Gross national income

The Gross national income (GNI) consists of: the personal consumption expenditures, the gross private investment, the government consumption expenditures, the net income from assets abroad (net income receipts), and the gross exports of goods and services, after deducting two components: the gross imports of goods and services, and the indirect business taxes. The GNI is similar to the gross national product (GNP), except that in measuring the GNP one does not deduct the indirect business taxes.

GNI versus GDP

For example, the profits of a US-owned company operating in the UK will only count towards US GNI and UK GDP. If a country becomes heavily indebted, and pays large amounts of interest to service this debt, this will be reflected in a decreased GNI but not a decreased GDP. If a country sells off its resources to entities outside their country this will also be reflected over time in decreased GNI, but not decreased GDP. Therefore, the GDP appears more attractive for countries with increasing national debt and decreasing assets.

GNI versus GNP

GNP is a concept that goes hand in hand with GNI, GDP, and NNI. In contrast to the GNI, the GNP does not account for the balance of cross-country income, such as interest and dividends. In contrast to the GDP, the GNP account for the values of products and services based on citizenship of the owners rather than the territory of the activity

List of countries by GNI (nominal, Atlas method) （millions of US$） (Top 10)

Rank	2010		2009		2008
1	Template:Country data United States	style="text-align:right"|14,600,828	Template:Country data United States	style="text-align:right"|14,223,686	Template:Country data United States	style="text-align:right"|14,506,142
2	Template:CHN	5,700,018	Template:CHN	4,857,623	Template:Country data Japan	style="text-align:right"|4,853,005
3	Template:Country data Japan	style="text-align:right"|5,369,116	Template:Country data Japan	style="text-align:right"|4,785,450	Template:CHN	4,042,883
4	Template:DEU	3,537,180	Template:DEU	3,473,814	Template:DEU	3,504,510
5	Template:Country data France	style="text-align:right"|2,749,821	Template:Country data France	style="text-align:right"|2,750,418	Template:Country flag2	style="text-align:right"|2,799,960
6	Template:Country flag2	style="text-align:right"|2,399,292	Template:Country flag2	style="text-align:right"|2,538,578	Template:Country data France	style="text-align:right"|2,700,770
7	Template:Country data Italy	style="text-align:right"|2,125,845	Template:Country data Italy	style="text-align:right"|2,114,668	Template:Country data Italy	style="text-align:right"|2,115,482
8	Template:BRA	1,830,392	Template:BRA	1,563,126	Template:Country data Spain	style="text-align:right"|1,449,186
9	Template:IND	1,566,636	Template:Country data Spain	style="text-align:right"|1,472,046	Template:Country data Canada	style="text-align:right"|1,446,669
10	Template:Country data Spain	style="text-align:right"|1,462,894	Template:IND	1,405,064	Template:BRA	1,433,699

See also

• Net national income
• Measures of national income and output
• Gross national income in the European Union
• List of countries by GNI per capita
• Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS) (World Bank program)
• National average salary

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