They were the United States, Australia, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands.
1  BIS Review 73/2000  Table 1 Real GDP growth and consumer price inflation Average annual rate (since 1990) Country  GDP  Country  GDI  Ireland  6.3  Japan  1.0  Australia  3.5  France  1.8  Norway  3.3  New Zealand  1.9  United States  3.3  Switzerland  2.1  Netherlands  2.9  Denmark  2.1  New Zealand  2.6  Finland  2.1  Canada  2.5  Canada  2.2  Spain  2.5  Belgium  2.3  Germany  2.2  Australia  2.3  Belgium  2.2  Netherlands  2.5  Denmark  2.1  Norway  2.5  United Kingdom  2.1  Germany  2.5  Finland  1.8  Ireland  2.6  France  1.7  Sweden  2.9  Japan  1.5  United States  3.0  Italy  1.5  United Kingdom  3.5  Sweden  1.4  Italy  3.8  Sweden  1.0  Spain  4.0  Source: OECD  BIS Review 73/2000  2  Whilst I am on the subject of productivity, I want to make two general points: •  The first is the obvious one which I have made on numerous occasions that the main reasons behind the pick-up in productivity growth have been structural changes made over the past 15 years in the Australian economy which have increased flexibility and competitive pressures.