摘要：Abstract This paper examines interstate differences in economic growth rates in Australia over the period 1953-54 to 1990-91 using a six State classification (with {ACT} induded in New South Wales and the Northern Territory in South Australia). The economic growth rate is measured by the increase in constant price gross state product at factor cost (GSP) per head of population over lime, using three year moving averages of {GSP} and population to remove sortie of the annual fluctuations in the data. The analysis shows substantial differences among the States in their performance over this period. Despice these differences, however, New South Wales and Victoria (except for one year) had real {GSP} per head above the national mcan for ail years; while Quecnsland, South Australia and Tasmania had real {GSP} per head below the national mean for ail years. In Western Australia {GSP} per head was below the national mean until 1967-68 and above the national mean in subsequent years. The extent to which the {GSP} per head in the States differed from the national mean also showed considerable variability over the period.
