Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP

Although the SNA ensures there is perfect consistency between the three measures of GDP, this is a conceptual consistency that in general does not emerge naturally from data compilations. This is because of the wide disparity of data sources that must be called on and the fact that any error in any source will lead to a difference between at least two of the GDP measures. In practice it is inevitable that many such data errors will exist and will become apparent in exercises such as the balancing of supply and use tables. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
185
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim

    Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    OECD

    National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank

    Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Algeria2025-1.00Mcurrent LCU
Argentina2025-15.01Tcurrent LCU
Armenia20250current LCU
Australia2025-1.45Bcurrent LCU
Austria20251.04Bcurrent LCU
Azerbaijan20251972current LCU
Bangladesh2025-465.77Bcurrent LCU
Belarus2025996.60Mcurrent LCU
Belgium20250current LCU
Benin20250current LCU

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