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Table showing rates of growth of former Communist countries since 1989

Real GDP index, 1989 = 100. (Source: EBRD Transition Report updates, April 1996, May 2003)

GDP at constant prices 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001  
Albania  9.8  ­10 ­27.7 ­9.7 11 7.4 13.3 9.1 ­7 8 7.3 7.8 6.5  
Armenia 14.2 ­7.4 ­10.8 ­52.4 -14.8 5.4 6.9 5.9 3.3 7.3 3.3 6 9.6  
Azerbaijan ­4.4 ­11.7 ­0.7 ­22.6 ­23.1 ­21.2 ­11.8 0,8 6 10 9.5 11.1 9.9  
Belarus 8 ­3 ­1.2 ­9.6 ­11.6 ­20.2 ­10.4 2.8 11.4  8.4 3.4 5.8 4.1  
Bosnia-Herz              20.8 86 37 15.6 9.6 5.6 4.5  
Bulgaria  0.5 ­9.1 ­11.7 ­7.3 ­2.4 1.4 2.9 ­9.4 ­5.6 4 2.3 5.4 4  
Croatia ­1.6 ­8.6 ­14.4 ­9 ­3.2 0.8 6.8 6 6.5 2.5 ­0.9 2.9 3.8  
Czech Rep 1.4  ­0.4 ­14.2 ­6.4 ­0.9 2.6 5.9 4.3 ­0.8 ­1 0.5 3.3 3.1  
Estonia ­1.1  ­8.1 ­11 ­14.2 ­6.7 ­3.2 4.3 3.9 9.8 4.6 ­0.6 7.1 5  
FYR Macedonia  ­9.9 ­12.1 ­21.1 ­8.4 ­4 ­4 ­1.2 ­1.2  1.4 3.4 4.3 4.6 ­4.1  
Georgia ­4.8 ­12.4 ­13.8 ­40.3 ­39 ­35 2.4 10.5 10.8 2.9 3 1.9 4.5  
Hungary  0.7  ­3.5 ­11.9 ­3 ­0.8 2.9 1.5 1.3 4.6 4.9 4.2 5.2 3.7  
Kazakhstan  ­0.4  ­0.4 ­13 ­13 ­12 ­25 ­8.2 0.5 1.7 ­1.9 2.7 9.8 13.5  
Kyrgyz Rep 3 ­5 ­25 ­16 ­27 ­5.4 ­7.1 9.9 2.1 3.7 5.4 5.3  
Latvia 6.8 2.9 ­8.3 ­35 ­15 2 ­0.9 3.7 8.4 4.8 2.8 6.8 7.9  
Lithuania  1.5 ­5 ­13.1 ­37.7 ­24.2 1.7 3.3 4.7 7 7.3 ­1.8 4 6.5  
Moldova  na ­2.4  ­17.5 ­29 ­1 ­31 ­1.4 ­5.9 1.6 ­6.5 ­3.4 2.1 6.1  
Poland  0.2 ­11.6 ­7 2.6 3.8 6 7 6 6.8 4.8 4.1 4 1  
Romania  ­5.8  ­5.6 ­12.9 ­8.8 1.3 3.9 7.1 4 ­6.1 ­4.8 ­1.2 1.8 5.3  
Russia na na ­13 ­14.5 ­8.7 ­12.6 ­4.1 ­3.4 0.9 ­4.9 5.4 9 5  
Serbia Montenegro               6.1 7.8 10.1 1.9 ­18 5 5.5  
Slovak Rep  1.4  ­0.4 ­14.5 ­6.4 ­4.1 4.8 6.7 6.2 6.2 4.1 1.9 2.2 3.3  
Slovenia  ­1.8 ­4.7 ­8.1 ­5.4 1.3 5.5 4.1 3.5 4.6 3.8 5.2 4.6 3  
Tajikstan  ­2.9 ­1.6 ­7.1 ­28.9 ­11.1 ­21.4 ­12.5 ­4.4 1.7 5.3 3.7 8.3 10.3  
Turkmenistan  ­6.9 2 ­4,7 ­5.3 ­10 ­20 ­7.2 ­6.7 ­11.3 7 16.5 17.6 11.8 unreliable?
Ukraine  4 ­3 ­12 ­17 ­17 ­23 ­12.2 ­10 ­3 ­1.9 ­0.2 5.9 9.1  
Uzbekistan  3.7 1.6 ­0.5 ­11.1 ­2.3 ­3.5 ­0.9 1.6 2.5 4.3 4.3 3.8 4.2