Monday, July 26, 2010

Are oil reserves included in a country's GDP?

No.


FROM WIKIPEDIA:


The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI) is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy. GDP is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within the country in a given period of time (usually a calendar year). It is also considered the sum of value added at every stage of production (the intermediate stages) of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time, and it is given a money value.





Oil reserves are just that, reserves. They have not yet been produced, so, there is no income or output.
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