# Marshall Plan as part of the GDP **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 28, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshall-plan-as-part-of-the-gdp/443112 "2008-03-28T22:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lynwood\_Slim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Lynwood\_Slim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynwood_Slim)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshall-plan-as-part-of-the-gdp/443112/1 "2008-03-28T22:47:33Z")
does anyone know how much of the U.S. GDP the Marshal Plan for European Recovery was? I know it cost about 13 billion back in 47-51, but I don’t know how much of the GDP that was then. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshall-plan-as-part-of-the-gdp/443112/2 "2008-03-29T01:10:54Z")
You can generate tables for historic GDP at the Bureau of Economic Analysis site, [www.bea.gov](http://www.bea.gov). 1947 244.2 1948 269.2 1949 267.3 1950 293.8 1951 339.3 About 1% of GDP per year, very roughly.