Table 2 State economic indicators 1991/92 to 2008/09; annual average growth, per cent NSW  VIC  QLD  WA  SA  TAS  Gross state product  2.8  3.7  4.8  4.5  2.9  2.9  Population  1.0  1.2  2.2  1.8  0.6  0.4  Gross state product per capita  1.8  2.5  2.6  2.7  2.3  2.5  Source: ABS.
All the states also experienced large falls in unemployment over the past couple of decades (Table 3). In fact, the states with the highest unemployment rates in 1991 generally experienced larger falls. At present, the rate of unemployment is fairly uniform across the states, with the exceptions of Western Australia, where it is below average, and Tasmania, where it is above average.