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Year Inflation GDP-UK £ billion nominal Population-UK million Public Net Debt-total percent GDP 1692 0.0588 9.100 5.61 a 1693 0.4 0.0591 9.100 9.98 a 1694 0.23 0.0593 9.100 10.29 a 1695 0.23 0.0595 9.100 14.12 a 1696 0.22 0.0597 9.100 17.76 a 1697 0.22 0.0599 9.100 27.88 a 1698 0.22 0.0601 9.100 28.79 a 1699 0.39 0.0604 9.100 25.50 a 1700 0.22 0.0606 9.100 23.43 a 1701 59.89 0.08437 9.129 16.71 a 1702 -0.16 0.08206 9.158 17.18 a 1703 -0.97 0.076 9.188 17.89 a 1704 2 0.092 9.217 14.57 a 1705 -1.43 0.086 9.247 15.12 a 1706 -2.13 0.071 9.276 18.31 a 1707 -2.5 0.078 9.306 18.59 a 1708 3.82 0.086 9.336 17.67 a 1709 7.55 0.081 9.366 23.58 a 1710 2.91 0.076 9.396 28.16 a 1711 -7.71 0.077 9.426 29.09 a 1712 -2.51 0.075 9.456 46.53 a 1713 2.95 0.074 9.487 46.89 a 1714 0.81 0.082 9.517 44.15 a 1715 -3.29 0.077 9.547 48.57 a 1716 0.11 0.08 9.578 47.38 a 1717 1.86 0.086 9.609 45.70 a 1718 -1 0.09 9.640 44.11 a 1719 -1.57 0.087 9.670 47.82 a 1720 3.97 0.096 9.701 56.25 a 1721 -4.43 0.088 9.733 62.39 a 1722 -2.21 0.087 9.764 60.57 a 1723 2.41 0.087 9.795 61.61 a 1724 -0.15 0.086 9.826 62.56 a 1725 2.04 0.09 9.858 58.56 a 1726 1.98 0.089 9.889 59.44 a 1727 -1.64 0.087 9.921 60.92 a 1728 6.14 0.095 9.953 55.47 a 1729 -1.81 0.088 9.985 59.20 a 1730 -6.83 0.084 10.017 61.19 a 1731 -0.8 0.082 10.049 63.05 a 1732 -2.99 0.085 10.081 58.94 a 1733 0.14 0.087 10.114 57.47 a 1734 0.36 0.087 10.146 56.44 a 1735 2.37 0.087 10.178 56.67 a 1736 -1.69 0.092 10.211 54.02 a 1737 -1.17 0.086 10.244 56.40 a 1738 -0.7 0.087 10.277 54.60 a 1739 0.67 0.087 10.310 53.91 a 1740 7.43 0.092 10.343 51.52 a 1741 1.43 0.096 10.393 50.83 a 1742 -2.3 0.096 10.444 53.44 a 1743 -1.82 0.092 10.494 58.15 a 1744 -0.77 0.09 10.545 63.44 a 1745 -2.59 0.089 10.597 67.53 a 1746 3.6 0.095 10.648 68.32 a 1747 -1.4 0.098 10.700 70.82 a 1748 1.07 0.098 10.752 77.65 a 1749 1.61 0.099 10.805 78.59 a 1750 -0.44 0.1 10.857 78.00 a 1751 0.17 0.098 10.910 79.69 a 1752 3.24 0.106 10.963 72.55 a 1753 -1.83 0.105 11.016 71.43 a 1754 -1.01 0.101 11.070 71.49 a 1755 -2.04 0.102 11.124 71.08 a 1756 4.63 0.105 11.184 71.05 a 1757 7.57 0.119 11.245 65.38 a 1758 -0.55 0.12 11.306 68.42 a 1759 -6.59 0.114 11.368 80.09 a 1760 0.6 0.118 11.430 86.19 a 1761 -2.29 0.12 11.492 95.17 a 1762 1.95 0.119 11.555 106.39 a 1763 5.37 0.125 11.617 106.08 a 1764 0.84 0.126 11.681 106.51 a 1765 0.81 0.126 11.744 106.03 a 1766 1.05 0.129 11.808 103.33 a 1767 3.19 0.134 11.872 99.93 a 1768 -3.16 0.131 11.937 101.22 a 1769 -4.12 0.133 12.002 97.97 a 1770 0.48 0.13 12.067 100.46 a 1771 5.06 0.139 12.133 92.73 a 1772 3.27 0.14 12.199 91.93 a 1773 -0.35 0.142 12.265 90.77 a 1774 1.52 0.141 12.332 90.57 a 1775 1.06 0.147 12.399 86.60 a 1776 -1.88 0.149 12.467 88.05 a 1777 2.47 0.157 12.534 87.01 a 1778 0.06 0.156 12.603 91.73 a 1779 -2.93 0.151 12.671 101.59 a 1780 -0.6 0.157 12.740 106.50 a 1781 13.08 0.182 12.809 104.62 a 1782 0.45 0.181 12.916 118.40 a 1783 -2.25 0.176 13.023 131.70 a 1784 -3.8 0.17 13.131 142.88 a 1785 0.7 0.17 13.240 144.41 a 1786 5.31 0.182 13.349 135.27 a 1787 -0.53 0.178 13.460 138.09 a 1788 -3.15 0.172 13.572 142.50 a 1789 -1.66 0.173 13.684 141.21 a 1790 2.82 0.191 13.798 127.75 a 1791 0.62 0.193 13.912 126.01 a 1792 5.82 0.212 14.134 113.96 a 1793 -0.74 0.207 14.360 117.34 a 1794 0.82 0.202 14.589 123.56 a 1795 10.92 0.246 14.822 108.70 a 1796 3.08 0.258 15.059 120.31 a 1797 1.11 0.259 15.299 138.69 a 1798 4.45 0.273 15.544 143.30 a 1799 7.99 0.302 15.792 141.26 a 1800 9.36 0.345 16.044 127.93 a 1801 5.48 0.367 16.300 124.28 a 1802 -14.52 0.318 16.508 156.79 a 1803 0.83 0.314 16.718 164.46 a 1804 6.46 0.334 16.931 156.83 