Faroe Islands | 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
Faroe Islands
Records
63
Source
Faroe Islands | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
52.21238938 1962
44.44444444 1963
45.60315671 1964
45.54084437 1965
43.88489209 1966
40.43846321 1967
43.23992637 1968
44.59870673 1969
35.855573 1970
40.91588531 1971
39.27408658 1972
42.26983802 1973
53.09764029 1974
49.83546338 1975
48.28746177 1976
43.61798937 1977
44.94279593 1978
45.88753761 1979
45.05146477 1980
46.96307692 1981
45.57837838 1982
49.42022472 1983
61.6387126 1984
54.0373947 1985
51.52493721 1986
53.3146438 1987
49.40184049 1988
39.69250078 1989
35.04877228 1990
33.28748281 1991
36.46759848 1992
28.9014998 1993
32.1798591 1994
34.97029703 1995
48.91948414 1996
48.88924923 1997
44.95927162 1998
51.73001144 1999
59.2097941 2000
53.34120352 2001
49.55942979 2002
61.48590603 2003
49.71354469 2004
58.91689567 2005
55.59518948 2006
57.37655994 2007
57.52144765 2008
53.20215454 2009
50.45980693 2010
53.41197984 2011
64.59902557 2012
58.61932025 2013
52.72825103 2014
52.39417913 2015
50.01636903 2016
50.87360878 2017
54.05665812 2018
52.85352967 2019
48.94193282 2020
52.13448333 2021
62.51455551 2022
Faroe Islands | 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
Faroe Islands
Records
63
Source