Statistics

NATO and Warsaw Pact Gross National Product (1960-85)

 

Gross National Product
$ bn 1960 1970 1980 1985
Bulgaria 22.7 39.8 52.6 56.4
Czechoslovakia 69.9 93.1 122.2 127.9
East Germany 85.5 115.8 154.0 163.7
Hungary 40.2 56.6 73.7 77.0
Poland 104.8 130.4 225.2 228.5
Romania 39.4 65.1 109.2 117.6
         
Total East Europe 362.5 500.8 736.9 771.1
         
USSR 821.7 1345.0 1,795.7 1,957.6
         
Total Warsaw Pact 1,184.2 1,845.8 2,532.6 2,728.7
% USSR 69.4 72.9 70.9 71.7
         
West Germany 291.1 455.2 600.5 616.1
France 192.7 331.2 473.1 496.8
United Kingdom 251.6 332.7 401.9 426.3
Italy 146.5 255.0 346.9 353.2
Belgium 34.0 54.9 74.8 76.3
Netherlands 56.5 93.6 124.6 123.8
         
Total NATO Europe 972.4 1,522.6 2,021.8 2,092.5
         
United States 1,647.2 2,425.5 3,295.8 3,662.8
Canada 125.4 208.7 313.3 334.1
         
Total NATO 2,745.0 4,156.8 5,630.9 6,089.4
% United States 60.0 58.4 58.5 60.2
         
% Warsaw Pact / NATO 43.1 44.4 45.0 44.8
         
Total World 5,330.0 8,690.0 12,500.0 14,000
% Warsaw Pact 22.2 21.2 20.3 19.5
% NATO 51.5 47.8 45.0 43.5

 

Population
$ m 1960 1970 1980 1985
Bulgaria 7.9 8.5 8.9 9.0
Czechoslovakia 13.7 14.3 15.3 15.5
East Germany 17.1 17.1 16.7 16.7
Hungary 10.0 10.3 10.7 10.7
Poland 29.6 32.5 35.6 36.9
Romania 18.4 20.3 22.2 22.6
         
Total East Europe 96.7 103.0 109.4 111.4
         
USSR 214.3 242.8 265.5 275.0
         
Total Warsaw Pact 311.0 345.8 374.9 386.4
% USSR 68.9 70.2 70.8 71.2
         
West Germany 55.4 60.7 61.6 61.2
France 45.7 50.8 53.9 54.8
United Kingdom 52.4 55.6 56.3 56.4
Italy 50.2 53.7 56.5 57.0
Belgium 9.1 9.6 9.8 9.9
Netherlands 11.5 13.0 14.1 14.4
         
Total NATO Europe 224.3 243.4 252.2 253.7
         
United States 180.7 205.1 227.7 236.7
Canada 17.9 21.3 24.1 25.2
         
Total NATO 422.9 469.8 504.0 515.6
% United States 42.7 43.7 45.2 45.9
         
% Warsaw Pact / NATO 73.5 73.6 74.4 74.9
         
Total World 3,063.0 3,722.0 4,478.0 4,889.0
% Warsaw Pact 10.2 9.3 8.4 7.9
% NATO 13.8 12.6 11.3 10.5

 

Gross National Product per capita
$ 1960 1970 1980 1985
Bulgaria 2,873.4 4,682.4 5,910.1 6,266.7
Czechoslovakia 5,102.2 6,510.5 7,986.9 8,251.6
East Germany 5,000.0 6,771.9 9,221.6 9,802.4
Hungary 4,020.0 5,495.1 6,887.9 7,196.3
Poland 3,540.5 4,012.3 6,325.8 6,192.4
Romania 2,141.3 3,206.9 4,918.9 5,203.5
         
Total East Europe 3,748.7 4,862.1 6,735.8 6,921.9
         
USSR 3,843.3 5,539.5 6,763.5 7,118.5
         
Total Warsaw Pact 3,807.7 5,337.8 6,755.4 7,061.9
% USSR 100.9 103.8 100.1 100.8
         
West Germany 5,254.5 7,499.2 9,748.4 10,067.0
France 4,216.6 6,519.7 8,777.4 9,065.7
United Kingdom 4,801.5 5,983.8 7,138.5 7,558.5
Italy 2,918.3 4,748.6 6,139.8 6,196.5
Belgium 3,736.3 5,718.8 7,632.7 7,707.1
Netherlands 4,913.0 7,200.0 8,836.9 8,597.2
         
Total NATO Europe 4,335.3 6,255.5 8,016.7 8,247.9
         
United States 9,115.7 11,825.9 14,473.3 15,474.4
Canada 7,005.6 9,798.1 13,000.0 13,257.9
         
Total NATO 6,490.9 8,848.0 11,172.4 11,810.3
% United States 140.4 133.7 129.5 131.0
         
% Warsaw Pact / NATO 58.7 60.3 60.5 59.8
         
Total World 1,740.0 2,334.8 2,791.4 2,863.0
% Warsaw Pact 218.8 228.6 242.0 246.7
% NATO 373.0 379.0 400.2 412.5

 

Source: Simon, J. (ed.), NATO-Warsaw Pact Force Mobilization.

Last modified: 10 December 2022