What is the difference between GDP and GDP per capita? When and why would an economics what to use GDP vs GDP per a capita.
Gross domestic product is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced over a period of time.
Per capita GDP is a measure of the total output of a country that takes the gross domestic product and divides it by the number of people in the country.
GDP is used to measure the total output produced in a country and GDP per capita is calculated to see how well off the citizens are economically. Thus, one is a measure of economic well-being and another of total output.
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