It’s called economic activity to any process by which we obtain products, goods and services that meet our needs.
Economic activities are those that allow the generation of wealth within a community (city, region, country) through the extraction, processing and distribution of natural resources or some service , having as its goal the satisfaction of human needs.
Each community is that their resources are limited and therefore to meet these needs must make a choice that incorporates an opportunity cost .
The economic activities cover three stages: production , distribution and consumption .
As the production depends on consumption, economics analyzes the behavior of consumers.
Some economic activities are agriculture , the livestock , the industry , the trade , the communications , among others.
The countries are used specifically in an economic activity which allows to classify, according to production capacity and efficiency of such activity will generate wealth.