The Two Sides of Chinese GDP

06.05.2021, 08:41 forbes.kz

A quick search through all English-language news outlets in the ProQuest database for the ten-year period from 2011-21 shows that 20,915 articles discussed China’s GDP, whereas only 1,163 mentioned its GDP per capita. The difference was proportionally even larger among the eight largest and most elite papers, including the In 2019, China’s GDP (measured at market exchange rates) of BEIJING – In his video address to the United Nations General Assembly in Se... → Most economists therefore care more about China’s per capita GDP, or income per person, than the aggregate measure. And the key takeaway here is that China remains a poor country, despite its phenomenal headline GDP growth over the p