Benin | 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
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source
Benin | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
6.12391381 1960
4.58348955 1961
3.5178232 1962
3.82136021 1963
5.13733827 1964
7.26756306 1965
6.84654487 1966
7.66582205 1967
9.33464259 1968
11.77321922 1969
15.17657983 1970
17.78579859 1971
14.38440221 1972
15.66197565 1973
14.31675614 1974
14.52824593 1975
12.99124631 1976
16.17890261 1977
16.52508821 1978
17.51637947 1979
15.81651288 1980
15.93050046 1981
17.77103583 1982
13.76428919 1983
19.57937532 1984
23.65261835 1985
16.67592095 1986
15.26752812 1987
13.80373921 1988
13.49542898 1989
19.18130301 1990
21.00248606 1991
23.23914805 1992
22.46438304 1993
28.32701862 1994
27.3689425 1995
26.49881155 1996
27.17613459 1997
27.09293955 1998
23.00953079 1999
20.60530255 2000
19.86857881 2001
19.72661078 2002
18.64429725 2003
18.51354757 2004
18.48363998 2005
18.05792571 2006
22.04285312 2007
22.14072027 2008
19.92796684 2009
23.07204807 2010
20.8496515 2011
23.89673687 2012
27.57056532 2013
31.43084112 2014
24.72045121 2015
27.60678807 2016
27.20559478 2017
27.27423062 2018
29.63052719 2019
19.87247043 2020
20.91880618 2021
21.65320955 2022
Benin | 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
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source