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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-8 Percent
Annual Growth Rates of GNP by End Use
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Consumption 0.7 6.0 6.7 5.6 5.6 4.7 6.9 7.0 4.5 sis
Consumer goods -0.7 7.5 8.4 5.9 5.7 5.4 8.3 7.9 3.9 5.1
Food -3.2 7.6 7.3 3.2 5.6 4.6 8.1 7.8 3.1 4.0
Animal products 1.6 2.7 5.5 5.0 3.0 8.4 10.0 13.4 4.5 5.5
Processed foods 32.3 10.8 20.3 -18.0 23.4 9.2 3.4 4.6 4.9 7.5
Basic foods - 16.6 13.6 5.8 5.3 4.2 -1.8 5.9 0.7 0.8 0.1
Beverages 11.9 11.6 12.4 12.5 12.2 4.3 10.7 5.2 -0.3 572'
Soft goods 13.4 5.6 10.9 16.4 5.4 8.4 676 7.6 6.3 8.1
Durables 16.4 14.3 30.6 27.8 9.3 9.4 21._1 9.9 9.2 T372
Consumer services 3.1 3.6 3.7 4.9 5.4 3.5 4.3 5.4 5.8 5.5
Housing 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5 4.3 5.3 5.9 5.8
Utilities 6.3 6.6 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.2 7.5 7.7 6.9
Transportation 11.2 10.0 11.9 11.8 15.4 7.2 14.1 11.6 9.8 11.5
Communications 9.3 9.0 6.4 8.2 7.5 7.7 7.7 5.8 6.4 7.6
Repair and personal care 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 -2.5 -0.9 6.6 15.3 -2?;
Recreation 6.0 6.4 4.7 11.6 16.2 5.4 4.6 7.8 2.6 3.8
Education 2.4 3.1 2.6 4.2 4.2 2.9 2.75 3.0 3.1 5.2
Health 2.0 4.7 6.8 8.9 8.2 3.9 5.3 5.5 5.8 6.2
Investment 18.9 0.3 15.5 7.5 21.2 13.8 188 11.0 11.0 5.3
New fixed investment 20.5 -1.0 16.1 7.0 21.2 12.8 11.2 10.6 9.7 5.3
Machinery and equipment 0.0 9.1 5.6 18.4 22.2 25.5 10.1 13.2 8.1 10.8
Construction and other
capital outlays
14.9 11.9 9.6 11.1 10.8 6.1 9.2 12.8 12.8 7.9
Net additions to livestock 528.3 NA NA NA NA 53.0 350 NA NA NA
Capital repair 10.2 8.3 11.9 10.1 20.9 19.1 14.7 12.6 17.3 5.4
Other government expenditures -0.2 9.4 -4.3 0.7 6.8 13.3 -10.8 5.6 3.4 -1.6
Government administrative
services
-0.1 -0.1 -3.8 -7.4 -10.6 -2.0 -4.6 1.0 -2.7 -1.1
General agricultural pro-
grams
8.4 7.5 -8.5 3.7 -27.9 9.0 -4.1 18.7 5.5 21.5
Forestry 1.7 1.7 -10.1 -3.5 -3.4 -2.2 -5.6 -3.3 -6.7 -1.9
State administration and
the administrative or-
gans of social organiza-
tions
-1.5 —1.s -3.5 -10.7 -12.0 -3.8 -5.8 -0.7 -4.3 -5.9
Culture 3.4 3.2 2.5 4.5 4.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 1.3 177
Municipal services 3.9 3.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.6 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.8
Civilian police -1.5 -1.5 -3.5 -10.7 -12.0 -3.8 -5.3 -0.7 -4.3 -5.9
Research and development 9.9 8.2 5.0 5.8 9.0 13.2 10.8 13.3 10.9 14.4
Outlays n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gross national product 3.1 5.9 5.2 4.7 8.6 8.4 Is 7.6 5.8 4.0
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