MW gdp	46.074	2042.38	a
1932	-2.24	MW gdp	46.335	2097.83	a
1933	-1.39	MW gdp	46.520	2080.28	a
1934	-0.87	MW gdp	46.666	2010.75	a
1935	0.79	MW gdp	46.869	2029.64	a
1936	0.9	MW gdp	47.081	2123.13	a
1937	3.46	MW gdp	47.289	2185.49	a
1938	2.36	MW gdp	47.494	2212.82	a
1939	2.89	MW gdp	47.548	2335.26	a
1940	11.13	MW gdp	46.029	2710.11	a
1941	11.46	MW gdp	44.870	5515.44	a
1942	7.49	MW gdp	44.323	6301.42	a
1943	4.44	MW gdp	48.262	6353.46	a
1944	5	MW gdp	48.460	6166.74	a
1945	1.64	MW gdp	48.669	6314.30	a
1946	2.81	MW gdp	48.988	5651.90	a
1947	9.08	MW gdp	49.539	4186.96	a
1948	6.34	MW gdp	50.033	3470.07	a
1949	3.19	MW gdp	50.331	3264.73	a
1950	1.34	MW gdp	50.382	3357.42	a
1951	8.55	MW gdp	50.287	3655.45	a
1952	7.11	MW gdp	50.429	3786.16	a
1953	1.83	MW gdp	50.593	3906.87	a
1954	1.13	MW gdp	50.765	3847.22	a
1955	4.91	MW gdp	50.946	3795.52	a
1956	7.05	MW gdp	51.184	3815.30	a
1957	4.08	MW gdp	51.430	3791.46	a
1958	3.7	MW gdp	51.653	3859.99	a
1959	0.76	MW gdp	51.956	4034.58	a
1960	1.11	MW gdp	52.373	4224.96	a
1961	3.88	MW gdp	52.807	4551.10	a
1962	3.65	MW gdp	53.292	4644.97	a
1963	1.55	MW gdp	53.625	4818.65	a
1964	3.77	MW gdp	53.991	5054.09	a
1965	6.05	MW gdp	54.350	5252.66	a
1966	5.42	MW gdp	54.643	5369.82	a
1967	3.03	MW gdp	54.959	5933.87	a
1968	4.44	MW gdp	55.214	6185.84	a
1969	6.75	MW gdp	55.461	5986.68	a
1970	9.92	MW gdp	55.632	5939.37	a
1971	8.57	MW gdp	55.928	6125.05	a
1972	7.9	MW gdp	56.097	6180.42	a
1973	9.39	MW gdp	56.223	6559.55	a
1974	15.8	MW gdp	56.236	7245.91	a
1975	25.7	MW gdp	56.226	7550.91	a
1976	16.02	MW gdp	56.216	7416.35	a
1977	14.17	MW gdp	56.190	6897.57	a
1978	12.31	MW gdp	56.178	7175.30	a
1979	14.98	MW gdp	56.240	7413.58	a
1980	19.69	MW gdp	56.330	7515.29	a
1981	12.31	MW gdp	56.358	7468.47	a
1982	8.16	MW gdp	56.291	7638.30	a
1983	5.78	MW gdp	56.316	7496.42	a
1984	5.34	MW gdp	56.409	7530.30	a
1985	5.63	MW gdp	56.554	7653.31	a
1986	4.6	MW gdp	56.684	7682.47	a
1987	5.82	MW gdp	56.804	7539.79	a
1988	6.47	MW gdp	56.916	7476.98	a
1989	8.21	MW gdp	57.077	7153.39	a
1990	8.58	MW gdp	57.238	7339.87	a
1991	6.64	MW gdp	57.439	7443.06	a
1992	3.29	MW gdp	57.585	7780.95	a
1993	3.07	MW gdp	57.714	8287.66	a
1994	1.91	MW gdp	57.862	8485.74	a
1995	2.68	MW gdp	58.025	8777.23	a
1996	4.24	MW gdp	58.164	8853.76	a
1997	-0.15	MW gdp	58.314	8961.37	a
1998	1.33	MW gdp	58.475	9111.35	a
1999	1.42	MW gdp	58.684	9355.06	a
2000	1.17	MW gdp	58.886	9445.48	a
2001	1.55	MW gdp	59.113	9957.04	a
2002	2.16	MW gdp	59.366	10318.24	a
2003	2.46	MW gdp	59.637	10841.91	a
2004	2.65	MW gdp	59.950	11377.71	a
2005	3.02	MW gdp	60.413	11853.31	a
2006	2.86	MW gdp	60.827	12191.21	a
2007	2.31	MW gdp	61.319	12412.38	a
2008	3.42	MW gdp	61.824	12614.45	a
2009	0.87	33,752	62.261	13516.33	a
2010	1.32	32,519	62.760	14048.47	a
2011	1.94	33,054	63.285	14510.41	a
2012	1.78	33,161	63.705	14294.42	a
2013	1.88	33,421	64.106	14330.68	a
2014	1.96	33,926	64.597	13998.00	a
2015	1.25	34,707	65.110	14017.07	a
2016	0.74	35,122	65.648	14285.85	a
2017	2.31	35,631	66.040	14283.04	a
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