National accounts are the standardised statistical framework, such as the UN System of National Accounts, used by governments to measure the economic activity of a country, including output, income, expenditure and wealth. They provide the basis for headline indicators such as GDP and are the reference dataset against which broader indicators, including environmental and inequality measures, are typically constructed or compared. National accounts are compiled according to internationally agreed conventions to enable comparison across countries and time.
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- National accounts are the standardised statistical framework, such as the UN System of National Accounts, used by governments to measure the economic activity of a country, including output, income, expenditure and wealth. They provide the basis for headline indicators such as GDP and are the reference dataset against which broader indicators, including environmental and inequality measures, are typically constructed or compared. National accounts are compiled according to internationally agreed conventions to enable comparison across countries and time.