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