China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960 4.30582954
1961 3.87081068
1962 4.05265875
1963 4.00544741
1964 3.76896388
1965 3.63898501
1966 3.49446709
1967 3.27722662
1968 3.30256293
1969 3.04759963
1970 2.49155591
1971 2.78806626
1972 3.24792352
1973 4.24134678
1974 4.92980161
1975 4.70472117
1976 4.51047313
1977 4.29846154
1978 4.55595415
1979 5.16284336
1980 5.91161214
1981 7.44757799
1982 7.95978953
1983 7.20471974
1984 7.89354532
1985 8.32744409
1986 8.71924864
1987 10.41698495
1988 11.01490459
1989 9.02734505
1990 12.45160262
1991 13.43637117
1992 13.55554446
1993 11.99788329
1994 18.53674857
1995 17.95252283
1996 17.92329555
1997 19.49316446
1998 18.34210003
1999 18.16247676
2000 20.8936972
2001 20.31214574
2002 22.64474567
2003 26.98075653
2004 31.06133758
2005 33.82985757
2006 36.03502555
2007 35.43479853
2008 32.60271402
2009 24.74985594
2010 27.18533272
2011 26.56818934
2012 25.49252223
2013 24.59925444
2014 23.51006091
2015 21.35407988
2016 19.58438005
2017 19.69227699
2018 19.11210354
2019 18.40999232
2020 18.5861392
2021 19.94397383
2022 20.67700175

China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source