New GDP Figures Explained
Kaleb
Ok, now that the RER has [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-101021.html]finally been fixed[/a] and is now a very useful economic indicator in Erepublik, it's now possible to do a proper calculation of various countries GDP statistics. So now we can really see which countries are succeeding or failing in terms of their economy. Onto that in a moment, but first an explanation of how GDP is calculated.
The GDP Formula is as follows:
GDP = Domestic Output + Exports + Investments (over the last 30 days)
Investments are the total value, in Gold, of all the companies that have been created and all the upgrades and export licenses that have been purchased. All of these have an intrinsic value and the investments are duely included in the GDP calculations.
Domestic Output
This is the total of all the sales in the economy divided by the RER/LC rate.
So if you there have been total sales of £3000 in the UK and the RER😕
C is 1G = £10 then the Domestic Output would be 300 Gold. Imports are not included in this figure.
Exports are the value of all sales abroad valued in Gold according to the RER of that country.
Now that's all been explained we can see what the top Erepublik economies are (the pages you can see haven't been updated yet).
GDP of the Top 15 Countries:
1 Sweden 10908.61
2 Norway 4385.86
3 Indonesia 4160.86
4 Spain 3968.53
5 Portugal 2791.91
6 UK 2455.72
7 Pakistan 1897.9
8 Romania 1687.77
9 Turkey 1556.04
10 Brazil 1432.21
11 Netherlands 1309.87
12 Iran 1290.45
13 USA 1240.57
14 France 1055.95
15 Venezuela 788.48
GDP per Capita
1 Spain 4.63
2 Sweden 4.53
3 UK 4.26
4 Portugal 3.99
5 Brazil 3.99
6 Netherlands 3.43
7 Romania 3.39
8 Pakistan 3.38
9 Norway 3.26
10 Turkey 3.15
11 Indonesia 3.1
12 France 2.92
13 Venezuela 2.64
14 USA 1.95
15 Iran 1.64
Analysis:
Spain and Sweden both have very strong exports which has enabled them to just beat the UK to the top spot. Both countries also had large populations in December which have stuck around giving them a skilled workforce. Portugal also does well for this same reason.
Iran shouldn't be too bothered about being at the bottom because they have a very young population who will rapidly gain in skill if current trends are anything to go by.
The USA's GDP per capita is less than half of that of other countries with a similar population and age of population. But I'm probably going about to get told that all the empirical evidence about the state of the US economy is meaningless no doubt!
France and Indonesia are medium-performers. Their balance of trade is pretty much even so I suspect the problem may be sector imbalances. One big problem in Indonesia is too much of their economy is geared towards food production, they have more food stock than any other country. France has probably suffered from stagnant population growth.
Now that these new figures shouldn't be changed much I'll be able to start showing growth figures in future reports.
Comments
USAsux
USA really does 😃
What can be done to improve the RER, or GDP in the US, Kaleb?
the RER is just a measure of average prices. what you need to do is to try and bring the AER more in line with the RER to free up the money supply so people can buy products. that\'s a lot easier than the other way around (which would mean having to lower prices significantly in the US).
some state investment in key industries would also go a long way to help
So selling currency at 50 USD = 1 gold by the treasury would help things in the US?
selling USD at around the 0.03 to Gold would help a lot. basic monetary economics - you\'ve got to manage the supply of money! individual sales here and there won\'t work your economy is too large for that. whoever wins the next election should print some money and stick a load of USD on sale at 0.03 (or even less if you want to be radical). don\'t go with a high citizen fee as that often leads to new people buying products other people need and then not coming back!
take Portugal as an example. they have a high citizen fee and high prices but PTE sells very cheaply. if PTE was more expensive their economy would be in big trouble
incidentally the top 3 economies all have quite low prices (a low RER😕C) but their currency is actually selling at BELOW the RER:G
incidentally if I actually drew up a comparison between the price LC is actually selling at compared with the RER😕C you would see a nearly direct correlation! it\'s all about affordability of the products that are being made and sold
oh cool, accurate ratings.
great article 🙂
Very interesting article!
seems like the new GDP formula really works this time
Tough work here, but finally we can use interesting stats making Erepublik also a cool economical simulator.
Thanks, Kaleb.
well done with the calculations, and good advice
Luke
yeah, the devs put a lot of work into this. Thanks George and team!
Something seems missing on the \"France and Indonesia\" paragraph, in the 2nd sentence, I think.
Hi, I\'m trying to translate the article and the second sentence on the \"france and indonesia\" paragraph doesn\'t make much sense to me: \"the problem may be .\" yeah, that\'s a tricky problem 😉 PS: I think I\'ve sent this comment before but it has not appeared.
you\'re right. and it\'s odd but I posted another comment on here which has gone 🙁
I had just said thanks to George and team for all the work they put into getting the figures right.