Burundi | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from 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 Burundi
Records
63
Source
Burundi | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
13.39285783 1960
14.65517299 1961
16.39344216 1962
14.28571441 1963
12.08053731 1964
12.53428946 1965
12.99218038 1966
11.88577655 1967
13.36681223 1968
12.0945743 1969
11.62101972 1970
14.17168014 1971
15.07496967 1972
13.33273113 1973
15.53393773 1974
19.00177059 1975
16.65287675 1976
17.29141892 1977
20.2264008 1978
22.72214152 1979
23.29206503 1980
22.0376957 1981
26.90744599 1982
24.74775974 1983
23.55230979 1984
20.78690239 1985
22.3156305 1986
25.73863173 1987
25.95318325 1988
22.9435654 1989
27.77514726 1990
28.50518278 1991
29.47695089 1992
27.16103576 1993
28.48175853 1994
27.27828356 1995
15.75340125 1996
14.43990665 1997
19.44027986 1998
15.9639877 1999
16.23475389 2000
15.78484345 2001
16.98802523 2002
20.99489805 2003
24.62336989 2004
28.89999868 2005
35.1 2006
31.99999864 2007
36.69999932 2008
29.20000329 2009
29.80000376 2010
34.20000255 2011
34.00927787 2012
37.50882302 2013
34.29900461 2014
16.42100985 2015
16.65920307 2016
16.21371877 2017
20.91404815 2018
23.85417 2019
22.22401 2020
23.81837 2021
23.34422185 2022
Burundi | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from 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 Burundi
Records
63
Source