Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960 14.75743288
1961 13.82979718
1962 12.22731175
1963 12.35039437
1964 12.65162081
1965 9.70936384
1966 14.34672853
1967 10.34152229
1968 12.81127062
1969 13.00927252
1970 14.55471198
1971 16.01683281
1972 12.79810563
1973 12.66408949
1974 15.63042831
1975 14.01157222
1976 13.89501569
1977 13.19876709
1978 13.79854797
1979 13.44513075
1980 15.59700595
1981 15.41815427
1982 15.19093837
1983 13.24030323
1984 12.46395774
1985 12.5253253
1986 11.99338947
1987 12.91588059
1988 13.85663438
1989 13.81905844
1990 15.91514135
1991 14.43537919
1992 17.09303665
1993 20.99297616
1994 20.91917562
1995 20.96348743
1996 20.84464548
1997 20.75552435
1998 20.90157222
1999 17.80270056
2000 16.75194575
2001 18.51397603
2002 18.16706954
2003 19.94088381
2004 19.09267551
2005 20.45165376
2006 21.91276821
2007 20.66575497
2008 21.05805428
2009 18.73163282
2010 17.92375841
2011 20.19391848
2012 20.02394574
2013 19.90020908
2014 20.85271653
2015 22.71055261
2016 21.48551371
2017 20.13762519
2018 20.63503312
2019 21.69049533
2020 20.59931325
2021 23.91726886
2022 27.78244179

Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source