Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source
Gabon | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
34.17098666 1960
31.21169298 1961
31.71425748 1962
47.10299506 1963
41.89186987 1964
43.24324324 1965
39.73510592 1966
48.05390719 1967
48.42248329 1968
54.6554602 1969
49.72065928 1970
66.31769743 1971
73.08743779 1972
58.84543141 1973
57.54640839 1974
49.52422145 1975
45.58475873 1976
51.59374094 1977
61.75816024 1978
58.48588272 1979
64.72019465 1980
63.36350643 1981
61.59475145 1982
61.32476979 1983
59.09266161 1984
62.57247584 1985
35.19131246 1986
42.69492039 1987
36.73058397 1988
45.79558218 1989
46.03850426 1990
47.26345929 1991
46.07555286 1992
48.79461351 1993
61.67563998 1994
59.38699903 1995
62.66324499 1996
61.30401081 1997
47.40635161 1998
59.61250435 1999
69.03217671 2000
54.27523248 2001
52.60889969 2002
51.9294345 2003
55.03915528 2004
60.00867276 2005
60.57181652 2006
58.52860459 2007
62.19971201 2008
52.17173218 2009
57.66349238 2010
61.74437213 2011
60.95034144 2012
57.35740588 2013
44.52089239 2014
46.0320085 2015
44.03534729 2016
50.22675397 2017
54.29907649 2018
51.43107323 2019
47.50476214 2020
55.5421785 2021
61.38385113 2022
Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source