ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Per capita GDP provides a quick, rough estimate of the total amount of goods and services available per person. While numerous, more complex, and nuanced metrics of standard of living have been devised, many of them correlate highly with per capita GDP. Standard of living is generally measured using per capita GDP.

Detailed explanation-2: -Standard of living is the amount of goods and services available to purchase in a country. Real GDP per capita and Gross National Income per capita are the two most common ways to measure the standard of living. GDP measures all transactions within a country’s boundary, while GNI includes those who live abroad.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yet there is a generally accepted measure for standard of living: average real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Let’s break it down piece by piece: GDP measures annual economic output-the total value of new goods and services produced within a country’s borders.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gross domestic product, or GDP, measures the total output of the economy, including activity, stability, and growth of goods and services; as such, it’s seen as a proxy for the economy. The standard of living is derived from per capita GDP, determined by dividing GDP by the number of people living in the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of the finished domestic goods and services produced within a nation’s borders. On the other hand, gross national product (GNP) is the value of all finished goods and services owned by a country’s citizens, whether or not those goods are produced in that country.