Economy & Finance

GDP per capita growth tells a different story from either total GDP growth or the level of GDP per person.

Domestic credit to the private sector measures how large financial claims on private-sector borrowers are relative to the size of

How important are agriculture, forestry, and fishing within an economy? World Bank indicator NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS answers that question by expressing the

The Food Production Index is easy to misread as a ranking of how much food countries produce in absolute terms.

Bank concentration asks a structural question: how much of a country’s commercial-banking assets are controlled by its largest banks? World

A stock market can be large without trading frequently, and a smaller market can be very active relative to its

One way to compare stock-market activity across economies is to ask how much equity changed hands during a year relative

Economic growth can look different after allowing for the wearing out of produced assets and the depletion of energy resources,

A country can report a large gross national income while also using up machinery, buildings, minerals, energy resources, and forests