a 1805 3.21 0.365 17.147 147.84 a 1806 1.48 0.369 17.365 152.95 a 1807 0.51 0.395 17.586 147.62 a 1808 2.37 0.386 17.811 153.19 a 1809 6.18 0.422 18.037 141.94 a 1810 3.74 0.465 18.267 130.62 a 1811 -3.27 0.445 18.500 136.99 a 1812 5.69 0.452 18.736 138.50 a 1813 2.09 0.486 18.975 134.22 a 1814 -2.11 0.465 19.217 156.02 a 1815 -7.66 0.479 19.462 155.51 a 1816 -5.83 0.426 19.710 182.70 a 1817 2.07 0.442 19.962 170.84 a 1818 3.94 0.459 20.217 183.73 a 1819 -4.9 0.429 20.474 196.81 a 1820 -6.72 0.435 20.736 193.13 a 1821 -5.84 0.417 21.000 201.03 a 1822 -6.72 0.397 21.291 209.35 a 1823 1.59 0.415 21.586 201.47 a 1824 1.99 0.446 21.886 185.78 a 1825 8.29 0.493 22.189 166.37 a 1826 -7.04 0.432 22.497 187.73 a 1827 -3.53 0.45 22.809 180.00 a 1828 -0.31 0.45 23.125 179.20 a 1829 -4.18 0.435 23.445 184.21 a 1830 -0.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 23.770 176.98 a 1831 -4.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.100 177.07 a 1832 -0.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.366 177.02 a 1833 -3.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.636 180.41 a 1834 2.75 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.908 169.48 a 1835 -0.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.183 159.12 a 1836 5.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.462 149.70 a 1837 -1.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.743 153.87 a 1838 0.41 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.028 145.82 a 1839 1.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.315 140.12 a 1840 -4.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.606 145.52 a 1841 -1.5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.900 152.25 a 1842 -4.29 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.959 161.36 a 1843 -3.49 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.019 160.95 a 1844 0.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.079 149.06 a 1845 1.67 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.138 139.07 a 1846 -1.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.198 134.56 a 1847 6.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.258 127.88 a 1848 -8.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.319 135.97 a 1849 -0.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.379 134.40 a 1850 -6.71 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.439 145.86 a 1851 -1.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.500 140.52 a 1852 0.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.656 134.77 a 1853 9.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.813 118.89 a 1854 5.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.971 108.16 a 1855 0.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.129 108.59 a 1856 0.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.289 106.54 a 1857 -1.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.449 108.41 a 1858 -4.74 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.611 113.77 a 1859 3.19 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.773 105.86 a 1860 0.25 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.936 103.20 a 1861 2.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.100 98.86 a 1862 0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.341 98.49 a 1863 3.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.584 90.22 a 1864 4.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.829 84.55 a 1865 -2.5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.075 82.64 a 1866 2.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.324 79.08 a 1867 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.575 79.64 a 1868 -2.