0455.4.6.2 — measurement of economic growth Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how it can be used to measure economic growth. GDP per head (capita).: past paper questions
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- 0455/21 · October/November 2025 · Q1a[1]
Calculate the total financial sector contribution (in $) to Switzerland’s GDP.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2025 · Q5c[6]
Analyse how an increase in consumer spending could increase economic growth.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2025 · Q1a[1]
Calculate the value of Gabon’s oil production as a percentage of Gabon’s GDP.
See it on the paper → - 0455/11 · October/November 2024 · Q24[1]
What can be concluded from the table?
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2024 · Q17[1]
What will cause real GDP to rise in a country?
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2024 · Q25[1]
What can be concluded from the table?
See it on the paper → - 0455/11 · May/June 2024 · Q21[1]
Why is it difficult for a government to measure economic growth in an economy based on subsistence farming?
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2023 · Q5d[8]
Discuss whether or not an increase in a country’s economic growth rate will reduce emigration from the country.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2023 · Q1c[2]
Explain how economic growth is measured.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2022 · Q1a[1]
Bhutan’s GDP in 2018.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · May/June 2022 · Q1f[5]
Analyse the relationship between GDP per head and the proportion of females in the labour force.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · May/June 2021 · Q23[1]
What happened to real income?
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · May/June 2021 · Q26[1]
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a better measure of comparative living standards when it is adjusted for the effects of
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2021 · Q4d[8]
Discuss whether or not an economy will benefit from an increase in consumer expenditure.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2021 · Q1a[1]
Calculate Chile’s agricultural output in 2017.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2021 · Q2d[8]
Discuss whether or not a government can reduce unemployment without increasing inflation.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · October/November 2020 · Q1a[1]
Turkey’s total output.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2020 · Q1a[1]
Vietnam’s GDP per head in 2017.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · October/November 2019 · Q6a[2]
Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · May/June 2019 · Q1d[2]
Calculate, using information from the extract, Iceland’s GDP in 2007.
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What examiners said
Most candidates selected the right data of $6.6bn (oil output) and $22bn (GDP). Many then made the right calculation to produce the correct answer 6.6bn/22bn = 30 per cent. A few candidates calculated 30 correctly but then showed the answer in billions ($) rather than as a percentage.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0455/21 Q1(a) (Cambridge)
The source material refers to real GDP but not all candidates recognised this as a measure of economic growth. Some candidates mentioned GDP per head, not recognising that economic growth occurs when the country’s total output increases. A number of candidates also mentioned measures of unemployment and inflation.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0455/22 Q1(c) (Cambridge)
The key issue here was that a number of candidates did not take care about the size of Bhutan’s GDP. For example, some candidates multiplied $3,259 by 0.8 (rather than 0.8m) and arrived at a figure of $2,600 rather than $2,600m ($2.6 bn).
— Examiner report, May/June 2022, 0455/22 Q1(a) (Cambridge)
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