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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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  • p. 57 …The freight transportation index is a weight- ed average of rail, sea, inland-waterway, oil-pipeline…
  • p. 98 …W Sea 0.263 per tkm Ibid, p. 1_5_1. Wig Inland water 0.418…
  • p. 99 …Mode Physical Measure Sources Ilail, inland water, Ton-kilometers sea, air, and oil pipeline Transport i…
  • p. 100 …Year (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Rail Sea Inland Water Oil Pipeline Truck (billion tkm) (billion…
  • p. 300 …fed Feed potatoes ~are priced at the sea'sonally low pro- curement-supply price (63 rubles…
  • p. 344 …It is a weighted composite of physical series for 9 modes of transport—rail, sea, river…
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Ta|)|g A-6 (Continued) Billion 1970 Rubles
GNP by End Use
1960 818961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 ""1361 1968 1969
Consumption 133.9 137.8 143.3 150.0 152.1 160.3 169.0 178.8 189.5 198.6
Consumer goods 87.5 89.1 92.0 96.2 95.3 100.5 106.4 113.2 120.8 127.11!‘-
Food 68.3 69.3 71.5 75.6 73.7 77.2 80.9 85.4 90.4 943
Animal products 37.8 38.1 38.9 42.8 39.1 41.2 44.4 47.2 50.5 53.1
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Processed foods 6.4 6.7 7.1 7.4 8.1 8.4 8.5 9.0 9.4 ‘"99
Basic foods 19.8 19.9 20.4 19.9 20.7 21.3 21.3 21.9 22.6 22.4
Beverages 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.7 7.3 7.9 8.9
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Soft goods 14.8 15.3 15.8 15.9 16.4 17.5 19.0 20.7 22.5 24.2
Durables 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.8 5.2 5.8 6.5 7.1 7.8 8.5
Consumer services 46.4 48.6 51.2 53.8 56.8 59.8 62.7 65.6 68.8 71.6
Housing 19.0 20.0 20.9 21.7 22.5 23.2 23.9 24.7 25.5 26.2
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Utilities 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4
Transportation 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.8 5.3 5.8 6.2
Communications 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 l.7 1.8
Repair and personal care 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.2
Recreation 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6
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Education 10.2 10.8 11.7 12.6 13.4 14.2 14.9 15.5 16.2 16.8
A Health 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.4 7.7 8.1 8.4 8.6 9.0 9.4
Investment 56.2 62.5 65.1 60.0 74.0 80.9 81.6 84.7 90.2 96.0
New fixed investment 46.4 51.9 53.5 46.8 59.7 65.7 66.0 68.7 73.3 78.5
Machinery and equipment 10.8 11.8 13.2 14.6 16.6 17.8 18.8 20.2 21.8 22.8
Construction and other
capital outlays
34.1 35.6 37.4 38.8 40.5 43.6 45.4 49.6 52.3 54.9
Net additions to livestock 1.5 4.5 2.9 -6.6 2.6 4.3 1.7 -1.1 -0.8 ___6. gm. ..
Capital repair 9.8 10.6 11.6 13.2 14.4 15.2 15.7 16.0 16.9 17.6
Other government expenditures 42.1 45.0 46.2 41.6 53.2 55.6 61.2 62.8 66.2 61.2
Government administrative
services
7.5 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.9 8.4 8.8 9.4 10.0 10.5
General agricultural pro-
grams
0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0
Forestry 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
State administration and
the administrative or-
gans of social organiza-
tions
3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.7 5.0
Culture 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Municipal services 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Civilian police 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5
Research and development 5.7 6.3 7.0 7.6 8.3 8.7 9.3 9.7 10.3 11.0
Outlays n.e.c. 29.0 31.2 31.6 26.5 37.0 38.5 43.1 43.7 45.9 s9.7_‘
Gross national product 232.3 245.3 254.5 251.7 279.4 296.8 311.9 326.3 346.0 355.9
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