Measures of National Income and Output - GDP and GNP

GDP and GNP

Gross domestic product (GDP) is defined as "the value of all final goods and services produced in a country in 1 year".

Gross National Product (GNP) is defined as "the market value of all goods and services produced in one year by labour and property supplied by the residents of a country."

As an example, the table below shows some GDP and GNP, and NNI data for the United States:

National income and output (Billions of dollars)
Period Ending 2003
Gross national product 11,063.3
Net U.S. income receipts from rest of the world 55.2
U.S. income receipts 329.1
U.S. income payments -273.9
Gross domestic product 11,008.1
Private consumption of fixed capital 1,135.9
Government consumption of fixed capital 218.1
Statistical discrepancy 25.6
National Income 9,679.7
  • NDP: Net domestic product is defined as "gross domestic product (GDP) minus depreciation of capital", similar to NNP.
  • GDP per capita: Gross domestic product per capita is the mean value of the output produced per person, which is also the mean income.

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