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(DMS) World Factbook
(DMS) Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| human capital | The skills a person possesses. |
| Gross Domestic Product | The amount of money a country produces in a year, based on production and services. |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDP Per Capita | The average GDP per person. |
| life expectancy | The average number of years a person is expected to live in a respective country. |
| Population Growth Rate | The annual percentage growth rate of a country's population. |
| literacy rate | The percentage of a country's population that can read. |
| standard of living | The level of wealth, comfort, access to material goods and necessities in a region. |
| suffrage | The right to vote. |
| poverty rate | The percent of a country's population that is below the poverty line. The poverty line is determined as the minimum need to survive, which can vary from country to country. |
| macroeconomy | A large scale economic system. |
| microeconomy | Economy focused on the decisions of small units, such as individuals and families. |
| inflation | An increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. |
| net exports | The commercial balance or net exports, is the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports of output in an economy over a certain period, measured in the currency of that economy. It is the relationship between a country's imports/exports. |