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Properties:
- Measurement: Billions of U.S. dollars (Bil. USD) or constant year-2009 dollars (Bil. 2009 USD)
- Adjustment: Seasonally adjusted at annualized rate (SAAR)
- Periodicity: Quarterly
- Start date: Varies by country, as early as 1947
- Geo coverage:
- 205 individual countries
- "Developed Economies" per UN definitions
- "Developing Economies" defined as remainder
- Five regional composites per UN definitions
- Global total
The series appear in the historical catalog (Cross-Country Datasets » National Accounts » Gross Domestic Product) and include, for example:
- RWGDPUSDAQ.IWRLD = Gross domestic product, (Bil. USD) - for World
- RWGDPUSD$AQ.IDEVC = (Bil. 2009 USD) - for Developing Economies
- RWGDPUSD$AQ.IAMRI = (Bil. 2009 USD) - for Americas
- RWGDPUSDAQ.IAND = (Bil. USD) - for Andorra
Method: Sources are individual national sources, the United Nations, or the World Bank, depending on availability. In brief, we convert any local currency data to USD to create current-price series, then rebase to constant year-2009 prices. For a full explanation and the country composition of each aggregate, see the background in the Mnemonic 411 entry.
Product: These new estimates are packaged with our "global historical" and "global macro historical" data products; otherwise, to discuss access, please contact your Moody's Analytics sales representative or [email protected].
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