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Gross domestic product (GDP) is defined as "the value of all final goods and services produced in a country in 1 year". [3] Gross national product (GNP) is defined as "the market value of all goods and services produced in one year by labour and property supplied by the residents of a country." [4]
The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. [30] In 2025, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱29.66 trillion ($507.6 billion), making it the world's 31st largest by nominal GDP and 11th largest in Asia according to the International Monetary Fund.
The external debt of the Philippines rose more than 70-fold from $360 million in 1962 to US$2.3 billion in 1970 to US$17.2 billion in 1980 to $26.2 billion in 1985, [21] leaving the Philippines one of Asia's most indebted nations. [8] At the end of 1979, the ratio of debt to GDP was about the same as South Korea. [11]
According to World Bank data, the Philippines is considered to be a "lower middle income" country, [5] defined as countries that have a per capita GNI between $1,026 and $3,995. [6] As of 2018, by gross domestic product Purchasing Power Parity (GDP PPP), the Philippines is ranked 27th in the world with a GDP PPP of 952,967 international dollars ...
Market exchange rate-based cross-country comparisons of GDP at its expenditure components reflect both differences in economic outputs (volumes) and prices. Given the differences in price levels, the size of higher income countries is inflated, while the size of lower income countries is depressed in the comparison.
According to the 2012 World Wealth Report, the Philippines was the fastest growing economy in the world in 2010 with a GDP growth of 7.3% driven by the growing business process outsourcing and overseas remittances. [78] The country slipped to 3.6% in 2011 after the government placed less emphasis on exports and spent less on infrastructure.
The gross national income (GNI), previously known as gross national product (GNP), is the total amount of factor incomes earned by the residents of a country. It is equal to gross domestic product (GDP), plus factor incomes received from non-resident by residents, minus factor income paid by residents to non-resident.
Although the net national product is a key identity in national accounting, its use in economics research is generally superseded by the use of the gross domestic or national product as a measure of national income, a preference which has been historically a contentious topic (see e.g. Boulding (1948) [3] and Burk (1948) [4]).