Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967 12.62475
1968 12.25432144
1969 11.97697062
1970 12.75155628
1971 12.78250544
1972 12.82624792
1973 14.2793071
1974 16.457062
1975 18.93011622
1976 18.61877147
1977 20.11516576
1978 20.15682352
1979 19.14071042
1980 20.07008868
1981 20.43121366
1982 20.58104854
1983 20.23408986
1984 18.91362851
1985 17.43741116
1986 16.4289212
1987 17.07091853
1988 18.62760135
1989 19.84471335
1990 19.5193772
1991 20.38267778
1992 21.10701241
1993 20.27811209
1994 20.37085139
1995 22.48762175
1996 23.0175806
1997 23.63209211
1998 23.38291448
1999 22.25217313
2000 23.34406793
2001 22.86704698
2002 24.14100259
2003 24.16021005
2004 26.32307083
2005 27.10393941
2006 27.97119358
2007 28.62001455
2008 30.26668387
2009 27.12879305
2010 27.24316982
2011 28.60015056
2012 29.14055356
2013 28.93257093
2014 28.63759632
2015 26.65513019
2016 25.13062681
2017 26.0652946
2018 27.80984744
2019 26.38013229
2020 23.98122239
2021 27.12009549
2022 29.78074106

Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source