United Nations System of National Accounts

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international standard national accounting system statistical framework

The United Nations System of National Accounts is an internationally agreed statistical framework that provides standardized concepts, definitions, classifications, and accounting rules for measuring a country’s economic activity and compiling national accounts such as GDP.

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System of National Accounts 1
System of National Accounts 2008 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international standard ⓘ
national accounting system ⓘ
statistical framework ⓘ
abbreviationOf SNA 2008 ⓘ
appliesTo gross domestic product ⓘ
gross national income ⓘ
input-output tables ⓘ
sector accounts ⓘ
supply and use tables ⓘ
coordinatingBody United Nations Statistics Division ⓘ
definesAccountingRule accrual accounting ⓘ
consolidation rules ⓘ
double-entry accounting ⓘ
quadruple-entry accounting ⓘ
time of recording ⓘ
valuation at market prices ⓘ
definesClassification classification of assets ⓘ
classification of transactions ⓘ
functional classifications of government expenditure ⓘ
institutional sector classification ⓘ
definesConcept assets and liabilities ⓘ
capital stock ⓘ
consumption of fixed capital ⓘ
disposable income ⓘ
final consumption expenditure ⓘ
financial assets ⓘ
gross capital formation ⓘ
institutional sectors ⓘ
net lending or net borrowing ⓘ
non-financial assets ⓘ
primary income ⓘ
production boundary ⓘ
rest of the world account ⓘ
satellite accounts ⓘ
saving ⓘ
value added ⓘ
field economic statistics ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ
national accounts ⓘ
firstEditionYear 1953 ⓘ
geographicalScope worldwide ⓘ
governs compilation of national accounts statistics ⓘ
hasEdition SNA 1953 ⓘ
SNA 1968 ⓘ
SNA 1993 ⓘ
SNA 2008 ⓘ
influenced European System of Accounts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
latestEditionName United Nations System of National Accounts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System of National Accounts 2008
latestMajorRevision 2008 ⓘ
publisher European Commission ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ
OECD ⓘ
surface form: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

United Nations ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
purpose to ensure international comparability of macroeconomic statistics ⓘ
to provide an internationally agreed standard for national accounts ⓘ
relatedStandard Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual ⓘ
Government Finance Statistics Manual ⓘ
Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual ⓘ
scope institutional sectors of an economy ⓘ
whole economy ⓘ
shortName SNA ⓘ
United Nations System of National Accounts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System of National Accounts
status global standard for national accounts ⓘ
useBy central banks ⓘ
international organizations ⓘ
ministries of finance ⓘ
national statistical offices ⓘ
usedFor calculation of GDP ⓘ
calculation of GNI ⓘ
economic research ⓘ
international comparisons of economic performance ⓘ
macroeconomic policy analysis ⓘ

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United Nations System of National Accounts → latestEditionName → United Nations System of National Accounts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: System of National Accounts 2008
International Economic Accounts → methodologyBasedOn → United Nations System of National Accounts ⓘ
United Nations System of National Accounts → shortName → United Nations System of National Accounts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: System of National Accounts