Variables such as engagement in fulfilling personal activities, social connectedness, political voice, and environmental conditions have been shown to greatly influence well-being but are not accounted for in GDP. Even Simon Kuznets, the eponym of the Kuznets Curve and the Nobel Prize-winning economist who is probably responsible more than anyone for the development of GDP as a statistic, cautioned in his first report to Congress in 1934 that, “…the welfare of a nation can, therefore, scarcely be inferred from a measure of national income…”
Variable tulad ng pagtawag ng pansin sa pagtupad ng mga personal na gawain, panlipunan connectedness, voice pampulitika, at mga kondisyon sa kapaligiran ay ipapakita sa mga lubhang impluwensiya kagalingan ngunit hindi accounted para sa GDP. Kahit Simon Kuznets, ang eponym ng Kuznets Curve at ang Nobel Prize-winning ekonomista na marahil ay mas responsable kaysa sa kahit sino para sa pagpapaunlad ng GDP bilang estadiskita, nagbabala sa kanyang unang ulat sa Kongreso sa 1934 na, "... ang kapakanan ng isang bansa ay maaaring, samakatuwid, babahagya inferred mula sa isang sukatan ng pambansang kita... "