Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source
Chad | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
17.03756863 1960
18.55677586 1961
19.62895421 1962
19.21199442 1963
21.32945252 1964
17.81303858 1965
17.96321924 1966
18.16413181 1967
18.68502888 1968
17.69887442 1969
22.04973095 1970
21.05762886 1971
19.38405926 1972
23.50025335 1973
26.80373669 1974
25.85061153 1975
26.38422549 1976
28.37261312 1977
27.96756917 1978
34.63762863 1979
28.86567674 1980
22.66131867 1981
13.49482613 1982
23.54152924 1983
24.05303152 1984
31.32703029 1985
35.37579471 1986
36.43247812 1987
30.1042396 1988
31.40866736 1989
27.90681519 1990
24.39790826 1991
24.81381364 1992
29.32388722 1993
34.88274936 1994
33.76753903 1995
29.06652395 1996
30.76926506 1997
29.56735683 1998
32.18974699 1999
34.68107558 2000
49.6561205 2001
113.66086725 2002
58.74594805 2003
50.75973286 2004
37.86947084 2005
48.32878742 2006
40.22753001 2007
37.59516101 2008
41.97111149 2009
43.54510339 2010
41.80381796 2011
42.10756547 2012
39.08332409 2013
42.46516028 2014
36.56240346 2015
37.00188837 2016
39.7020457 2017
38.01407128 2018
37.82827212 2019
42.01421109 2020
44.23464962 2021
39.57415454 2022
Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source