SOURCES: Soviet official data and plan goals, TSSU (1986) and earlier volumes
in the same series; Pravda, March 9, 1986; June 19, 1986; June 20, 1986; John
Pitzer (1982), CIA (1985, pp. 64ff; 1989, pp. 45, 59ff); Gertrude E.
Schroeder and M. Elizabeth Denton (1982). For consumption, 1981-1985, and
agricultural output, 1976-85, unclassified CIA data supplied to author.
Authors' Source: Abrham Bergson Soviet Economic Reform Under Gorbachev"
in From Socialism to Market Economy .ed William Kern 1992 p. 37
a. Utilized for consumption and accumulation.
b. Output valued in 1970 prices for growth rates for 1961-75 and in 1982
prices for growth rates for 1976-85.
c. Not available.
d. CIA estimates essentially accord with Soviet official data.
e. Yearly growth rate of average for five-year period over average for
previous five-year period.
Table A2 Comparison of GNP Growth in USSR and Western Countries 1961-85
(Average Annual Growth in Per Cent)
USSR
US
FRG
France
Italy
UK
1961-65
4.8
4.6
4.8
5.8
5.2
3.2
1966-70
5.1
3.2
4.2
5.4
6.2
2.5
1971-75
3
2.2
2.1
4
2.4
2.2
1976-80
2.3
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.8
1.6
1981-85
1.9
2.4
1.3
1.1
0.9
1.9
Note: US GNP calculated in 1982 prices. GNP growths
of FRG, France, Italy and UK are calculated from GDP in 1980 prices.
