GDP and industrial output in the ECE
transition economies, 1998-1999
(Percentage change over the same period of the preceding
year)
GDP |
Industrial output |
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1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
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Jan.-Mar. |
Jan.-Jun. |
Jan.-Sept. |
Jan.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Jan.-Mar. |
Jan.-Jun. |
Jan.-Sept. |
Jan.-Dec. |
Jan.-Mar. |
|
| Eastern Europe | 3.1 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
.. |
5.8 |
4.3 |
3.4 |
1.4 |
-4.0 |
| Albania | .. |
.. |
.. |
8* |
.. |
-11.7 |
1.8 |
11.6 |
10* |
20.7 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
14.2 |
21.1 |
25.4 |
23.8 |
11.7 |
| Bulgaria | 18.9 |
11.9 |
4.3 |
3.5 |
.. |
6.2 |
-0.7 |
-6.7 |
-9.4 |
-16.2 |
| Croatia | 3.5 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
2.7 |
.. |
6.4 |
5.8 |
6.8 |
3.7 |
-3.6 |
| Czech Republic | -0.9 |
-1.7 |
-2.1 |
-2.7 |
-4.5 |
8.4 |
6.7 |
5.0 |
1.6 |
-9.1 |
| Hungary | 4.5 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
.. |
13.6 |
13.6 |
13.6 |
12.6 |
7.2 |
| Poland | 6.4 |
5.8 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
1.5 |
11.0 |
8.4 |
7.0 |
4.7 |
-2.6 |
| Romania | -9.4 |
-5.2 |
-5.7 |
-7.3 |
.. |
-21.8 |
-19.0 |
-17.0 |
-17.0 |
-9.6 |
| Slovakia | 6.2 |
6.2 |
5.8 |
4.4 |
1.8 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
6.4 |
5.0 |
3.8 |
| Slovenia | 6.1 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
.. |
9.8 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
3.7 |
-3.0 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | .. |
.. |
.. |
2.9 |
.. |
8.3 |
9.6 |
7.9 |
4.5 |
-13.3 |
| Yugoslavia | .. |
.. |
.. |
2.6 |
.. |
15.9 |
12.3 |
7.0 |
3.6 |
-15.0 |
| Baltic states | 8.7 |
8.4 |
6.3 |
4.4 |
.. |
11.3 |
9.6 |
7.6 |
4.2 |
-10.4 |
| Estonia | 9.8 |
7.9 |
5.8 |
4.0 |
-5.8 |
11.4 |
7.9 |
3.9 |
0.5 |
-11.5 |
| Latvia | 8.9 |
7.2 |
5.4 |
3.6 |
.. |
14.7 |
11.2 |
7.0 |
2.0 |
-12.5 |
| Lithuania | 8.1 |
9.3 |
7.0 |
5.1 |
.. |
9.8 |
9.8 |
9.5 |
7.0 |
-9.1 |
| CIS | 1.1 |
0.5 |
-1.4 |
-2.8 |
.. |
2.5 |
1.3 |
-1.9 |
-3.1 |
-1.4 |
| Armenia | 6.4 |
6.7 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
3.2 |
0.6 |
-2.5 |
-4.4 |
| Azerbaijan | 8.2 |
9.1 |
8.5 |
10.0 |
6.2 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
2.2 |
4.1 |
| Belarus | 13.0 |
12.5 |
10.0 |
8.3 |
1.3 |
14.6 |
13.5 |
10.8 |
11.0 |
4.1 |
| Georgia | 11.2 |
8.9 |
7.3 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
-3.2 |
0.8 |
-1.2 |
-2.7 |
-5.7 |
| Kazakhstan | 1.9 |
1.7 |
- |
-2.5 |
-3.6 |
3.8 |
1.1 |
-1.2 |
-2.1 |
-4.1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11.5 |
5.0 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
52.1 |
23.5 |
9.7 |
4.6 |
-4.6 |
| Republic of Moldova | -4.2 |
-4.7 |
-4.7 |
-8.6 |
.. |
3.4 |
2.3 |
-5.7 |
-11.0 |
-27.1 |
| Russian Federation a | - |
-0.9 |
-3.3 |
-4.6 |
-3.7 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
-3.9 |
-5.2 |
-2.0 |
| Tajikistan | 1.3 |
2.6 |
6.5 |
5.3 |
2.4 |
9.5 |
12.5 |
8.7 |
8.1 |
4.4 |
| Turkmenistan | -8.0 |
3.0 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
13.0 |
-11.0 |
-5.0 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
15.0 |
| Ukraine | -0.2 |
0.2 |
-0.5 |
-1.7 |
-4.8 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
-0.3 |
-1.5 |
-2.4 |
| Uzbekistan | 3.3 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
2.9 |
4.3 |
5.5 |
6.1 |
5.8 |
4.7 |
| Total above | 2.0 |
1.6 |
0.2 |
-1.1 |
.. |
4.1 |
2.8 |
0.6 |
-1.0 |
-2.8 |
| Memorandum items: | ||||||||||
| CETE-5 | 4.5 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.1 |
.. |
10.3 |
8.4 |
7.4 |
5.1 |
-2.1 |
| SETE-7 | -0.7 |
0.4 |
-1.1 |
-2.6 |
.. |
-7.1 |
-7.2 |
-7.9 |
-9.3 |
-10.5 |
| Former GDR | 3.6 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7.5 |
.. |
Source: National statistics; CIS Statistical Committee and direct communications from national statistical offices to UN/ECE secretariat (IMF and World Bank data for Albania).
Note: Industrial output figures above are based on monthly statistical reporting. Because of differences in coverage, monthly cumulative figures for 1998 as a whole differ slightly from reported annual figures for some countries. For these countries reported annual figures have been used. On regional aggregates see the note to table 2.3.1.
a Reported quarterly GDP figures for Russia are volume indices of the gross output in industry, agriculture, construction, transport and retail trade which covers about 70 per cent of total output at basic prices.