Last year, the gross national income exceeded 119 trillion yuan! Did I "hold back" the country?

Text/Wang Enbo

　　The National Bureau of Statistics announced the "Statistical Bulletin on National Economic and Social Development in 2022" on the 28th, and "Gross National Income in 2022 will exceed 119 trillion yuan" was on the hot search.

Some netizens were depressed after doing the math: On average, each person is about 85,000 yuan. Was my income last year so high?

Is it "holding back" the country again?

　　Don't worry!

Although your math is good, that's not how it works at all.

There is indeed the word "income" in "gross national income", but unfortunately, this "income" cannot all be put into our wallets.

What does the income look like?

　　In fact, as early as 2019, "Gross National Income per Capita: US$9,732" was on the top of the list, sparking similar discussions.

The official of the National Bureau of Statistics has made a special science popularization on this: first, don’t rush to talk about “delaying” and “being averaged”, because you may have misunderstood the per capita gross national income, and you have also found the wrong comparison object.

　　According to the official definition, the so-called gross national income (GNI) includes not only the primary distribution income of residents participating in production activities, but also the primary distribution income of enterprises (units) and governments participating in production activities, and also includes net factors from abroad income.

　　Obviously, when the above items are added together, the per capita gross national income figure is greater than the per capita resident income.

It can be seen from this that the gross national income cannot be equated with our daily income, and it is impossible to talk about "holding back".

　　If you want to know where your income level and living standard are, which indicator should you look at?

The answer is per capita disposable income of residents.

　　As the name suggests, the per capita disposable income of residents is the income that residents can use freely. It mainly includes wage income, net operating income, net property income and net transfer income. It marks the purchasing power of residents and reflects the income level of residents. core indicators.

　　According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2022, the per capita disposable income of residents nationwide will be 36,883 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.0% over the previous year.

After deducting the price factor, the actual growth rate was 2.9%, basically in sync with economic growth.

　　Many authoritative organizations generally predict that my country's economic growth rate is expected to reach more than 5% this year.

As income continues to keep pace with economic growth, it is foreseeable that everyone's wallets will be bigger than last year.

What is GNI for?

　　Let's go back to the gross national income. What is the use of this indicator?

　　Internationally, per capita gross national income is usually used to compare countries, so as to understand the wealth and living standards of a country or region.

For example, the World Bank generally groups countries and regions according to their level of gross national income per capita in terms of their economic development levels: low-income countries, lower-middle-income countries, upper-middle-income countries, and high-income countries.

　　From the perspective of historical data, there is not much difference between my country's GDP and gross national income figures, with the former slightly higher than the latter.

Since the beginning of this century, while the economic aggregate has increased substantially, my country's per capita gross national income has also continued to increase.

　　According to the information released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2000, China's per capita gross national income was only 940 US dollars, which belonged to the ranks of lower middle-income countries classified by the World Bank according to per capita gross national income; in 2010, China's per capita gross national income reached 4340 US dollars, For the first time, it reached the standard of an upper-middle-income country; in 2019, China's per capita gross national income further rose to US$10,410, breaking through the US$10,000 mark for the first time, higher than the average level of US$9,074 for upper-middle-income countries.

　　According to the latest standards of the World Bank, the bottom line of per capita gross national income of high-income countries is US$13,205.

Despite the substantial increase in recent years, my country's per capita gross national income has not yet reached the US$13,000 mark. This gap means that China, as the world's largest developing country, needs to continue to work hard in all aspects of economic and social development.