Year Growth Rate Previous Period 1996-01-01 9.9 1997-01-01 8.3 1998-01-01 7.9 1999-01-01 6.1 2000-01-01 9.0 2001-01-01 8.6 2002-01-01 7.5 2003-01-01 5.6 2004-01-01 3.7 2005-01-01 2.4 2006-01-01 2.5 2007-01-01 3.8 2008-01-01 5.5 2009-01-01 0.8 2010-01-01 2.1 2011-01-01 2.1 2012-01-01 2.8 2013-01-01 1.9 2014-01-01 0.4 2015-01-01 -0.8 2016-01-01 -0.2 2017-01-01 1.6