International Comparisons of GDP per Capita and per Employed Person. Seventeen Countries, 1960-2008

摘要

This report represents an update of comparative GDP per capita and per employed person data produced annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Separate historical tables for GDP per hour worked are included for the first time. With this year's edition, Singapore becomes the seventeenth country included in these comparisons. The main source of Singapores data is Statistics Singapore. The data comply with international standards of national accounts. An eighteenth country, Ireland, has been partially included for illustrative purposes.