Monthly Statistical Bulletin
8.1 Economic growth
						Quarters (a) (b)
	Annual average (c) (d)					2010	2011
Country	2007	2008	2009	2010		Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep
Australia	4.9	2.3	1.5	2.4		2.4	1.1	1.9	2.5
Canada	2.2	0.7	-2.8	3.2		3.3	2.8	2.1	2.4
China	14.1	9.6	9.2	10.3		9.8	9.7	9.5	9.1
France	2.3	-0.1	-2.7	1.5		1.4	2.2	1.7	1.5
Germany	3.3	1.1	-5.1	3.7		3.8	4.6	2.9	2.6
Indonesia	6.4	6.0	4.6	6.1		6.9	6.5	6.6	6.6
Italy	1.7	-1.2	-5.1	1.5		1.6	0.8	0.7	0.2
Japan	2.2	-1.0	-5.5	4.4		3.3	0.0	-1.7	-0.8
Korea (South)	5.1	2.3	0.3	6.2		4.7	3.9	3.4	3.6
Malaysia	6.5	4.8	-1.6	7.2		4.9	5.3	4.3	5.7
New Zealand	3.4	-0.7	-0.1	2.5		1.6	1.5	0.7	1.8
Philippines	6.7	4.2	1.1	7.6		6.1	4.6	3.1	3.2
Singapore	8.7	1.5	-0.8	14.4		12.0	9.4	1.1	6.1
Thailand	4.9	2.4	-2.3	7.8		3.8	3.2	2.8	3.5
United Kingdom	3.5	-1.1	-4.4	2.1		1.7	1.7	0.6	0.5
United States	1.9	-0.3	-3.5	3.0		3.1	2.2	1.6	1.5
OECD average	2.8	0.2	-3.8	3.1		3.1	2.5	1.7	1.701
G7 average	2.2	-0.3	-4.0	3.0		2.9	2.0	1.2	1.1
EU (15) average (e)	2.3	-0.5	-0.9	2.0		2.5	2.2	1.1	0.7
(a) Percentage change in gross domestic product at constant prices over corresponding
(b) Seasonally adjusted, except for China
(c) Percentage change in gross domestic product at constant prices over previous year.
(d) Years shown are calendar years.
(e) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom
Sources: Datastream
ABS, Australian national accounts: national income, expenditure and product,
Cat. no. 5206.0
												Update
												Late February 2012