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.828 75.89 a 1869 -0.04 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.083 74.06 a 1870 -0.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.341 69.03 a 1871 1.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.485 63.41 a 1872 5.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.874 59.96 a 1873 3.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.178 56.98 a 1874 -4.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.502 56.79 a 1875 -3.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.839 57.51 a 1876 -1.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.200 58.67 a 1877 -1.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.576 59.56 a 1878 -2.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.944 61.10 a 1879 -1.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.304 63.94 a 1880 -0.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.623 59.69 a 1881 -0.77 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.935 58.22 a 1882 1.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.207 56.26 a 1883 -2.52 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.450 55.87 a 1884 -1.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.724 51.80 a 1885 -1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.016 52.93 a 1886 0.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.314 52.69 a 1887 -0.18 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.599 50.52 a 1888 0.43 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.881 46.62 a 1889 2.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.179 43.95 a 1890 1.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.485 42.58 a 1891 -2.6 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.802 42.40 a 1892 -0.1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.134 43.22 a 1893 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.490 43.01 a 1894 0.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.859 40.72 a 1895 -1.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.221 39.44 a 1896 -0.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.599 37.87 a 1897 1.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.987 36.14 a 1898 0.82 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.381 34.71 a 1899 2.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.774 32.58 a 1900 4.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.155 30.17 a 1901 -1.38 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.538 33.10 a 1902 -1.04 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.893 35.85 a 1903 -0.25 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.247 37.94 a 1904 -1.1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.611 37.69 a 1905 0.48 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.981 36.16 a 1906 1.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.361 34.41 a 1907 1.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.738 32.43 a 1908 -0.74 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.124 33.35 a 1909 -0.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.520 32.41 a 1910 1.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.916 31.68 a 1911 0.58 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.190 29.26 a 1912 2.61 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.374 27.40 a 1913 -0.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.582 25.86 a 1914 -0.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.957 25.36 a 1915 14.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.362 36.77 a 1916 14.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.536 62.10 a 1917 24.35 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.781 94.98 a 1918 16.