GNP stands for Gross National Product.

GNP stands for Gross National ProductGNP 是 Gross National Product(國民生產毛額)的縮寫。

It is a huge number governments use: add up the money value of all the goods and services a country’s people produced, usually in one year. “Gross” here means “before you take anything off”, “national” means “for the whole country”, and “product” means “what was produced”.

It is a huge number governments use這是政府會用到的一個龐大數字: add up the money value of all the goods and services就是把所有商品和服務的金錢價值加總起來 a country's people produced一個國家的人民所生產的, usually in one year通常是一年份的。 "Gross" here means "before you take anything off""Gross" 在這裡的意思是「還沒扣掉任何東西」, "national" means "for the whole country""national" 是指「整個國家的」, and "product" means "what was produced""product" 則是指「生產出來的東西」。

The figure includes work done by that country’s people even if they were living abroad, and it leaves out work done inside the country by foreigners. That is the quiet difference from GDP (Gross Domestic Product), which counts what was made inside the country’s borders, whoever made it.

The figure includes work done by that country's people這個數字包含該國人民所做的工作, even if they were living abroad就算他們住在國外, and it leaves out work done inside the country by foreigners但不包含外國人在該國境內所做的工作。 That is the quiet difference from GDP這就是它和 GDP (Gross Domestic Product)(國內生產毛額) 之間不太顯眼的差別, which counts what was made inside the country's borders後者計算的是在國境之內生產出來的東西, whoever made it不管是誰生產的。

News and school books today usually quote GDP; GNP was the headline number for a long time, and you will still meet it in older reports and in exam questions. It is a formal economics term.

News and school books today usually quote GDP現在新聞和學校課本通常引用 GDP; GNP was the headline number for a long time GNP 曾經有很長一段時間是主要的頭條數字, and you will still meet it in older reports and in exam questions你仍然會在較舊的報告和考試題目裡遇到它。 It is a formal economics term這是一個正式的經濟學用語。