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USSR: Measures of Economic Growth and Development, 1950-80

Central Intelligence Agency · 1982-12-08 · 399 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Joint Committee Print, dated December 8, 1982, gathers studies that the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Intelligence prepared for the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress. It gives estimates of Soviet gross national product for 1950 to 1980, with indexes of industrial production, agricultural production and consumption, and explains the methods and data behind them. The foreword says official Soviet statistics inflate growth and that the CIA measures offer a more accurate picture. The document contains no UFO material.

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Table A-1 Billion 1970 Rubles
GNP by Sector of Origin
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 195? 1956 1957
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1958 1959
lndustry 27.2 30.5 33.1 36.1 39.8 44.1 47.8 51.5 56.1 61.3
Ferrous metals 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.5
Nonferrous metals 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1
Fuel 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.6 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.6 6.1 6.6
Electric power 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.0
Machinery 8.3 9.1 9.9 10.8 11.8 13.2 14.1 15.1 16.2 17.7
Chemicals 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.6
Wood, pulp, and paper 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.4 5.6 6.0 6.6 7.2
Construction materials 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.6 4.2
Light industry 2.7 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.9 5.3 5.7
Food industry 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.5 6.0
Other industry 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8
Construction 5.7 6.5 7.2 7.9 8.8 10.0 10.9 12.1 13.7 15.3
Agriculture 40.8 37.6 39.5 41.9 42.7 48.4 55.5 54.7 59.3 60.5
Transportation 5.2 5.8 6.4 7.0 7.8 9.2 10.2 11.7 12.9 14.3
Communications 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4
Trade 6.7 7.3 8.0 8.9 9.8 10.7 11.7 12.6 13.9 14.8
Services 39.4 40.3 41.3 41.9 42.6 43.3 44.2 45.3 47.4 49.4
Housing 13.3 13.7 14.1 14.4 14.9 15.3 15.9 16.6 17.5 18.5
Utilities 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0
Repair and personal care 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.8
Recreation 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2
Education 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.7 8.9
Health 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.1
Science 1.4 1.6 1.7 '
1.8 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.2
Credit and insurance 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Government administrative 9.3 9.3 9.3 8.9 8.3
services
7.4 7.2 6.9 7.0 6.8
General agricultural pro- 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
grams
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8
Forestry 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
State administration and 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.9 '
4.4
the administrative or-
gans of social organiza-
tions
3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3
Culture 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Municipal services 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Civilian police 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
Military personnel 7.5 8.4 9.0 8.3 7.7 7.2 7.1 6.6 -6.1 5.7
Other branches 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Gross national product 133.6 137.7 145.8 153.4 160.7 174.5 189.1 196.2 211.2 223.71
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