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.582 117.44 a 1919 15.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.944 138.66 a 1920 16.64 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.646 131.85 a 1921 -8.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.904 155.36 a 1922 -14.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.332 172.85 a 1923 -7.53 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.563 183.27 a 1924 -2.09 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.886 176.24 a 1925 -0.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.040 169.72 a 1926 -0.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.218 175.04 a 1927 -1.94 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.432 165.44 a 1928 -0.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.622 164.85 a 1929 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.731 160.99 a 1930 -0.84 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.889 162.99 a 1931 -1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.074 172.97 a 1932 -2.24 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.335 177.31 a 1933 -1.39 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.520 179.11 a 1934 -0.87 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.666 174.41 a 1935 0.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.869 166.45 a 1936 0.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.081 157.44 a 1937 3.46 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.289 147.22 a 1938 2.36 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.494 146.93 a 1939 2.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.548 139.29 a 1940 11.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.029 111.52 a 1941 11.47 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.870 121.79 a 1942 7.49 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.323 140.20 a 1943 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.262 160.23 a 1944 5.01 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.460 186.84 a 1945 1.63 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.669 221.57 a 1946 2.81 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.988 244.25 a 1947 9.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 49.539 245.69 a 1948 6.3 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.033 224.25 a 1949 3.18 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.331 206.83 a 1950 1.34 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.382 202.58 a 1951 8.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.287 181.30 a 1952 7.1 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.429 166.73 a 1953 1.83 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.593 156.23 a 1954 1.13 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.765 151.13 a 1955 4.92 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.946 140.57 a 1956 7.04 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.184 129.80 a 1957 4.08 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.430 122.24 a 1958 3.71 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.653 117.33 a 1959 0.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.956 112.30 a 1960 1.11 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.373 105.89 a 1961 3.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.807 101.24 a 1962 3.65 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.292 98.12 a 1963 1.55 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.625 96.00 a 1964 3.