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Economic Indicators For: Central and Eastern Europe › Change country
Countries in this region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Turkey

Overview: This group covers the European countries that were formerly under the sway of the Soviet Union, and includes the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; the former Yugoslavian states of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia and

Sources: International Monetary Fund (IMF)

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is 2.945 %. Annual percentages of constant price GDP are year-on-year changes; the base year is country-specific.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is US$ 1,859.58 Billion. Values are based upon GDP in national currency and the exchange rate projections provided by country economists for the group of other emerging market and developing countries. Exchanges rates for advanced economies are established in the WEO assumptions for each WEO exercise.

GDP Deflator for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is not available

Output Gap, Percent of Potential GDP for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is not available

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is US$ 2,393.73 Billion. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is US$ 14,637.77 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is 3.485 %. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Investment (% of GDP) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is 25.109 %. Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is 17.778 %. Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is 7.969 %. Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is 6.751 %. Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data.

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is not available

Employment for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is not available

General Government Balance (% of GDP) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (% Potential GDP) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is not available

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is US$ -142.193 Billion. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Central and Eastern Europe in year 2008 is -7.647 %. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.