GDP per capita

Label:	Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita
Description:	Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a key indicator to measure macro-economic activity in the IMAGE model. It is also used as a welfare indicator. GDP formally measures expenditures on private household consumption, investment and government purchases of goods and services, along with the balance of exports and imports of merchandise and non-factor services. Other economic growth indicators, such as private consumptions or service value added, are strongly related to GDP.
Dimensions:	time, region
Default unit:	US$ (2005) per year
Variable type:	driver
Driver group:	Economic development pathways
Source:	OECD, CPB

Drivers are described in the Drivers component.

Variable is input of model component(s):

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"Economic development pathways" is not in the list (Population projections, Economic development, Trade regimes, tariffs and barriers, Environmental and other policies, Technological change in the energy system, Energy and land resources, Technological change in agriculture and forestry, Lifestyle parameters) of allowed values for the "DriverGroup" property.