gross national product

noun

1. the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a country during one year. : GNP

gross national product

noun

1. the total value of all final goods and services produced annually by a nation GNP

Word History and Origins

Origin of gross national product¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

She looked intrigued, which was new, because Katie usually walks around with this distracted expression on her face, like she’s busy figuring the square root of the prime number closest to the gross national product.

From Literature

An analysis issued last year by the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce estimated that the company provided nearly 13,000 jobs in the province and $4.6 billion to its gross national product.

From New York Times

If gross national product was shared equally, every man, woman and child would receive about $70,000.

From Washington Post

Without the sums squandered in Iraq, our national debt would still be below our annual gross national product, putting us in a much more favorable economic position in 2023.

From Salon

The gas subsidies, which amount to nearly 2 percent of the country’s gross national product, are starving other sectors of the economy, according to Andrés Albuja, an economic analyst.

From New York Times