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
Now he's the chancellor, Healey will have the opportunity to set out a plan to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP himself.
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
United States The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $46,000.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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