What Is Negative Growth?

Statistical vocabulary refers to the negative increase of a certain data, that is, the decrease. Such as negative weight growth, negative economic growth, negative visit growth, and negative population growth. Negative growth is opposite to positive growth (also called "growth"). In addition, if the amount of growth is zero, it can be called zero growth.

Negative growth

"Negative growth" is most commonly used in economics. Sustained negative economic growth

Special attention should be paid to the main body of negative growth. For example, last year's economic growth was 6%, and this year's growth of 2% is not negative economic growth (but negative economic growth), because the economy is still growing, but the speed has slowed down.