Given:
Real GDP per capita in a country in
Year 1 - $14,000
Year 2 - $14,560
To find:
Economic growth rate from Year 1 to Year 2
Solution:
The real economic growth rate, is the measure of the economic growth as it corresponds to the Gross Domestic Product from one particular period to the other, and is expressed in real terms as opposed to nominal terms.
[tex]\Rightarrow \text{Economic Growth Rate }=\frac{\text { Year } 2 \text { - Year } 1}{\text { Year } 1} \times 100 \rightarrow \frac{14560-14000}{14000} \times 100\\\\\Rightarrow \text{Economic Growth Rate }=\frac{560}{14000} \times 100 \rightarrow 0.04 \times 100 \rightarrow 4 \%[/tex]
Therefore, the economic growth rate from year 1 to year 2 is 4%.
