Measurement of Economic Activity

U ovom završnom radu istražuju se determinante gospodarske aktivnosti jedne zemlje, te njihovo kretanje u odnosu na zemlje u okruženju. Poseban naglasak je na najvažnijem makroekonomskom pokazatelju razvoja, a to je bruto domaći proizvod. Cilj svake ekonomije je postizanje kontinuiranog ekonomskog rasta. Zbog toga je važno shvatiti važnost bruto domaćeg proizvoda. Uvjeti poslovanja nikad ne miruju i samim time vrlo lako nakon razdoblja prosperiteta i napretka može uslijediti kriza. Tako ekonomska ekspanzija ustupa mjesto recesiji gdje bruto domaći proizvod, zaposlenost i realni dohodci opadaju, a inflacija raste. Pod gospodarskim rastom podrazumijeva se porast proizvodnje, proizvodnih kapaciteta i svih drugih sastavnica jednog gospodarstva. Ekonomski rast je porast ukupnog outputa gospodarstva. Do rasta gospodarstva dolazi zbog rasta radne snage ili kapitalnih dobara, tehnologije i proizvodnosti po radniku. Ekonomski rast se mjeri stopom rasta tako da se u odnos stavi bruto domaći proizvod i broj stanovnika određene države. Taj pokazatelj naziva se BDP per capita ili BDP po stanovniku. U radu su se gospodarski pokazatelji Republike Hrvatske uspoređivali s odabranim zemljama iz okruženja.This paper explores the determinants of a country's economic activity and its trends with respect to surrounding countries. Particular emphasis is placed on the most important macroeconomic indicator of development, which is gross domestic product. The goal of every economy is continuous economic growth. Therefore, it is important to understand the importance of gross domestic product. Business conditions are changing continuously and thus very often, after a period of prosperity and prosperity, a crisis can ensue. Therefore, economic expansion is replaced by recession which is characterized by declining in gross domestic product, employment and real incomes and increasing in inflation rate. Economic growth means an increase in production, production capacity and all other components of an economy. Economic growth is the increase in total output of the economy. The growth of the economy can be achieved through the growth of labour or capital goods, technology and productivity per worker. Economic growth is measured by the rate of growth by putting the gross domestic product and population of a particular country in the relationship. This indicator is called GDP per capita or GDP per capita. In this paper, the economic indicators of the Republic of Croatia were compared with selected countries in the region