Ecuador | 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 Ecuador
Records
63
Source
Ecuador | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
10.36407199 1960
10.15166537 1961
10.79438963 1962
9.95697544 1963
10.14445815 1964
10.29048109 1965
11.1143692 1966
12.03159257 1967
13.91820741 1968
12.10235721 1969
13.0100254 1970
16.69010861 1971
15.55007756 1972
16.65959706 1973
18.75231955 1974
19.3341564 1975
17.97826833 1976
18.13933341 1977
18.56384611 1978
18.17150327 1979
17.8769831 1980
15.29742785 1981
17.75645447 1982
15.31640238 1983
15.68188013 1984
16.03593842 1985
17.48120101 1986
22.36463579 1987
23.65645047 1988
24.82993222 1989
21.83054027 1990
21.5220564 1991
20.67280351 1992
23.13537759 1993
23.49792943 1994
24.62436736 1995
21.942418 1996
23.48226011 1997
25.50315708 1998
22.82370916 1999
27.33716401 2000
27.52231007 2001
27.88417576 2002
24.64323064 2003
26.11089177 2004
28.4816556 2005
29.37670842 2006
30.65537045 2007
33.89330782 2008
26.85574109 2009
32.40828274 2010
33.36903909 2011
31.58630314 2012
30.96786776 2013
29.65631484 2014
23.98565577 2015
19.01654907 2016
21.5889035 2017
23.75744696 2018
23.02845389 2019
19.51730348 2020
25.19764403 2021
28.51838369 2022
Ecuador | 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 Ecuador
Records
63
Source