The Macroeconomic Development in East Germany from 1970 until 2000, new results of comprehensive calculations on the national economy

´For the first time, this study on East Germany presents data on the macroeconomic development in the period from 1970 until 2000, which are comparable as to their method, their price, and their structure. Hereby the domestic product, added value in the different economic fields, employment, and the consumption of the national economy according to their respective main deployment serve as indicators. The data collected so far are insufficient for a presentation of the development of major economic factors concerning the above-mentioned period, on a similar methodical basis, streamlined with regard to price changes, i.e. the prices of a basic year, and the structural definitions of today. As a matter of fact, the creation of comparable statistical findings for East Germany over the whole period of three decades is still difficult both in objective and subjective terms. The accession of East Germany to the former Federal Republic of Germany on 3rd October 1990, followed by the German Reunification, divides the period of this comparative study into two different phases:
- from 1970 until 3rd October 1990: German Democratic Republic,
- from 3rd October 1990 until 2000: the New Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.

For each of these two periods, extensive statistical data are available, which have been collected from the different statistical systems of the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany. These two systems originated and developed from different socio-economic and political backgrounds. As to the field of study examined here – the complete national economy in total figures -, this means that the generated figures for the quantitative representation of the national economic output, employment, and consumption rely on different theoretical basises and statistical analogies, which makes a direct comparison of the data impossible. With the publication at hand, the author intends to make a contribution to closing the existing data gap.´ (Heske, G., 2005: Gross Domestic Product, Consumption, and Employment in East Germany 1970-2000. New Results of Comprehensive Calculations on the National Economy. Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung. Supplement/Beiheft No. 17. Cologne: Zentrum für Historische Sozialforschung, S. 10-12).

Factual classification of the tables in HISTAT:
1. German Democratic Republic from 1970 until 1989
1.0.0 Gross domestic product, gross value added, gainfully employed persons, labour productivity, domestic utilisation
1.1.0 Gross value added per economic domain, in million euro 95 (1970-1989)
1.1.1 Gross value added, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-1989)
1.1.2 Gross value added in percent per economic domain (1970-1989)
1.2.0 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain (1970-1989)
1.2.1 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-1989)
1.2.2 Gainfully employed persons in percent per economic domain (1970-1989)
1.3.0 Labour productivity per economic domain, in euro 95 (1970-1989)
1.3.1 Labour productivity per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-1989)
1.3.2 Labour productivity, total percentage according to economic domain (1970-1989)
1.4.0 Utilisation of gross domestic product (GDP) in million euro 95 (1970-1989)
1.4.1 Utilisation of gross domestic product, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-1989)
1.4.2 Utilisation of gross domestic product, percentage of domestic utilisation (1970-1989)

2. Federal Republic of Germany 1970 until 1989
2.0.0 Gross domestic product, gross value added, gainfully employed persons, labour productivity, domestic utilisation (1970-1989)
2.1.0 Utilisation of gross domestic product, percentage of domestic utilisation (1970-1989)
2.1.1 Utilisation of gross domestic product, percentage of domestic utilisation (1970-1989)
2.1.2 Gross value added in percent according to economic domain (1970-1989)
2.2.0 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain (1970-1989)
2.2.1 Gainfully employed persons, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-1989)
2.2.2 Gainfully employed persons in percent per economic domain (1970-1989)
2.3.0 Labour productivity per economic domain, euro 95 (1970-1989)
2.3.1 Labour productivity per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-1989)
2.3.2 Labour productivity, total percentage per economic domain (1970-1989)
2.4.0 Utilisation of gross domestic product (GDP) in million euro 95 (1970-1989)
2.4.1 Utilisation of gross domestic product, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-1989)
2.4.2 Utilisation of gross domestic product, percentage of domestic utilisation (1970-1989)

