Gabon | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)

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. Data are in constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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 | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
1960 192540532.93811
1961 221471492.38011
1962 234440529.65033
1963 292302448.53435
1964 323228654.47205
1965 352159613.91406
1966 389372664.26366
1967 492747656.27612
1968 529961876.69999
1969 589229687.65339
1970 631267038.73895
1971 658143760.08724
1972 771168896.86329
1973 771168896.86329
1974 1680853292.9063
1975 2154995780.5335
1976 2425145468.5783
1977 2396890155.1659
1978 1946179850.1324
1979 1661556886.6622
1980 1929640628.0167
1981 2773106002.2814
1982 2508260981.4334
1983 2877956670.3218
1984 2926886982.0425
1985 2981642330.9551
1986 2857763208.2345
1987 1736637731.6453
1988 1973134238.5573
1989 2107498427.9406
1990 2008084461.2375
1991 1969344933.4677
1992 2006177979.8528
1993 2122842503.4586
1994 1780991933.4631
1995 1793663476.8754
1996 1837429073.5291
1997 2093866467.9616
1998 2639421362.0027
1999 2023834134.3865
2000 1690351531.5875
2001 1696893578.0104
2002 1835609189.5786
2003 1639985777.1781
2004 1684035170.171
2005 1840274299.8954
2006 2156376475.8726
2007 2234241098.9235
2008 2513685535.7692
2009 2516998494.0248
2010 3312073736.3029
2011 3725934560.8191
2012 4066706623.7676
2013 4170219305.672
2014 4498319295.8552
2015 4015443368.9842
2016 3752275447.84
2017 3479020538.967
2018 5261699304.3746
2019 6601025349.4844
2020 6204255288.115
2021 6420442283.7791
2022 6955366396.5956

Gabon | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)

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. Data are in constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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