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.991 88.79 a 1965 6.06 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.350 82.66 a 1966 5.42 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.643 79.56 a 1967 3.05 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.959 76.73 a 1968 4.44 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.214 74.64 a 1969 6.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.461 68.26 a 1970 9.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.632 59.01 a 1971 8.57 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.928 53.18 a 1972 7.9 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.097 50.80 a 1973 9.37 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.223 45.12 a 1974 15.8 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.236 43.68 a 1975 25.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.226 45.29 a 1976 16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.216 47.26 a 1977 14.17 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.190 46.11 a 1978 12.32 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.178 42.75 a 1979 14.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.240 40.14 a 1980 19.7 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.330 37.82 a 1981 12.31 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.358 39.26 a 1982 8.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.291 39.22 a 1983 5.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.316 37.74 a 1984 5.33 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.409 38.03 a 1985 5.62 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.554 37.88 a 1986 4.62 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.684 36.38 a 1987 5.69 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.804 33.82 a 1988 6.25 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.916 30.13 a 1989 8.03 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.077 25.01 a 1990 8.12 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.238 22.71 a 1991 6.56 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.439 21.42 a 1992 3.16 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.585 22.69 a 1993 2.79 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.714 26.25 a 1994 1.4 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.862 30.86 a 1995 2.5 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.025 34.11 a 1996 4.22 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.164 35.50 a 1997 -0.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.314 36.46 a 1998 1.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.475 36.14 a 1999 0.97 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.684 34.92 a 2000 1.89 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.886 32.24 a 2001 1.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.113 28.29 a 2002 2.15 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.366 27.84 a 2003 2.45 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.637 29.39 a 2004 2.59 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.950 30.70 a 2005 2.78 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.413 33.09 a 2006 2.88 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.827 33.96 a 2007 2.76 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.319 34.62 a 2008 3.07 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.824 35.69 a 2009 -0.26 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 62.261 49.68 a 2010 1.32 1561.9 62.760 65.81 a 2011 1.72 1630.7 63.285 71.67 a 2012 1.79 1672.5 63.705 75.41 a 2013 1.76 1727.5 64.106 79.09 a 2014 2.13 1803.1 64.597 81.03 a 2015 1.14 1879.8 65.110 82.61 a 2016 0.81 1937.6 65.648 82.56 a 2017 2.1 2021.7 66.040 84.98 a 2018 1.7 2102.3 66.436 83.59 a 2019 1.82 2176.7 66.797 81.63 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 2019: 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.

