Table 6
GDP volume, labour input and capital services long-run growth vs 1994-2000
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| Industry | Gross domestic product volume growth | Labour input growth | Capital services growth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-to-2005 average | 1994-to-2000 average | 2001-to-2007 average | 1962-to-2005 average | 1994-to-2000 average | 1962-to-2005 average | 1994-to-2000 average | |
| percent | |||||||
| Food | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| Beverage and tobacco product | 1.4 | 0.5 | -3.8 | -0.4 | -3.6 | 0.8 | -1.9 |
| Textile and textile product mills | 2.7 | 5.1 | -6.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Clothing | 1.0 | 4.8 | -8.5 | -0.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| Leather and allied product | -2.1 | 0.2 | -11.0 | -3.7 | -3.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Paper | 2.5 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | -1.9 |
| Printing and related support activities | 2.3 | 2.4 | -1.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| Petroleum and coal products | 4.4 | 2.6 | -1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | -0.7 |
| Chemical | 4.9 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -1.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Plastics and rubber products | 6.9 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Wood product | 4.5 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 7.8 |
| Non-metallic mineral product | 3.1 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Primary metal | 3.3 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| Fabricated metal product | 3.9 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 4.9 |
| Machinery | 4.7 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 |
| Computer and electronic product | 7.7 | 17.0 | -4.6 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 12.4 |
| Electrical equipment, appliance and component | 2.7 | 7.2 | -3.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| Transportation equipment | 6.7 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| Furniture and related product | 5.0 | 11.8 | -0.9 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 7.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 4.6 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
Note(s):
Labour input and capital services growth consists of weighted average growth rates of workers across different experience and education levels and assets across different types. See Baldwin, Gu and Yan (2007) for further discussion.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada.
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