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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.

  • p. 26 …the shifting of industrial produc- tion toward Siberia, which leads to longer shipping distances to reach…
  • p. 51 …may cost much more to construct in Siberia than in the Ukraine because of greater transportation…
  • p. 268 …European Russia, Ukraine, the “Volga Valley,” Western Siberia and Altay kray, and Northern and Central Kazakhstan…
  • p. 306 …Kok- chetav and Northern Kazakhstan are equated with Omsk in Western Siberia; all other Kazakhstan ob…
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Table A-8 (Continued) Percent
Annual Growth Rates of GNP by End Use
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 19767
Consumption 2.9 4.0 4.7 1.4 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.0 4.8 4.6
Consumer goods 1.8 3.3 4.5 -0.9 5.4 5.9 6.4 6.7 5.2 4.8
Food 1.5 3.1 5.7 -2.4 4.7 4.7 5.6 5.8 4.4 3.6
Animal products 0.8 2.1 10.1 -8.6 5.3 7.7 6.4 6.9 5.3 2.9
Processed foods 4.6 6.4 4.2 9.2 4.5 1.2 5.8 4.2 5.2 4.1
Basic foods 0.9 2.3 -2.4 4.2 2.9 -0.3 2.9 3.5 -1.2 5.0
Beverages 6.2 10.2 6.5 6.0 7.3 7.5 9.2 7.9 13.5 4.4
Soft goods 3.4 3.5 0.5 3.1 6.8 8.8 8.9 8.8 7.5 7.0
Durables 1 .7 5.1 -0.4 9.9 11.2 11.8 8.6 10.9 7.9 11.7
Consumer services 4.8 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.1 4.2
Housing 5.0 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8
Utilities 9.9 10.2 9.6 9.2 8.5 6.9 6.3 7.1 7.0 6.5
Transportation 9.6 12.9 10.3 8.2 9.3 11.1 9.8 9.6 7.4 7.5
Communications 5 .9 6.2 5.9 7.1 10.4 10.5 10.3 7.2 8.7 7.5
Repair and personal care -6.8 -0.4 3.1 9.9 12.3 10.7 10.5 9.9 7.4 9.0
Recreation 4.0 2.5 0.5 8.0 3.9 0.5 6.1 4.3 1.0 1.5
Education 6.1 8.1 7.0 6.9 5.8 4.9 3.9 4.6 3.8 2.7
Health 3.7 1.7 4.3 3.8 4.7 4.0 3.0 4.4 3.9 6.0
Investment 1 1.2 4.1 -7.7 23.3 9.3 0.9 3.7 6.5 6.4 12.7
New fixed investment 12.0 3.0 -12.5 27.5 10.2 0.3 4.2 6.6 7.1 14.3
Machinery and equipment 8.7 12.5 10.3 13.7 7.0 5.9 7.3 7.8 4.8 12.4
Construction and other 4.6
capital outlays
4.9 3.7 4.5 7.8 4.1 9.2 5.5 4.9 8.6
Net additions to livestock 205.7 NA NA NA 68.3 NA NA NA NA 450.3
Capital repair 7.8 9.3 14.3 8.6 5.8 3.1 1.8 6.2 3.6 5.6
Other government expenditures 6.8 2.8 -9.9 27.8 4.5 10.1 2.6 5.4 -7.6 10.0
Government administrative -0.9
services
2.1 0.5 4.2 5.5 5.4 7.0 5.6 5.1 2.7
General agricultural pro- -9.7
grams
-1.4 -1.4 3.7 2.9 5.9 9.4 7.5 1.5 -0.1
Forestry 0.7 2.9 2.3 1.8 -1.3 2.2 1.0 2.4 1.4 1.4
State administration and -0.5
the administrative or-
gans of social organiza-
tions
1.6 -0.8 4.0 7.0 5.9 6.6 4.9 5.4 1.9
Culture 3.2 6.4 5.4 6.8 5.6 4.8 10.0 10.1 8.8 8.3
Municipal services 1.1 3.3 3.9 5.1 3.7 4.8 7.7 4.9 4.9 3.9
Civilian police -0.5 1.6 -0.8 4.0 7.0 5.9 6.6 4.9 5.4 1.9
Research and development 11.8 11.1 7.9 8.8 5.4 6.6 4.2 6.9 6.9 8.7
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 5.6 3.8 -1.1 11.0 6.3 5.1 4.6 6.0 2.9 7.7
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