Central Europe since 1945

 
Table 6.6 Indices of social development in terms of education access and consumption -- number of students in higher education institutions; ownership of television sets, motor cars, telephones, washing machines, all per 1,000 population
Czchslvkia. GDR Hungary Poland UK
Students:
1949/50 4.4 2.7 4.6 2.0
1960 6.9 13.2 4.5 5.6 2.5
1970 9.1 17.8 7.8 10.1 3.8
1980 12.9 24.0 9.4 16.6
1987 11.0 26.4 9.4 12.2
Television:
1960 58 60 10 14 211
1970 215 264 171 129 294
1977 259 325 240 206 317
1987 285 374 276 261 347
Cars:
1960 18 17 3 4 108
1970 58 68 23 15 215
1977 121 133 70 44 261
1988 171 (1984) 225 156 120 349
Telephones:
1960 74 75 30 157
1970 138 123 80 57 268
1980 206 189 118 95 477
1988 246 233 152 122 524
Washing machines:
1970 276 205 179 185
1975 363 277 228 217
1980 411 328 300 253

Source United Nations Yearbooks, Morris, Eastern Europe Since 1945, p. 155; Rocznik Statystyczny 1990, pp. 585, 588, 596, 599