Egypt, Arab Rep. | 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
21.82550519 1960
19.74188602 1961
19.51847087 1962
23.58692667 1963
24.87423687 1964
20.1324211 1965
20.48419417 1966
19.11393404 1967
17.46356833 1968
16.53306613 1969
17.09457771 1970
17.78297835 1971
17.37510773 1972
18.16112084 1973
31.29741777 1974
35.54630083 1975
27.91814575 1976
31.36579008 1977
33.93621159 1978
42.97152461 1979
42.86839928 1980
43.49814111 1981
37.86872105 1982
34.21052632 1983
31.96202532 1984
27.88203753 1985
22.22222222 1986
22.7184466 1987
35.22727273 1988
32.33766234 1989
32.56784969 1990
35.37777778 1991
30.91301222 1992
30.09020619 1993
28.05714286 1994
27.69607843 1995
26.19877942 1996
24.89657766 1997
25.71329158 1998
23.30949285 1999
22.81681858 2000
22.33063842 2001
22.67088942 2002
24.38323353 2003
29.58994436 2004
32.60909935 2005
31.56872268 2006
34.82814178 2007
38.63763261 2008
31.59662253 2009
26.58710426 2010
24.68820655 2011
24.31480265 2012
23.35519243 2013
22.67605634 2014
21.66209747 2015
19.90108511 2016
27.81804754 2017
27.92636406 2018
24.4799857 2019
19.65347983 2020
19.29582327 2021
21.89607906 2022
Egypt, Arab Rep. | 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source