Over the first half of the 20th century, the Soviet Union's GDP per capita rose from 1,218 U.S. dollars to 2,8334 U.S. dollars. There was a slight decrease between 1913 and 1929 due to the devastation caused by the First World War and Russian Revolution and the transition to a communist government and socialist economic structure. However, GDP per capita grew over the following three intervals, and the Soviet Union's relative isolation in the 1920s and 1930s meant that it was relatively untouched by the Great Depression in the 1930s. At the end of the recovery period after the Second World War, in 1950, GDP per capita had already exceeded pre-war levels by a significant margin, and the Soviet Union emerged as one of the two global superpowers, alongside the United States.
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the Soviet Union in select years between 1900 and 1950
(in U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
GDP per capita in U.S. dollars*
1950
2,834
1938
2,150
1929
1,386
1913
1,488
1900
1,218
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2GDP per capita in U.S. dollars*1,2181,2181,4881,4881,3861,3862,1502,1502,8342,83419001913192919381950
05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500
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