The German Democratic Republic’s Gross Domestic Product development between 1950 and 1989.

By order of the OECD the researcher Agnus Maddison repeatedly published in the framework of worldwide investigations the estimations on the GDR-Data, among other things on the GDP at constant prices for the period between 1950 and 1989. According to the sources of the two publications (1995 and 2000) the data based to a large extension on estimations of Thad P. Alton. The publication of 2001 contains data on the GDR’s GDP for selected years.

Datatables in Downloadsystem HISTAT (Topic: National Accounts - Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung):

A-d Die Auswirkung der Grenzveränderungen in Deutschland auf das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (1820-1991)
(The impact of border changes in Germany´s gross domestic product.)

B.6 Gebietsbezogene Angaben für Deutschland: Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Bevölkerung und Bruttoinlandsprodukt pro Kopf (1936, 1990)
(Area-based data for Germany: Gross domestic product, population and gross domestic product per capita)

B.7 Schätzungen für das Volkseinkommen/Bruttoinlandsprodukt zu konstanten Preisen (1950=100) für die ehemalige DDR (1936-1989)
(Estimates of national income / gross domestic product at constant prices (1950 = 100) for the former GDR)

T.81 Vergleich von Berechnungen zur Entwicklung des BIP der DDR, 1950=100 (1950-1989)
(Comparison of computation for the development of the GDP of East Germany, 1950 = 100 (1950-1989))