출처 - http://www.theodora.com/wfb1990/german_democratic_republic/german_democratic_republic_economy.html
GNP: $159.5 billion, per capita $9,679; real growth rate 1.2% (1989 est.)
반면, 구 소련의 경우.
출처 - http://www.theodora.com/wfb1990/soviet_union/soviet_union_economy.html
GNP: $2,659.5 billion, per capita $9,211; real growth rate 1.4% (1989 est. based on Soviet statistics; cutbacks in Soviet reporting on products included in sample make the estimate subject to greater uncertainty than in earlier years)
서독(독일연방공화국)의 경우
http://www.theodora.com/wfb1990/germany_federal_republic_of/germany_federal_republic_of_economy.html
GDP: $945.7 billion, per capita $15,300; real growth rate 4.3% (1989 est.)
미국의 경우
http://www.theodora.com/wfb1990/united_states/united_states_economy.html
GNP: $5,233.3 billion, per capita $21,082; real growth rate 2.9% (1989)
기타로 이 당시 북한의 경우.
http://www.theodora.com/wfb1990/korea_north/korea_north_economy.html
GNP: $28 billion, per capita $1,240; real growth rate 3% (1989)
대한민국의 경우
http://www.theodora.com/wfb1990/korea_south/korea_south_economy.html
GNP: $200 billion, per capita $4,600; real growth rate 6.5% (1989)
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독일민주공화국(구 동독)의 위엄. ㄷㄷㄷ 공산권 국가 중에 소련보다도 국민소득이 더 높았더군요