Edexcel · 4EC1

Economic growth

25questions
75marks
12series
2019–2025years

Economic growth comes up in 25 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 75 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 1R, iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.

Tariffs run from 1 to 9 marks. The commonest instructions are Identify (MCQ) (6), Calculate (4), Explain (4). Specification points covered: 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.3.

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June 2025 1 question

6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(h) Data response: why GDP measures growth usefully - India (7.2% in 2023).

2.1.1Economic growthAnalyseData response essay

Nov 2024 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(b) Multiple choice on what makes GDP a useful growth measure.

2.1.1Economic growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q4(a) Work out to 2 d.p. the percentage change in India's GDP between 2021 and 2022.

2.1.1Economic growthCalculateShort answer

June 2024 1 question

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(b) Multiple choice picking a valid measurement of GDP.

2.1.1Economic growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Nov 2023 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 1

Q2(b) Multiple choice on what could cause positive economic growth.

1.1.1Economic growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(e) Give one reason rapid growth can hurt an economy such as Vietnam.

2.1.3Economic growthExplainShort answer

June 2023 2 questions

9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(g) Data response: what infrastructure spending does to a country's productive potential.

2.1.1Economic growthAssessData response essay
6 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(h) Data response: where GDP falls short as a measure of growth - Singapore case.

2.1.1Economic growthAnalyseData response essay

Jan 2023 2 questions

2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(d) Set out one harm that comes with economic growth.

2.1.3Economic growthDescribeShort answer
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q4(a) Work out to 2 d.p. the percentage change in Egypt's GDP per head between 2019 and 2020.

2.1.1Economic growthCalculateShort answer

June 2022 2 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(b) Multiple choice on a possible effect of economic growth.

2.1.1Economic growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q4(a) Work out to 2 d.p. the percentage rise in GDP per head between 2018 and 2019.

2.1.1Economic growthCalculateShort answer

Nov 2021 2 questions

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(g) Give one drawback of economic growth - Malaysia case.

2.1.3Economic growthExplainShort answer
9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(e) Data response: how good a measure of growth GDP is - Ghana case.

2.1.1Economic growthAssessData response essay

June 2021 1 question

9 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q3(e) Data response: what growth offers - Turkmenistan case.

2.1.1Economic growthAssessData response essay

Nov 2020 4 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 1R

Q1(d) Name one thing that could cause positive economic growth.

1.1.1Economic growthStateShort answer
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(c) Give the meaning of gross domestic product.

2.1.1Economic growthDefineShort answer
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q1(d) Set out one benefit of economic growth.

2.1.1Economic growthDescribeShort answer
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(b) Multiple choice picking the measure of economic growth.

2.1.1Economic growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Jan 2020 1 question

3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q2(f) Give one reason a large slice of Greece's GDP goes unrecorded.

2.1.1Economic growthExplainShort answer

June 2019 5 questions

1 markiGCSE · Paper 1R

Q3(a) Multiple choice on what could produce economic growth.

1.1.1Economic growthIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2

Q4(a) Work out Vietnam's GDP per head to 2 d.p. for 2016.

2.1.1Economic growthCalculateShort answer
2 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q1(d) Set out how growth affects a country's productive potential.

2.1.1Economic growthDescribeShort answer
1 markiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(a) Multiple choice completing the definition or calculation of GDP per capita.

2.1.1Economic growthCalculate (MCQ)Multiple choice
3 marksiGCSE · Paper 2R

Q2(f) Give one environmental cost of rapid growth - China case.

2.1.3Economic growthExplainShort answer

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