Economic projections: Methodology
| Rank | Average performance | Economic performance | Expected change | GNP growth | ||||
| Sep-98 | Dec-97 | 1999-2000 | 1999 | 2000 | 1999-2000 | 1999 | 2000 | |
| 1 | 1 | Luxembourg | 88.36 | 88.57 | 88.14 | -0.43 | 3.44 | 3.10 |
| 2 | 3 | Norway | 82.00 | 82.45 | 81.55 | -0.91 | 2.84 | 2.60 |
| 3 | 2 | United States | 81.52 | 81.74 | 81.29 | -0.44 | 2.41 | 2.35 |
| 4 | 14 | Austria | 80.79 | 80.80 | 80.79 | -0.01 | 2.70 | 2.57 |
| 5 | 5 | Ireland | 80.65 | 80.00 | 81.31 | 1.31 | 6.65 | 5.58 |
| 6 | 4 | Netherlands | 80.53 | 80.97 | 80.09 | -0.88 | 3.03 | 2.88 |
| 7 | 8 | Finland | 80.19 | 80.54 | 79.85 | -0.69 | 3.22 | 3.11 |
| 8 | 16 | Germany | 79.35 | 78.85 | 79.84 | 0.99 | 2.73 | |