Ghana | 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
Republic of Ghana
Records
63
Source
Ghana | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
28.19332566 1960
26.12903226 1961
24.2147923 1962
21.18181818 1963
19.90291262 1964
17.12141883 1965
14.62450593 1966
17.42021277 1967
20.35294118 1968
19.74012994 1969
21.33687472 1970
15.76 1971
20.71047957 1972
21.451014 1973
18.32618026 1974
19.36399773 1975
15.70640515 1976
10.49896981 1977
8.35795292 1978
11.23237191 1979
8.4663493 1980
4.75587255 1981
3.33830725 1982
5.5559178 1983
8.04402704 1984
10.65448567 1985
16.57609705 1986
19.66260054 1987
18.1833835 1988
16.74263732 1989
16.87789041 1990
16.96354606 1991
17.22595549 1992
20.25391906 1993
25.25863593 1994
24.49644594 1995
32.11218217 1996
32.41029093 1997
33.87135176 1998
32.07833895 1999
48.80225762 2000
45.23301647 2001
42.61625189 2002
40.67904265 2003
39.30332512 2004
36.44921695 2005
24.65619049 2006
24.5250906 2007
25.0294573 2008
29.29186598 2009
29.47671798 2010
36.93660855 2011
40.35921817 2012
25.4407834 2013
28.23190177 2014
33.83170499 2015
31.19323949 2016
33.87687443 2017
33.45489588 2018
37.44959942 2019
31.52542049 2020
30.05511947 2021
34.89773954 2022
Ghana | 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
Republic of Ghana
Records
63
Source