National income in postwar Central Asia

Making effective use of the changed statistical environment after the colla pse of the Soviet Union, this paper first shows all the existing official d ata on national income (NMP), output and employment in postwar Central Asia n countries, namely Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Some of these officia01 data have not been available. This p aper then presents the author's own preliminary estimates of national incom e and gross domestic product for 1960-1995 by using the official output and employment data. Estimated figures of national income show much lower valu es than those of the official data. Estimated GDP figures for 1960-1990 wou ld be useful because any official data for the period have not been compile d.