"Figure 2: Three G7 countries experienced a contraction in GDP in Quarter 4 2019","" "G7 countries, real GDP growth, 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. All Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) figures correct as of 23 March 2020. " "Unit","Percentage" "","" "","2019 Q1","2019 Q2","2019 Q3","2019 Q4" "Canada","0.2","0.9","0.3","0.1" "France","0.3","0.4","0.3","-0.1" "Germany","0.5","-0.2","0.2","0.0" "Italy","0.2","0.1","0.1","-0.3" "Japan","0.6","0.6","0.0","-1.8" "UK","0.7","-0.2","0.5","0.0" "United States","0.8","0.5","0.5","0.5"