Membership in the EU has been good for the UK

The chart shows how UK's growth rate changed during the periods of 1961 through 2017 compared to the average growth rates of France, Germany and Italy. Britain joined the EU in 1973 and has had a positive growth rate with respect to these economies, except between 1989 and 1992.

The numbers were obtained by subtracting the average growth rate of France, Germany and Italy from Britain's growth rate for each year.

• Chart inspired by What has the EU done for the UK? from the Financial Times.
• Data from Worldbank