Gambia, The | Imports of goods and services (current 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 current U.S. dollars. 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 the Gambia
Records
63
Source
Gambia, The | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
19266443.450256 1966
22035302.950885 1967
20988897.582236 1968
23077140.923425 1969
21393730.229968 1970
20720647.056018 1971
24111329.798689 1972
31865390.432946 1973
41877707.231226 1974
50235171.267956 1975
52005932.587581 1976
65617860.122398 1977
102907354.44649 1978
131009533.91626 1979
153325163.58384 1980
146042850.61075 1981
128848574.58583 1982
133367480.55295 1983
114897722.07927 1984
121704015.07599 1985
104144840.46215 1986
130802612.23567 1987
155878661.79577 1988
185466421.34727 1989
226977004.165 1990
239289620.99661 1991
263205385.96392 1992
275121124.0124 1993
214068046.50205 1994
279038983.09613 1995
247310341.46279 1996
204004699.13875 1997
240030742.92265 1998
228252566.98235 1999
239267448.02104 2000
172598261.58441 2001
187843014.98783 2002
183930191.49887 2003
282217002.19743 2004
309496622.50087 2005
309274034.43168 2006
336061371.18266 2007
384411745.48887 2008
377490756.86221 2009
406576420.90944 2010
363423204.23386 2011
394206040.9761 2012
364299281.26156 2013
447782687.93861 2014
459500233.47178 2015
447005097.32797 2016
549737405.35313 2017
691368612.09765 2018
624394162.32454 2019
686424476.41493 2020
726102820.49467 2021
672957248.3865 2022
Gambia, The | Imports of goods and services (current 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 current U.S. dollars. 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 the Gambia
Records
63
Source