Benin | Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
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. Data are in constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source
Benin | Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
88037515.730164 1960
68934917.089884 1961
50663003.809308 1962
55646408.457852 1963
83054127.541037 1964
122924038.67851 1965
135382905.19136 1966
149502468.97111 1967
167774971.13212 1968
235051246.50644 1969
266612154.84718 1970
341362719.98451 1971
357312543.66387 1972
332269154.36606 1973
329212971.65492 1974
331375083.62659 1975
319523551.09787 1976
342107790.10322 1977
375198953.46612 1978
509883157.13075 1979
565183754.34756 1980
617134835.22909 1981
457270148.66671 1982
331709645.40991 1983
455111528.25315 1984
581031716.47681 1985
450940224.76167 1986
422877126.70962 1987
345895078.93333 1988
352656992.37929 1989
616946150.59991 1990
723640631.02925 1991
875446744.9919 1992
993600960.03596 1993
1017938919.9395 1994
1000047050.0119 1995
972220628.34913 1996
1064221203.9223 1997
1182195665.7572 1998
1345201302.5348 1999
1203033053.3496 2000
1260637055.8012 2001
1386999173.5585 2002
1411935281.6401 2003
1338386379.1939 2004
1472663485.6363 2005
1468317539.1525 2006
1868212358.2279 2007
2056764575.277 2008
1956709506.1675 2009
2050588298.4671 2010
1851462005.6321 2011
2297584683.8538 2012
2819876654.6549 2013
3523229759.6745 2014
2815204783.1249 2015
3194730426.4193 2016
3418361556.2686 2017
3589279634.082 2018
3898480205.2544 2019
2925224402.361 2020
3292357506.0203 2021
3920590210.7644 2022
Benin | Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
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. Data are in constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source