Congo, Rep. | 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
Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960 20.45332535
1961 19.45955537
1962 30.48959728
1963 36.47289895
1964 38.15260175
1965 36.00822304
1966 29.88929889
1967 30.47945727
1968 30.38583601
1969 32.07549032
1970 34.73682895
1971 32.58172517
1972 28.30917874
1973 31.62251656
1974 53.22918382
1975 35.88807786
1976 40.37715474
1977 45.58499468
1978 43.72143722
1979 47.41176471
1980 60.01664817
1981 58.02104486
1982 55.26760563
1983 57.94544545
1984 61.62754304
1985 56.7882159
1986 39.83370093
1987 41.73430613
1988 40.62215478
1989 48.52420202
1990 51.77735958
1991 41.63458853
1992 40.69209692
1993 42.83637057
1994 58.51702125
1995 64.70457016
1996 68.45821343
1997 75.59663937
1998 76.27762977
1999 72.29007107
2000 80.29714722
2001 77.42002685
2002 81.51642548
2003 80.8123656
2004 80.52979283
2005 75.00508375
2006 77.46412946
2007 68.48539072
2008 73.40291853
2009 64.47991211
2010 68.52809153
2011 73.61173274
2012 58.08202782
2013 52.93434058
2014 53.13363837
2015 40.85704879
2016 42.06852605
2017 47.96273166
2018 62.2105923
2019 56.19881617
2020 40.71904091
2021 52.83657206
2022 63.81224189

Congo, Rep. | 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
Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source