Belgium | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source
Belgium | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
44.95627649 1970
43.76746309 1971
44.13727799 1972
48.03194386 1973
52.89335806 1974
45.91603657 1975
48.55438286 1976
47.50725022 1977
45.76164418 1978
49.9224385 1979
50.11728048 1980
54.06352206 1981
58.10331181 1982
60.39562658 1983
64.41235168 1984
62.45432742 1985
57.28304983 1986
55.86776307 1987
59.40808324 1988
63.56674894 1989
61.61369096 1990
60.22965488 1991
58.80893033 1992
56.10774116 1993
58.42495935 1994
60.11437172 1995
61.19239096 1996
64.78658108 1997
64.17434502 1998
64.56305952 1999
72.54739516 2000
71.61195892 2001
70.8312977 2002
69.03650851 2003
70.90627745 2004
74.28282892 2005
76.80499706 2006
78.3018047 2007
80.88061998 2008
68.83400371 2009
75.85006448 2010
80.69736291 2011
80.40449051 2012
79.3243484 2013
79.80100907 2014
77.80528215 2015
79.42961547 2016
83.18241025 2017
83.07962947 2018
82.39718206 2019
78.63162421 2020
87.92417296 2021
95.73149656 2022
Belgium | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source