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Every AQA A-Level Economics exam question on 4.2.1.2 Macroeconomic indicators, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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![June 2024 Paper 2, question 02: Explain how the data in Extract A show that higher productivity may result in higher living standards. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 40 marks Prod](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71362-jun24-c1-02-qp.webp)
![June 2024 Paper 2, question 06: Explain how the data in Extract D show that Vietnam may have outperformed the other selected Southeast Asian economies between 2010 and 2021. [4 marks] Context](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71362-jun24-c2-06-qp.webp)
![June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 01: Which one of the following is a measure of productivity? [1 mark] A Employment divided by output B Output of goods per worker C Production multiplied by quantit](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71352-jun24-a-01-qp.webp)
![June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 27: Define ‘GDP per capita’ Extract E (line 3). [3 marks] Context 2 Total for this context: 50 marks THE LEVELLING-UP AGENDA Extract D: Employment and inactivity ra](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71352-jun24-c2-27-qp.webp)
![June 2023 Paper 2, question 02: Explain how the data in Extract A (Figure 2), show that Ireland’s economy performed better than the economies of France and Spain in 2021. [4 marks] Context 1 T](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71362-jun23-c1-02-qp.webp)
![June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 23: Use Extract A to identify two significant features of the inflation rate over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 50 marks INFLATION E](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71352-jun23-c1-23-qp.webp)
![June 2022 AS Paper 2, question 22: If UK GDP was equal to £2073 billion in 2017, use Extract A to calculate, to the nearest billion, the value of UK GDP in 2018. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for thi](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71352-jun22-c1-22-qp.webp)
![June 2022 AS Paper 2, question 23: Use Extract A to identify two significant points of comparison between the growth rates of the UK and Germany over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total f](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71352-jun22-c1-23-qp.webp)
![November 2020 Paper 2, question 02: Explain how the data in Extract A (Figure 2) show that the UK has had poor real wage growth since 2008. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 40 marks Une](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71362-nov20-c1-02-qp.webp)
All 15 questions on Macroeconomic indicators, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q30 (1 mark): Table 8 shows figures for the population (millions) and GDP ($ billions) of four countries. Table 8 Country Population (millions) GDP ($ billions) Country W 20
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q31 (10 marks): To what extent, if at all, do the data suggest that the contribution the automotive industry makes to the UK economy has declined significantly since 2015? You
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q09 (1 mark): Table 2 shows various macroeconomic indicators for an economy from 2021 to 2023. Table 2 Year Real GDP growth (%) Unemployment rate (%) Inflation (%) Balance of
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract A, calculate the ratio of the UK’s GDP per hour worked to $1 of GDP per hour worked in Hungary. Give your answer to two decimal places
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q02 (4 marks): Explain how the data in Extract A show that higher productivity may result in higher living standards. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 40 marks Prod
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q05 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract D, calculate the percentage change in Vietnam’s GDP per capita between the years 2010 and 2021. Give your answer to one decimal place.
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q06 (4 marks): Explain how the data in Extract D show that Vietnam may have outperformed the other selected Southeast Asian economies between 2010 and 2021. [4 marks] Context
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q01 (1 mark): Which one of the following is a measure of productivity? [1 mark] A Employment divided by output B Output of goods per worker C Production multiplied by quantit
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q27 (3 marks): Define ‘GDP per capita’ Extract E (line 3). [3 marks] Context 2 Total for this context: 50 marks THE LEVELLING-UP AGENDA Extract D: Employment and inactivity ra
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q28 (4 marks): Use Extract D to calculate, as a percentage, how much nominal GDP per capita in the poorest region would need to rise, to equal nominal GDP per capita in the ri
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q02 (4 marks): Explain how the data in Extract A (Figure 2), show that Ireland’s economy performed better than the economies of France and Spain in 2021. [4 marks] Context 1 T
- June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q23 (4 marks): Use Extract A to identify two significant features of the inflation rate over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 50 marks INFLATION E
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q22 (4 marks): If UK GDP was equal to £2073 billion in 2017, use Extract A to calculate, to the nearest billion, the value of UK GDP in 2018. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for thi
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q23 (4 marks): Use Extract A to identify two significant points of comparison between the growth rates of the UK and Germany over the period shown. [4 marks] Context 1 Total f
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q02 (4 marks): Explain how the data in Extract A (Figure 2) show that the UK has had poor real wage growth since 2008. [4 marks] Context 1 Total for this context: 40 marks Une
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