GDP
Americanabbreviation
Usage
What is GDP? GDP stands for gross domestic product. It’s the total monetary value of everything produced within a country, and is used as a measurement of a country’s economic status and growth. How is GDP pronounced?[ jee-dee-pee ]
Example Sentences
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The U.K. currently expects to spend 2.7% of GDP on defense by the end of the decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Healey also made clear that he wanted a clear plan to increase UK defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
GDP growth is stuck in neutral, as are inflation-adjusted wages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The best way to evaluate the GDP report, then, is to look at consumer spending more broadly as well as private-sector purchases of goods and services.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Although nearly 70% of the population lives in rural areas, the share of food production in GDP is low.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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