Even adding the estimated GDP of the former East Germany at its peak before unification would not have brought the all-German share above 8.2 percent by 1989 and would leave all of Germany with barely a greater share of world production than West Germany alone had reached fifteen years earlier.
Selv hvis man lægger det beregnede BNP for DDR oven i tallet ville hele Tysklands andel ikke have været over 8,2% i 1989 og ville ikke have levnet hele Tyskland med en større andel af verdensproduktionen end Vesttyskland alene havde haft 15 år tidligere.