Congo, Rep. | Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)

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. Data are in constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
1960 198922172.29921
1961 213841337.38964
1962 371321393.78005
1963 442601838.99039
1964 485701644.12124
1965 489017019.94695
1966 441956308.08676
1967 486971281.35127
1968 628151497.16418
1969 810253639.01338
1970 1049647104.4918
1971 1086475634.507
1972 1125351646.2615
1973 1164227484.9288
1974 1205149061.2929
1975 1207194974.7149
1976 1244025771.532
1977 1379065806.3105
1978 1512060974.9835
1979 1579580294.7675
1980 1923325795.6963
1981 2101338203.5173
1982 2293389995.378
1983 2689283173.3905
1984 2952630618.143
1985 2760788108.4489
1986 2664866854.5788
1987 2675330990.6541
1988 3024135553.3968
1989 3256090680.7855
1990 3484017028.4249
1991 3275274323.8588
1992 3298545959.0086
1993 3560950358.3286
1994 3466998544.7032
1995 4001477840.8257
1996 4167754932.5436
1997 4664479388.7885
1998 5082846055.0393
1999 5194774744.3142
2000 5131881728.2128
2001 4840501165.5472
2002 4902337639.6044
2003 4779501941.501
2004 4675275467.0265
2005 5138842446.5111
2006 5347119659.7418
2007 4436394223.1548
2008 4635080623.3194
2009 5374998938.1168
2010 5526577867.4845
2011 5850300897.9645
2012 5357474216.628
2013 4988939794.3482
2014 5321760633.7387
2015 5080504389.3033
2016 5328070700.7369
2017 5440686829.0912
2018 6561885887.5609
2019 6316334939.2024
2020 5722465105.848
2021 5665240367.7144
2022 5623814405.3704

Congo, Rep. | Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)

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. Data are in constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source