Area and country 1989–98 annual average 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1 2008 1 World. 3.2 3.8 4.8 2.5 3.1 4.0 5.3 4.8 5.4 5.2 4.8 Advanced economies. 2.7 3.5 4.0 1.2 1.6 1.9 3.2 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.2 Of which: United States. 3.0 4.5 3.7 .8 1.6 2.5 3.6 3.1 2.9 1.9 1.9 Japan. 2.0 -.1 2.9 .2 .3 1.4 2.7 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.7 United Kingdom. 2.0 3.0 3.8 2.4 2.1 2.8 3.3 1.8 2.8 3.1 2.3 Canada. 2.1 5.5 5.2 1.8 2.9 1.9 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.3 Euro area. ...... 3.0 3.8 1.9 .9 .8 2.0 1.5 2.8 2.5 2.1 Germany. 2.5 1.9 3.1 1.2 * -.3 1.1 .8 2.9 2.4 2.0 France. 1.9 3.3 3.9 1.9 1.0 1.1 2.5 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.0 Italy. 1.6 1.9 3.6 1.8 .3 * 1.2 .1 1.9 1.7 1.3 Spain. 2.8 4.7 5.0 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.7 2.7 Netherlands. 3.1 4.7 3.9 1.9 .1 .3 2.2 1.5 3.0 2.6 2.5 Belgium. 2.3 3.3 3.9 .7 1.4 1.0 2.8 1.4 3.0 2.6 1.9 Austria. 2.7 3.3 3.4 .8 .9 1.2 2.3 2.0 3.3 3.3 2.5 Finland. 1.6 3.9 5.0 2.6 1.6 1.8 3.7 2.9 5.0 4.3 3.0 Greece. 1.9 3.4 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.9 4.7 3.7 4.3 3.9 3.6 Portugal. 3.6 3.9 3.9 2.0 .8 -.7 1.5 .5 1.3 1.8 1.8 Ireland. 6.4 10.7 9.1 5.9 6.4 4.3 4.3 5.9 5.7 4.6 3.0 Luxembourg. 4.9 8.4 8.4 2.5 3.8 1.3 3.6 4.0 6.2 5.4 4.2 Slovenia. ...... 5.4 4.1 3.1 3.7 2.8 4.4 4.1 5.7 5.4 3.8 Memorandum: Major advanced economies 2. 2.5 3.1 3.6 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.9 2.3 2.6 2.1 1.9 Newly industrialized Asian economies 3. 6.1 7.5 7.9 1.2 5.5 3.2 5.9 4.7 5.3 4.9 4.4 Other emerging market and developing countries. 3.8 4.1 6.0 4.3 5.1 6.7 7.7 7.5 8.1 8.1 7.4 Regional groups: Africa. 2.2 2.8 3.2 4.3 3.6 4.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.5 Central and eastern Europe. 1.1 .5 4.9 .2 4.5 4.8 6.7 5.6 6.3 5.8 5.2 Commonwealth of Independent States 4. ...... 5.2 9.0 6.3 5.3 7.9 8.4 6.6 7.7 7.8 7.0 Russia. ...... 6.4 10.0 5.1 4.7 7.3 7.2 6.4 6.7 7.0 6.5 Developing Asia. 7.3 6.5 7.0 6.0 7.0 8.3 8.8 9.2 9.8 9.8 8.8 China. 9.6 7.6 8.4 8.3 9.1 10.0 10.1 10.4 11.1 11.5 10.0 India. 5.7 6.9 5.4 3.9 4.5 6.9 7.9 9.0 9.7 8.9 8.4 Middle East. 4.5 1.9 5.4 3.0 4.0 6.6 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.9 Western Hemisphere. 3.1 .3 3.9 .5 .3 2.4 6.0 4.6 5.5 5.0 4.3 Brazil. 2.0 .3 4.3 1.3 2.7 1.1 5.7 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.0 Mexico. 3.4 3.8 6.6 * .8 1.4 4.2 2.8 4.8 2.9 3.0 TABLE B–112.—Growth rates in real gross domestic product, 1989–2008 [Percent change] * Figure is zero or negligible. Note.—For details on data shown in this table, see World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund. Sources: Department of Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis) and International Monetary Fund. 1 All figures are forecasts as published by the International Monetary Fund. 2 Includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States. 3 Includes Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region of China), Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan Province of China. 4 Includes Mongolia, which is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, but is included for reasons of geography and similarities in economic