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 Fund forecast that the government’s accumulated borrowings will be equivalent to 120.3% of GDP in 2029, up from 99.2% last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
GDP estimates are a particular bugbear of his because in service-based economies like the U.S. or the U.K. the figures are usually revised higher later because of delays in collecting invoices, receipts and so on.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Note: GDP is the change from the same quarter a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
GDP growth in the final months of 2025, meanwhile, slowed to 0.5%.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
In 2006, higher earnings for mining and hydrocarbons exports pushed the current account surplus to about 12% of GDP and the government's higher tax take produced a fiscal surplus after years of large deficits.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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