DP Economics
Question 20N.3.HL.TZ0.2d.ii
| Date | November 2020 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 20N.3.HL.TZ0.2d.ii |
| Level | HL | Paper | 3 | Time zone | TZ0 |
| Command term | State | Question number | d.ii | Adapted from | N/A |
d.ii.
[Maximum mark: 1]
20N.3.HL.TZ0.2d.ii
Table 2 provides selected economic data for Country A.
(d.ii)
Using data from Table 2, state the reason why there is a difference between the real GDP growth rate and the real GDP per capita growth rate between 2015 and 2019.
[1]
Markscheme
because the population has been growing is sufficient for [1].
Examiners report
The data shows that the per capita growth rate is always less than the GDP growth rate, which shows that the population is actually increasing every year. The question was not answered well, with many candidates merely defining the real GDP per capita growth rate or describing the implications of an unequal distribution of income.
