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Soviet Union

47 series · 1860–1991 · Europe & Central Asia

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1928–19911,822,000 (1991)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1970–19911,060,586 (1991)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1860–19911,822,000 (1991)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1870–19916,284 (1991)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1928–1991100.0 (1991)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1970–1990698,054 (1990)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1970–199069.8 (1990)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1970–19901,048,130 (1990)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1970–1990481,230 (1990)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1970–199048.1 (1990)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1970–1990722,567 (1990)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1970–1990216,825 (1990)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1970–199021.7 (1990)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1970–1990325,563 (1990)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1970–1991464,058 (1991)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1970–199125.5 (1991)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1970–1991270,128 (1991)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1970–1990293,456 (1990)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1970–199029.3 (1990)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1970–1990440,625 (1990)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1922–199180,800 (1991)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1928–19914.43 (1991)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1957–199147,034 (1991)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1922–199176,000 (1991)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1928–19914.17 (1991)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1957–199144,240 (1991)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1957–19911.72 (1991)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1928–195552,891 (1955)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp1928–195552,891 (1955)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP1928–195554.8 (1955)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1928–195551,617 (1955)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev1928–195551,617 (1955)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP1928–195553.5 (1955)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax1928–195538,493 (1955)
Central government tax revenueMillions of local currencycgovtax1928–195538,493 (1955)
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovtax_GDP1928–195539.9 (1955)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1928–1955-1.32 (1955)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP1928–1955-1.32 (1955)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef1928–1955-1,273 (1955)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1928–1955-1,273 (1955)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1928–195554.8 (1955)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1928–195553.5 (1955)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP1928–195539.9 (1955)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01923–19347,734 (1934)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1940–1991100.0 (1991)
InflationPercentinfl1948–19640 (1964)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1870–1991290.0 (1991)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →