Statistical Terms Glossary

Number of graduates from first degree programmes (at ISCED 6 and 7) expressed as a percentage of the population of the theoretical graduation age of the most common first degree programme.

The total weight of the goods carried, all packaging, and the tare weight of the transport unit (e.g. air container).

Total number of new entrants in Grade 1 of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school entrance age.

Total number of new entrants in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the theoretical entrance age to the last grade of primary education.

Gross investment in tangible goods is investment during the reference period in all tangible goods. Included are new and existing tangible capital goods, whether bought from third parties or produced for own use (i.e. capitalised production of tangible goods) having a useful life of more than one year including non-produced tangible goods such as land.

The water required to fulfil the net irrigation water requirement and the water lost during the process of applying the water (conveyance, distribution, field application).

Gross national disposable income may be derived from gross national income by adding all current transfers in cash or in kind receivable by resident institutional units from non-resident units and subtracting all current transfers in cash or in kind payable.

Gross national income (GNI) is defined as GDP plus compensation of employees receivable from abroad plus property income receivable from abroad plus taxes less subsidies on production receivable from abroad less compensation of employees payable abroad less property income payable abroad and less taxes plus subsidies on production payable abroad.

Gross operating surplus is the surplus generated by operating activities after the labour factor input has been recompensed. It can be calculated from the value added at factor cost less the personnel costs. It is the balance available to the unit which allows it to recompense the providers of own funds and debt, to pay taxes and eventually to finance all or a part of its investment.

In SEEA gross operating surplus is equivalent to economic rent or value of capital services flows or benefit from the asset.

Total number of students from a given country studying abroad, expressed as a percentage of the population of tertiary age in that country.

Gross output is a synonym for output

Gross output based multi-factor productivity (MFP) is a synonym for KLEMS MFP.

Total number of graduates from the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the theoretical graduation age for primary.

The rate of return of an asset or portfolio over a specified time period, prior to discounting any fees of commissions.

A measure of a vessel´s size and capacity.

Is a measurement of ship weight. With fishing vessels often used as a measure of fishing capacity, particularly for ships built before 1994 (when the London Convention replaced the Oslo Convention in providing guidelines for the standard measurement of ship capacity).

In aquatic resources accounts, the total live weight of fish caught or killed during fishing operation.

The average number of daughters that would be born alive to a woman (or group of women) during her lifetime if she passed through her childbearing years conforming to the age-specific fertility rates of a given year. See also net reproduction rate and total fertility rate.

Gross residual flows refer to the quantity of residuals generated by all units in the national economy during an accounting period (including leakages from managed landfill sites).

Gross saving is gross disposable income less final consumption expenditure

The sum of the sales of output of the establishments in the sector including the sales of output among themselves. The sum of the sales of the sector’s output to other sectors in the economy and the sales of the sector’s output within the sector.

Is a measurement of ship volume. With fishing vessels often used together with engine power (kW) as a measure of fishing capacity, especially since the London Convention took effect in 1994. The gross tonnage is a function of the moulded volume of all enclosed spaces of the ship.

Unit of measure representing the movement over a distance of one kilometre of one tonne of vehicle and contents excluding the weight of tractive vehicle.

Unit of measurement representing the movement over one kilometre of one tonne of hauled vehicles (and railcars) and contents.
Note: The weight of railcars is included, whereas the weight of locomotives is excluded. Passengers and their luggage are excluded. Shunting and other similar movements are excluded.

Gross value added is the value of output less the value of intermediate consumption; it is a measure of the contribution to GDP made by an individual producer, industry or sector; gross value added is the source from which the primary incomes of the SNA are generated and is therefore carried forward into the primary distribution of income account.