# Economic measures | Symbol | Measure | Description | | ------ | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | GDP | Gross Domestic Product |

Aggregate market value of the goods and services produced in an economy for a given period \[1]. Units : USD $

| | HDI | Human Development Index | Index of human development from three components - years of life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling and per capita income \[2]. Units : -- | | | Unemployment | Number of persons not working but actively looking for work as a percentage of the labor force \[3]. Units : % | | | Inflation | An increase in the general price level in the economy. Usually measured over a year \[1]. Units : % | | | Real wages | The nominal wage, adjusted to take account of changes in prices between different time periods. It measures the amount of goods and services the worker can buy \[1]. Units : USD $/hr | | | Labor productivity | Total output divided by the number of hours or some other measure of labour input \[1]. Units : USD $/hr | | SWB | Subjective Well Being | Good mental states, including all of the various evaluations, positive and negative, that people make of their lives and the affective reactions of people to their experiences. Encompases 3 dimensions : 1. Life evaluation. 2 positive and negative affect, and 3 a sense of meaning and purpose in life. Measured using the Gallup World Poll \[4]. Units : -- | | | Gini Index | inequality of any quantity such as income or wealth, varying from a value of zero (if there is no inequality) to one (if a single individual receives all of it) \[1]. Units : -- | | EF | Ecological Footprint | The quantity of ecological services required to regenerate the conditions at the boundary limits of a given territory or entity expressed in units of global hectares \[5]. Units : Global hectares (GHa) | ## Sources 1. Core Economics, 2014 2. UNDP, 2018 3. MOM, 2020 4. OECD, 2013 5. Global footprint network