East Germany

25 indicators · 1949–1990 · 937 observations

German Democratic Republic · DDR

Key series

All indicators

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National accounts and activity

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
GDP deflatordeflatorAnnual1980–198910
Gross capital formationinvAnnual1949–198941
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)inv_GDPAnnual1949–198941
Gross capital formation (USD)inv_USDAnnual1959–198931
Nominal GDPnGDPAnnual1949–198941
Nominal GDP (USD)nGDP_USDAnnual1959–198931
Real GDPrGDPAnnual1980–199011
Real GDP per capitarGDP_pcAnnual1980–198910

Prices

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Consumer price indexCPIAnnual1950–198936
Inflation rateinflAnnual1956–198934

Money, interest rates and exchange rates

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Money supply (M0)M0Annual1949–198941
Real effective exchange rateREERAnnual1953–198836
US dollar exchange rateUSDfxAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1959–199032

Government finance

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Central government expenditurecgovexpAnnual1950–198839
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)cgovexp_GDPAnnual1950–198839
Combined government expendituregovexpAnnual1950–198839
Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)govexp_GDPAnnual1950–198839

External sector

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Current account (USD)CA_USDAnnual1982–19898
ExportsexportsAnnual1949–198941
Exports (% of GDP)exports_GDPAnnual1949–198941
Exports (USD)exports_USDAnnual1959–198931
ImportsimportsAnnual1949–198941
Imports (% of GDP)imports_GDPAnnual1949–198941
Imports (USD)imports_USDAnnual1959–198931

Labour and population

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
PopulationpopAnnual1950–198940
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