Money
PIB
Letter by letterOfficialB2Meaning
produit intérieur brut
The wealth produced by a country in one year. It is the figure in every economics article, and it comes up in B2 and C1 essay topics.
How it is said
pé-i-bé
Gender and article
le PIB · masculine
Where you meet it
An economics article, a chart, an essay topic.
Example
La France consacre 2,2 % de son PIB à la recherche.
France devotes 2.2% of its GDP to research.
In the DELF
reading B2 · writing C1
Watch out
Masculine: le PIB. « En pourcentage du PIB » is the phrase for comparisons between countries.