by Czardas » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:59 am
The GDP is technically how much capital (in terms of goods/services/cash/resources etc) is produced in your nation each year. The GDP per capita is that amount divided by your population -- not the average wage. The average wage will almost certainly be lower than the GDP per capita, since GDP includes things like imports and government bonds and interest earned on outstanding debts and the like.
The amount of money available to the government for spending would be covered under "Government Budget", whereas "Private Consumption" is the portion of the GDP that does not pass through the hands of the government.
Mind, I'm not sure how exactly Commerce Heights is calculating those numbers, but that's what they mean.
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