National Accounts at a Glance presents information using an "indicator" approach, focusing on cross-country comparisons; the aim being to make the national accounts more accessible and informative, whilst, at the same time, taking the opportunity to present the conceptual underpinning of, and comparability issues inherent in, each of the indicators presented. 

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The range of indicators reflects the richness inherent in the national accounts dataset and encourages users to refocus some of the spotlight that is often placed on GDP to other economic important indicators, which may better respond to their needs.  The publication is broken down into six key chapters, and provides indicators related to income, expenditure, production, government and capital respectively.

Reader's Guide
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
-1. Size of GDP
-2. GDP growth
-3. GDP per capita
Income
-4. National income
-5. Disposable income
-6. Real measures of income
-7. Saving
-8. Household saving rate
-9. Net lending/net borrowing
Expenditure
-10. Household consumption
-11. General government final consumption
-12. Investment
-13. Exports and imports of goods and services
Production
-14. Value added
-15. Compensation of employees
General government
-16. Total expenditure
-17. General government expenditures by function
-18. Taxes
-19. Social contributions
-20. Social benefits
-21. Gross saving and net lending/net borrowing
-22. Financail assets and liabilities
Capital
-23. Net capital stock
-24. Consumption of fixed capital
-25. Non-financial assets held by households
-26. Financial asseets held by households
Annex A. Reference Series for OECD countries
-A.1. GDP, 1997-2010, 2005 constant PPPs
-A.2. GDP per capita, 1997-2010, current PPPs
-A.3. GDP per capita, 1997-2010, 2005 constant PPPS
-A.4. GDP per capita, 1997-2010, 2005=100
-A.5. Actual individual consumption, current PPPs
-A.6. Actual individual consumption 2005 constant PPPs
-A.7. Population, 1997-2010
-A.8. Purchasing power parities for GDP, 1997-2010, national currency per US dollar
-A.9. Purchasing power parities for actual individual consumption, 1997-2010, national currency per US dollar
-A.10. Exchange rates, 1997-2010, national currency per US dollar
Annex B. The 2008 System of National Accounts - Changes from the 1993 System of National Accounts
Annex C. Glossary of terms