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(Above the GDP per capita in worldwide in 2006)

The value of all the goods and services (captial) a company produces in a company's fiscal year. GDP is often used to measure the strenght of a company's economy. The GDP of a country is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. A common formula used to calculate GDP is:
GDP = consumption + investment + (government spending) + (exports import)

GDP is included in a countries Gross National Income (GNI).

GDP is often used to measure a countries standard of living

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The gross domestic product of a country is one way of measuring the size of said country's economy and is defined as the total market value of all goods and services provided by a country over a given time period.

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the gross domestic product of the United States from the year 2000-2007

edited by McCarthy-rundle