Three Centuries Of UK National Debt
Fiscal Years 1692 to 2019
Year	Inflation	GDP-UK £ billion nominal	Population-UK million	Public Net Debt -total percent GDP
1692		MW gdp	9.100	5.61	a
1693	0.4	MW gdp	9.100	9.98	a
1694	0.23	MW gdp	9.100	10.29	a
1695	0.23	MW gdp	9.100	14.12	a
1696	0.22	MW gdp	9.100	17.76	a
1697	0.22	MW gdp	9.100	27.88	a
1698	0.22	MW gdp	9.100	28.79	a
1699	0.39	MW gdp	9.100	25.50	a
1700	0.22	MW gdp	9.100	23.43	a
1701	59.89	MW gdp	9.129	16.71	a
1702	-0.16	MW gdp	9.158	17.18	a
1703	-0.97	MW gdp	9.188	17.89	a
1704	2	MW gdp	9.217	14.57	a
1705	-1.43	MW gdp	9.247	15.12	a
1706	-2.13	MW gdp	9.276	18.31	a
1707	-2.5	MW gdp	9.306	18.59	a
1708	3.82	MW gdp	9.336	17.67	a
1709	7.55	MW gdp	9.366	23.58	a
1710	2.91	MW gdp	9.396	28.16	a
1711	-7.71	MW gdp	9.426	29.09	a
1712	-2.51	MW gdp	9.456	46.53	a
1713	2.95	MW gdp	9.487	46.89	a
1714	0.81	MW gdp	9.517	44.15	a
1715	-3.29	MW gdp	9.547	48.57	a
1716	0.11	MW gdp	9.578	47.38	a
1717	1.86	MW gdp	9.609	45.70	a
1718	-1	MW gdp	9.640	44.11	a
1719	-1.57	MW gdp	9.670	47.82	a
1720	3.97	MW gdp	9.701	56.25	a
1721	-4.43	MW gdp	9.733	62.39	a
1722	-2.21	MW gdp	9.764	60.57	a
1723	2.41	MW gdp	9.795	61.61	a
1724	-0.15	MW gdp	9.826	62.56	a
1725	2.04	MW gdp	9.858	58.56	a
1726	1.98	MW gdp	9.889	59.44	a
1727	-1.64	MW gdp	9.921	60.92	a
1728	6.14	MW gdp	9.953	55.47	a
1729	-1.81	MW gdp	9.985	59.20	a
1730	-6.83	MW gdp	10.017	61.19	a
1731	-0.8	MW gdp	10.049	63.05	a
1732	-2.99	MW gdp	10.081	58.94	a
1733	0.14	MW gdp	10.114	57.47	a
1734	0.36	MW gdp	10.146	56.44	a
1735	2.37	MW gdp	10.178	56.67	a
1736	-1.69	MW gdp	10.211	54.02	a
1737	-1.17	MW gdp	10.244	56.40	a
1738	-0.7	MW gdp	10.277	54.60	a
1739	0.67	MW gdp	10.310	53.91	a
1740	7.43	MW gdp	10.343	51.52	a
1741	1.43	MW gdp	10.393	50.83	a
1742	-2.3	MW gdp	10.444	53.44	a
1743	-1.82	MW gdp	10.494	58.15	a
1744	-0.77	MW gdp	10.545	63.44	a
1745	-2.59	MW gdp	10.597	67.53	a
1746	3.6	MW gdp	10.648	68.32	a
1747	-1.4	MW gdp	10.700	70.82	a
1748	1.07	MW gdp	10.752	77.65	a
1749	1.61	MW gdp	10.805	78.59	a
1750	-0.44	MW gdp	10.857	78.00	a
1751	0.17	MW gdp	10.910	79.69	a
1752	3.24	MW gdp	10.963	72.55	a
1753	-1.83	MW gdp	11.016	71.43	a
1754	-1.01	MW gdp	11.070	71.49	a
1755	-2.04	MW gdp	11.124	71.08	a
1756	4.63	MW gdp	11.184	71.05	a
1757	7.57	MW gdp	11.245	65.38	a
1758	-0.55	MW gdp	11.306	68.42	a
1759	-6.59	MW gdp	11.368	80.09	a
1760	0.6	MW gdp	11.430	86.19	a
1761	-2.29	MW gdp	11.492	95.17	a
1762	1.95	MW gdp	11.555	106.39	a
1763	5.37	MW gdp	11.617	106.08	a
1764	0.84	MW gdp	11.681	106.51	a
1765	0.81	MW gdp	11.744	106.03	a
1766	1.05	MW gdp	11.808	103.33	a
1767	3.19	MW gdp	11.872	99.93	a
1768	-3.16	MW gdp	11.937	101.22	a
1769	-4.12	MW gdp	12.002	97.97	a
1770	0.48	MW gdp	12.067	100.46	a
1771	5.06	MW gdp	12.133	92.73	a
1772	3.27	MW gdp	12.199	91.93	a
1773	-0.35	MW gdp	12.265	90.77	a
1774	1.52	MW gdp	12.332	90.57	a
1775	1.06	MW gdp	12.399	86.60	a
1776	-1.88	MW gdp	12.467	88.05	a
1777	2.47	MW gdp	12.534	87.01	a
1778	0.06	MW gdp	12.603	91.73	a
1779	-2.93	MW gdp	12.671	101.59	a
1780	-0.6	MW gdp	12.740	106.50	a
1781	13.08	MW gdp	12.809	104.62	a
1782	0.45	MW gdp	12.916	118.40	a
1783	-2.25	MW gdp	13.023	131.70	a
1784	-3.8	MW gdp	13.131	142.88	a
1785	0.7	MW gdp	13.240	144.41	a
1786	5.31	MW gdp	13.349	135.27	a
1787	-0.53	MW gdp	13.460	138.09	a
1788	-3.15	MW gdp	13.572	142.50	a
1789	-1.66	MW gdp	13.684	141.21	a
1790	2.82	MW gdp	13.798	127.75	a
1791	0.62	MW gdp	13.912	126.01	a
1792	5.82	MW gdp	14.134	113.96	a
1793	-0.74	MW gdp	14.360	117.34	a
1794	0.82	MW gdp	14.589	123.56	a
1795	10.92	MW gdp	14.822	108.70	a
1796	3.08	MW gdp	15.059	120.31	a
1797	1.11	MW gdp	15.299	138.69	a
