TABLE B–112.—Growth rates in real gross domestic product, 1982–2000 [Percent change at annual rate] Area and country 1982–91 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 World 3.3 2.0 2.3 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.1 2.6 Advanced economies 3.1 2.1 1.4 3.3 2.7 3.2 3.4 2.4 Major industrial countries 3.0 2.0 1.3 3.0 2.3 3.0 3.2 2.5 United States 2.9 3.0 2.7 4.0 2.7 3.6 4.4 4.4 Japan 4.1 1.0 0.3 0.6 1.5 5.0 1.6 -2.5 Germany 2.7 2.2 -1.1 2.3 1.7 0.8 1.4 2.1 France 2.4 1.5 -0.9 2.1 1.8 1.1 2.0 3.2 Italy 2.3 0.8 -0.9 2.2 2.9 1.1 1.8 1.5 United Kingdom 2 2.7 0.1 2.3 4.4 2.8 2.6 3.5 2.6 Canada 2.3 0.9 2.3 4.7 2.8 1.5 4.4 3.3 Other advanced economies 3.7 2.4 1.9 4.6 4.3 3.7 4.2 2.0 Developing countries 4.3 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.1 6.5 5.7 3.5 Africa 2.3 -0.7 0.2 2.3 3.1 5.7 2.8 3.1 Asia 6.9 9.4 9.3 9.6 9.0 8.3 6.5 4.1 Middle East and Europe 3.3 5.7 3.8 0.6 4.3 4.5 5.1 3.1 Western Hemisphere 1.8 3.6 4.1 5.0 1.7 3.6 5.4 2.2 Countries in transition 1.4 -14.4 -7.6 -7.6 -1.5 -0.5 1.6 -0.8 Central and eastern Europe ... -8.8 -3.9 -3.0 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.0 Russia ... -19.4 -10.4 -11.6 -4.2 -3.4 0.9 -4.9 Transcaucasus and central Asia ... -14.1 -11.0 -11.5 -5.0 1.3 2.6 2.5 1 All figures are forecasts as published by the International Monetary Fund. 2 Average of expenditure, income, and output estimates of GDP at market prices. Sources: Department of Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis) and International Monetary Fund.1999 2000 1 3.4 4.7 3.2 4.2 2.9 3.9 4.2 5.2 0.2 1.4 1.6 2.9 2.9 3.5 1.4 3.1 2.1 3.1 4.5 4.7 4.7 5.1 3.8 5.6 2.2 3.4 5.9 6.7 0.8 4.7 0.3 4.3 2.4 4.9 1.3 3.1 3.2 7.0 4.6 5.3