3. New Länder including Berlin from 1970 until 2000
3.0.0 Gross domestic product, gross value added, gainfully employed persons, labour productivity, domestic utilisation (1970-2000)
3.1.0 Gross value added per economic domain, in million euro 95 (1970-2000)
3.1.1 Gross value added, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.1.2 Gross value added, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.1.3 Gross value added in percent according to economic domain (1970-2000)
3.2.0 Gainfully employed persons according to economic domain (1970-2000)
3.2.1 Gainfully employed persons according to economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.2.2 Gainfully employed persons according to economic domain, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.2.3 Gainfully employed persons in percent per economic domain (1970-2000)
3.3.0 Labour productivity per economic domain, euro 95 (1970-2000)
3.3.1 Labour productivity per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.3.2 Labour productivity per economic domain, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.3.3 Labour productivity, percentages according to economic domain (1970-2000)
3.4.0 Utilisation of gross domestic product (GDP) in million euro 95 (1970-2000)
3.4.1 Utilisation of gross domestic product, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.4.2 Utilisation of gross domestic product, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
3.4.3 Utilisation of gross domestic product, percentage of domestic utilisation (1970-2000)

4. New Länder without Berlin from 1970 until 2000
4.0.0 Gross domestic product, gross value added, gainfully employed persons, labour productivity, domestic utilisation (1970-2000)
4.1.0 Gross value added per economic domain in million euro 95 (1970-2000)
4.1.1 Gross value added, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.1.2 Gross value added, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.1.3 Gross value added, in percent per economic domain (1970-2000)
4.2.0 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain (1970-2000)
4.2.1 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.2.2 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.2.3 Gainfully employed persons in percent per economic domain (1970-2000)
4.3.0 Labour productivity per economic domain, euro 95 (1970-2000)
4.3.1 Labour productivity per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.3.2 Labour productivity per economic domain, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.3.3 Labour productivity, percentage per economic domain (1970-2000)
4.4.0 Utilisation of gross domestic product (GDP) in million euro 95 (1970-2000)
4.4.1 Utilisation of gross domestic product, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.4.2 Utilisation of gross domestic product, index of 1989 = 100 (1970-2000)
4.4.3 Utilisation of gross domestic product, percentage of domestic utilisation (1970-2000)

5. Deutschland 1970 bis 2000
5.0.0 Gross domestic product, gross value added, gainfully employed persons, labour productivity, domestic utilisation (1970-2000)
5.1.0 Gross value added per economic domain, in million euro 95 (1970-2000)
5.1.1 Gross value added, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
5.1.2 Gross value added in percent per economic domain (1970-2000)
5.2.0 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain (1970-2000)
5.2.1 Gainfully employed persons per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
5.2.2 Gainfully employed persons in percent per economic domain (1970-2000)
5.3.0 Labour productivity per economic domain, euro 95 (1970-2000)
5.3.1 Labour productivity per economic domain, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
5.3.2 Labour productivity, percentage per economic domain (1970-2000)
5.4.0 Utilisation of gross domestic product (GDP) in million euro 95 (1970-2000)
5.4.1 Utilisation of gross domestic product, index of 1970 = 100 (1970-2000)
5.4.2 Utilisation of gross domestic product, percentage of domestic utilisation (1970-2000)

6. Other tables (from section B of the main part)
Regional comparisons for Germany:
6.0.1 Population: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.0.2 Gainfully employed persons: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.0.3 Gross domestic product: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.0.4 Gross value added: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.0.5 Gross domestic product in relation to number of gainfully employed persons: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.0.6 Gross value added per gainfully employed person: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.0.7 Gross domestic product per inhabitant: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.0.8 Gross value added per inhabitant: GDR, FRG, Germany, New Länder (1970-2000)
6.1.0 Gainfully employed persons in the GDR in thousands (1970-1989)
6.1.1a Relations of selected indicators FRG/GDR (1970-1989)
6.1.1b Relations of selected indicators GDR/FRG (1970-1989)
Other supplementary tables:
6.2.1 Overview on the commercial exchange rate for the export and import of the German Democratic Republic in foreign currencies (1970-1989)
6.2.2 Price index calculation (deflator) of the total national product (1970-1989)
6.2.3 Consumer price indeces per commodity group, 1985=100 (1970-1989)