1798	4.45	MW gdp	15.544	143.30	a
1799	7.99	MW gdp	15.792	141.26	a
1800	9.36	MW gdp	16.044	127.93	a
1801	5.48	MW gdp	16.300	124.28	a
1802	-14.52	MW gdp	16.508	156.79	a
1803	0.83	MW gdp	16.718	164.46	a
1804	6.46	MW gdp	16.931	156.83	a
1805	3.21	MW gdp	17.147	147.84	a
1806	1.48	MW gdp	17.365	152.95	a
1807	0.51	MW gdp	17.586	147.62	a
1808	2.37	MW gdp	17.811	153.19	a
1809	6.18	MW gdp	18.037	141.94	a
1810	3.74	MW gdp	18.267	130.62	a
1811	-3.27	MW gdp	18.500	136.99	a
1812	5.69	MW gdp	18.736	138.50	a
1813	2.09	MW gdp	18.975	134.22	a
1814	-2.11	MW gdp	19.217	156.02	a
1815	-7.66	MW gdp	19.462	155.51	a
1816	-5.83	MW gdp	19.710	182.70	a
1817	2.07	MW gdp	19.962	170.84	a
1818	3.94	MW gdp	20.217	183.73	a
1819	-4.9	MW gdp	20.474	196.81	a
1820	-6.72	MW gdp	20.736	193.13	a
1821	-5.84	MW gdp	21.000	201.03	a
1822	-6.72	MW gdp	21.291	209.35	a
1823	1.59	MW gdp	21.586	201.47	a
1824	1.99	MW gdp	21.886	185.78	a
1825	8.29	MW gdp	22.189	166.37	a
1826	-7.04	MW gdp	22.497	187.73	a
1827	-3.53	MW gdp	22.809	180.00	a
1828	-0.31	MW gdp	23.125	179.20	a
1829	-4.18	MW gdp	23.445	184.21	a
1830	-0.8	MW gdp	23.770	176.98	a
1831	-4.61	MW gdp	24.100	177.07	a
1832	-0.75	MW gdp	24.366	177.02	a
1833	-3.15	MW gdp	24.636	180.41	a
1834	2.75	MW gdp	24.908	169.48	a
1835	-0.41	MW gdp	25.183	159.12	a
1836	5.79	MW gdp	25.462	149.70	a
1837	-1.8	MW gdp	25.743	153.87	a
1838	0.41	MW gdp	26.028	145.82	a
1839	1.89	MW gdp	26.315	140.12	a
1840	-4.16	MW gdp	26.606	145.52	a
1841	-1.5	MW gdp	26.900	152.25	a
1842	-4.29	MW gdp	26.959	161.36	a
1843	-3.49	MW gdp	27.019	160.95	a
1844	0.9	MW gdp	27.079	149.06	a
1845	1.67	MW gdp	27.138	139.07	a
1846	-1.07	MW gdp	27.198	134.56	a
1847	6.38	MW gdp	27.258	127.88	a
1848	-8.44	MW gdp	27.319	135.97	a
1849	-0.56	MW gdp	27.379	134.40	a
1850	-6.71	MW gdp	27.439	145.86	a
1851	-1.4	MW gdp	27.500	140.52	a
1852	0.56	MW gdp	27.656	134.77	a
1853	9.46	MW gdp	27.813	118.89	a
1854	5.4	MW gdp	27.971	108.16	a
1855	0.78	MW gdp	28.129	108.59	a
1856	0.34	MW gdp	28.289	106.54	a
1857	-1.46	MW gdp	28.449	108.41	a
1858	-4.74	MW gdp	28.611	113.77	a
1859	3.19	MW gdp	28.773	105.86	a
1860	0.25	MW gdp	28.936	103.20	a
1861	2.47	MW gdp	29.100	98.86	a
1862	0.79	MW gdp	29.341	98.49	a
1863	3.65	MW gdp	29.584	90.22	a
1864	4.11	MW gdp	29.829	84.55	a
1865	-2.5	MW gdp	30.075	82.64	a
1866	2.15	MW gdp	30.324	79.08	a
1867	-1.39	MW gdp	30.575	79.64	a
1868	-2.82	MW gdp	30.828	75.89	a
1869	-0.04	MW gdp	31.083	74.06	a
1870	-0.81	MW gdp	31.341	69.03	a
1871	1.76	MW gdp	31.485	63.41	a
1872	5.13	MW gdp	31.874	59.96	a
1873	3.61	MW gdp	32.178	56.98	a
1874	-4.39	MW gdp	32.502	56.79	a
1875	-3.39	MW gdp	32.839	57.51	a
1876	-1.89	MW gdp	33.200	58.67	a
1877	-1.97	MW gdp	33.576	59.56	a
1878	-2.16	MW gdp	33.944	61.10	a
1879	-1.97	MW gdp	34.304	63.94	a
1880	-0.08	MW gdp	34.623	59.69	a
1881	-0.77	MW gdp	34.935	58.22	a
1882	1.26	MW gdp	35.207	56.26	a
1883	-2.52	MW gdp	35.450	55.87	a
1884	-1.84	MW gdp	35.724	51.80	a
1885	-1.34	MW gdp	36.016	52.93	a
1886	0.26	MW gdp	36.314	52.69	a
1887	-0.18	MW gdp	36.599	50.52	a
1888	0.43	MW gdp	36.881	46.62	a
1889	2.09	MW gdp	37.179	43.95	a
1890	1.46	MW gdp	37.485	42.58	a
1891	-2.6	MW gdp	37.802	42.40	a
1892	-0.1	MW gdp	38.134	43.22	a
1893	0.76	MW gdp	38.490	43.01	a
1894	0.58	MW gdp	38.859	40.72	a
1895	-1.09	MW gdp	39.221	39.44	a
1896	-0.94	MW gdp	39.599	37.87	a
1897	1.24	MW gdp	39.987	36.14	a
1898	0.82	MW gdp	40.381	34.71	a
1899	2.36	MW gdp	40.774	32.58	a
1900	4.09	MW gdp	41.155	30.17	a
1901	-1.38	MW gdp	41.538	33.10	a
1902	-1.04	MW gdp	41.893	35.85	a
1903	-0.25	MW gdp	42.247	37.94	a
1904	-1.1	MW gdp	42.611	37.69	a
1905	0.48	MW gdp	42.981	36.16	a
1906	1.4	MW gdp	43.361	34.41	a
1907	1.58	MW gdp	43.738	32.43	a
1908	-0.74	MW gdp	44.124	33.35	a
