In 2019, my country's per capita GDP exceeded the 10,000 US dollar mark for the first time, reaching 10,200 US dollars. This data has a great impact on many people. When the founding of New China , my country's per capita GDP was only a few dozen US dollars. The current breakthrough of the 10,000 US dollar mark can be said to be the greatest affirmation of our economic development. However, although the per capita GDP has exceeded 10,000 US dollars, many people still do not think they are rich and think they are poor. In fact, the reason why many people think they are poor is because they don’t understand these concepts. Once you figure out these concepts, you know the reason.
GDP means the final result of a country or region's production activities within a certain period of time. Simply put, it is something that a country or region can create in a period of time. The per capita GDP means per capita GDP, which means how much value a person can create over a period of time. The per capita GDP exceeds 10,000 US dollars, which means that a person can create more than 10,000 US dollars in a year.
It is estimated that many people will have some doubts when they see this data. After all, many people's annual income does not reach 10,000 US dollars. The reason for this is that we have not figured out what the relationship between per capita GDP and per capita income is. Per capita GDP does not equal per capita income. The two are related, but they are not equal. To give a simple example, if you sell goods, you sell 1 million yuan a year. This 1 million yuan is the GDP you create within one year. If you remove the cost of selling goods and other things, you will earn 200,000 yuan in a year, and these 20 people will earn a year. If you say this, you will know that per capita GDP minus per capita cost is equal to personal income. Of course, although the two are not equal, the higher the per capita GDP, the higher the per capita income will be. There is still a certain relationship between them.
Let’s first look at what the relationship between per capita GDP and per capita income is. Based on the previous examples, we can know that GDP minus cost is income. The question is what proportion of GDP can be. They will definitely have a rough proportion. I can't say that I create 1 million in value a year and my income is only 10,000. This is the proportion too low, and I definitely don't want to do it. The relationship between per capita income and per capita GDP involves issues of economic development level and industrial structure.
For example, if a country is very backward and mainly engages in the tertiary industry, the per capita income of this country will definitely be very low in per capita GDP. Take coal mining as an example. You can dig coal worth 5 million a year. This 5 million is the GDP you create, but you won’t make much money after you sell it. Because the coal you dug is not processed, the things you don’t process can’t sell much money, and you won’t earn much income after deciding the cost of coal mining. This is also why many countries have abundant oil resources and their per capita income is not high.
But it will be different if a country focuses on industry. For example, if you are in the oil industry, you process the excavated oil into very good quality gasoline, diesel, asphalt, cloth, etc., so that you can sell it for more money. If the service industry is the main focus, it seems that you can't make much money on the surface, but in fact you can make more money. For example, if you spend tens of thousands of yuan to invent a patent, everyone will have to pay you as long as you use your stuff. Your cost is always tens of thousands of yuan, but the money you earn will increase. In this way, the income will increase. This is why the per capita income of European and American countries accounts for high per capita GDP. The per capita GDP of the United States is about US$60,000, and the per capita income is about US$35,000, and the per capita income accounts for about 60% of the per capita GDP. Although my country's per capita GDP has reached 10,000 US dollars, its per capita income is about 32,000, which is about 45%.
This is an important reason why some countries have the same per capita GDP, but the per capita income is different. This is also the reason why many countries emphasize industrial upgrading. If a country or region only conducts low-end industries, the per capita income will definitely not be much higher.
After reading this, let’s take a look at the per capita income issue in my country. Many people think that their income is different on the Internet. Currently, the per capita income in my country is 32,000 yuan, which is the latest data. I guess many people will be dissatisfied if they see this. I believe that as long as I go to work and my income exceeds 32,000 yuan, the minimum wage standards in many places are even more than this. Everyone will definitely think there is something wrong with this data, and there is definitely less. In fact, there is no less, not only no less, but many places cannot even meet this standard.
Indeed, if everyone works normally, their annual income will not be less than 32,000 yuan, but this is just the income from work. What if those who don’t work are added? For example, if a couple earns 100,000 yuan each year, it seems that they have an income of 200,000 yuan. If they have two children, each of their parents are alive, so the two families have 8 people in total. The only couple in the eight people who work, so their family's per capita income will be divided by 200,000 yuan by 8, which will only be 25,000 yuan.
Not many couples who work annual income of 200,000 yuan, and many families do not have such high income. At this time, some people probably said that the data is high, after all, almost no one around them has such a high income. It is normal for everyone to feel this because this data is the average. What is the average value? The average value means that if there are people with higher values than this value, there will be people with lower values than this value. Only by flattening this way can this data be obtained. If the gap in economic development levels in a country and region is not very large, the income of most people can be said to be not much different from the average. But we know that our country has a vast territory and that due to numerous reasons, the economic development of various regions is unbalanced. There is indeed a certain gap between the coastal areas and the mainland. Because the coastal areas are economically developed and have a large population, they are all above average. Driven by these regions, many central and western regions do not meet this standard.
Not only will the local gap cause many people to fail to reach the average income, but the gap between urban and rural areas also makes it difficult for many people to meet this standard. These are all important reasons why many people cannot achieve per capita income. Of course, when we learn mathematics, we can find that the average does not represent the data distribution status. The most representative data distribution status is median . If it is put into per capita income, the median refers to the number in the middle of the income. Calculated by median, my country's per capita income is around 27,000 yuan, which is a little lower than the average income, but it is more in line with the actual situation.
After reading this, do you understand why the per capita income is so high and you are still so poor? If you count your family, it can be said that it is indeed not easy to achieve a per capita income of 32,000 yuan. At least I am still far from this data? Of course, our country has been developing rapidly over the years, and people's income is getting higher and higher, and it can be said that living standards will become better and better.
