Gross Domestic Product Market Value
Gross Domestic Product Market Value
Gross Domestic Product Market Value
period, classically a year. The GDP considers the market value of goods and services to arrive at a number which is used to judge the growth rate of the economy and the overall economic health of the nation concerned. As an economic measure, the GDP can be a very useful yardstick, but it has some serious flaws which have led some people to propose the use of alternate measures of economic and social well being. When a GDP is calculated, it includes all private and government spending, goods and services produced, and exports. The GDP is adjusted for imports and inflation to arrive at a number which is believed to accurately reflect the sum total of the nation's goods and services. The GDP can be expressed as a bulk number, but it is more commonly converted into a GDP per capita, creating a number which reflects the average per citizen. High per capita GDPs are associated with overall improvements in standards of living.