1909	-0.35	MW gdp	44.520	32.41	a
1910	1.44	MW gdp	44.916	31.68	a
1911	0.58	MW gdp	42.190	29.26	a
1912	2.61	MW gdp	42.374	27.40	a
1913	-0.17	MW gdp	42.582	25.86	a
1914	-0.8	MW gdp	42.957	25.36	a
1915	14.36	MW gdp	41.362	36.77	a
1916	14.76	MW gdp	40.536	62.10	a
1917	24.35	MW gdp	39.781	94.98	a
1918	16.79	MW gdp	39.582	117.44	a
1919	15.24	MW gdp	42.944	138.66	a
1920	16.64	MW gdp	43.646	131.85	a
1921	-8.17	MW gdp	43.904	155.36	a
1922	-14.46	MW gdp	44.332	172.85	a
1923	-7.53	MW gdp	44.563	183.27	a
1924	-2.09	MW gdp	44.886	176.24	a
1925	-0.26	MW gdp	45.040	169.72	a
1926	-0.42	MW gdp	45.218	175.04	a
1927	-1.94	MW gdp	45.432	165.44	a
1928	-0.89	MW gdp	45.622	164.85	a
1929	-0.84	MW gdp	45.731	160.99	a
1930	-0.84	MW gdp	45.889	162.99	a
1931	-1.83	MW gdp	46.074	172.97	a
1932	-2.24	MW gdp	46.335	177.31	a
1933	-1.39	MW gdp	46.520	179.11	a
1934	-0.87	MW gdp	46.666	174.41	a
1935	0.79	MW gdp	46.869	166.45	a
1936	0.89	MW gdp	47.081	157.44	a
1937	3.46	MW gdp	47.289	147.22	a
1938	2.36	MW gdp	47.494	146.93	a
1939	2.88	MW gdp	47.548	139.29	a
1940	11.13	MW gdp	46.029	111.52	a
1941	11.47	MW gdp	44.870	121.79	a
1942	7.49	MW gdp	44.323	140.20	a
1943	4.44	MW gdp	48.262	160.23	a
1944	5.01	MW gdp	48.460	186.84	a
1945	1.63	MW gdp	48.669	221.57	a
1946	2.81	MW gdp	48.988	244.25	a
1947	9.08	MW gdp	49.539	245.69	a
1948	6.3	MW gdp	50.033	224.25	a
1949	3.18	MW gdp	50.331	206.83	a
1950	1.34	MW gdp	50.382	202.58	a
1951	8.55	MW gdp	50.287	181.30	a
1952	7.1	MW gdp	50.429	166.73	a
1953	1.83	MW gdp	50.593	156.23	a
1954	1.13	MW gdp	50.765	151.13	a
1955	4.92	MW gdp	50.946	140.57	a
1956	7.04	MW gdp	51.184	129.80	a
1957	4.08	MW gdp	51.430	122.24	a
1958	3.71	MW gdp	51.653	117.33	a
1959	0.76	MW gdp	51.956	112.30	a
1960	1.11	MW gdp	52.373	105.89	a
1961	3.88	MW gdp	52.807	101.24	a
1962	3.65	MW gdp	53.292	98.12	a
1963	1.55	MW gdp	53.625	96.00	a
1964	3.79	MW gdp	53.991	88.79	a
1965	6.06	MW gdp	54.350	82.66	a
1966	5.42	MW gdp	54.643	79.56	a
1967	3.05	MW gdp	54.959	76.73	a
1968	4.44	MW gdp	55.214	74.64	a
1969	6.76	MW gdp	55.461	68.26	a
1970	9.9	MW gdp	55.632	59.01	a
1971	8.57	MW gdp	55.928	53.18	a
1972	7.9	MW gdp	56.097	50.80	a
1973	9.37	MW gdp	56.223	45.12	a
1974	15.8	MW gdp	56.236	43.68	a
1975	25.7	MW gdp	56.226	45.29	a
1976	16	MW gdp	56.216	47.26	a
1977	14.17	MW gdp	56.190	46.11	a
1978	12.32	MW gdp	56.178	42.75	a
1979	14.97	MW gdp	56.240	40.14	a
1980	19.7	MW gdp	56.330	37.82	a
1981	12.31	MW gdp	56.358	39.26	a
1982	8.16	MW gdp	56.291	39.22	a
1983	5.78	MW gdp	56.316	37.74	a
1984	5.33	MW gdp	56.409	38.03	a
1985	5.62	MW gdp	56.554	37.88	a
1986	4.62	MW gdp	56.684	36.38	a
1987	5.69	MW gdp	56.804	33.82	a
1988	6.25	MW gdp	56.916	30.13	a
1989	8.03	MW gdp	57.077	25.01	a
1990	8.12	MW gdp	57.238	22.71	a
1991	6.56	MW gdp	57.439	21.42	a
1992	3.16	MW gdp	57.585	22.69	a
1993	2.79	MW gdp	57.714	26.25	a
1994	1.4	MW gdp	57.862	30.86	a
1995	2.5	MW gdp	58.025	34.11	a
1996	4.22	MW gdp	58.164	35.50	a
1997	-0.07	MW gdp	58.314	36.46	a
1998	1.07	MW gdp	58.475	36.14	a
1999	0.97	MW gdp	58.684	34.92	a
2000	1.89	MW gdp	58.886	32.24	a
2001	1.15	MW gdp	59.113	28.29	a
2002	2.15	MW gdp	59.366	27.84	a
2003	2.45	MW gdp	59.637	29.39	a
2004	2.59	MW gdp	59.950	30.70	a
2005	2.78	MW gdp	60.413	33.09	a
2006	2.88	MW gdp	60.827	33.96	a
2007	2.76	MW gdp	61.319	34.62	a
2008	3.07	MW gdp	61.824	35.69	a
2009	-0.26	1584.5	62.261	49.68	a
2010	1.32	1561.9	62.760	65.81	a
2011	1.72	1630.7	63.285	71.67	a
2012	1.79	1672.5	63.705	75.41	a
2013	1.76	1727.5	64.106	79.09	a
2014	2.13	1803.1	64.597	81.03	a
2015	1.14	1879.8	65.110	82.61	a
2016	0.81	1937.6	65.648	82.56	a
2017	2.1	2021.7	66.040	84.98	a
2018	1.7	2102.3	66.436	83.59	a
2019	1.82	2176.7	66.797	81.63	a
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