Category 1830 1840 1850 1870 1890 1910 Income Level in 1970 $US France $343 $432 $567 $668 $883 Britain $567 $904 $1,130 $1,302 Birth Rate* France 29.9 26.8 25.9 21.8 19.6 Britain 35.9 35.2 30.2 25.1 Death Rate* France 25.0 21.4 28.4 22.8 17.8 Britain 22.2 22.9 19.5 13.5 Labour Force in Agriculture+ France n.a. 51.8 49.3 45.9 41.0 Britain 25.0 20.0 16.3 15.1 Agri Income as % GNP+ France 38.5 33.0 33.5 28.0 28.7 Britain 24.9 18.8 13.4 10.3 Manuf Income as % of GNP France 35.9 39.3 36.0 36.8 38.6 Britain 31.5 33.5 33.6 31.8 Gr Dom Inv as % GNP France n.a. 12.4 12.5 14.0 13.6 Britain 10.5 8.5 7.3 7.0 * Birth and Death Rates: crude rates measured per thousand + Agriculture includes extractive industries as well n.a. = data are not available Nicholas Crafts, Growth in France and Britain, 1830 - 1910: A Review of the Source: The ‘Economic Evidence’, 44 (March 1984), Tables 2-3, pp. 53-54. Journal of Economic History, Table 18. FOREIGN TRADE CURRENT VALUES AND INDICES OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AND GERMANY: QUINQUENNIAL MEANS, 1860-4 TO 1910-13 Mean of 1870 - 4 = 100
Category 1830 1840 1850 1870 1890 1910 Income Level in 1970 $US France Britain Birth Rate* France Britain Death Rate* France Britain Labour Force in Agriculture+ France Britain Agri Income as % GNP+ France Britain Manuf Income as % of GNP France Britain Gr Dom Inv as % GNP France Britain $343 29.9 25.0 n.a. 38.5 35.9 n.a. $567 35.9 22.2 25.0 24.9 31.5 10.5 $432 26.8 21.4 51.8 33.0 39.3 12.4 $567 $904 25.9 35.2 28.4 22.9 49.3 20.0 33.5 18.8 36.0 33.5 12.5 8.5 $668 $1,130 21.8 30.2 22.8 19.5 45.9 16.3 28.0 13.4 36.8 33.6 14.0 7.3 $883 $1,302 19.6 25.1 17.8 13.5 41.0 15.1 28.7 10.3 38.6 31.8 13.6 7.0 * Birth and Death Rates: crude rates measured per thousand + Agriculture includes extractive industries as well n.a. = data are not available Source: Nicholas Crafts, ‘Economic Growth in France and Britain, 1830 - 1910: A Review of the Evidence’, The Journal of Economic History, 44 (March 1984), Tables 2-3, pp. 53-54. Table 18. FOREIGN TRADE CURRENT VALUES AND INDICES OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AND GERMANY: QUINQUENNIAL MEANS, 1860-4 TO 1910-13 Mean of 1870 - 4 = 100