Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source
Greece | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
14.56990184 1960
14.12113036 1961
14.75848566 1962
15.2725669 1963
16.71815632 1964
17.01907716 1965
15.62064636 1966
15.2281928 1967
15.64925971 1968
15.59885635 1969
15.22699834 1970
15.16236603 1971
16.18776183 1972
20.09286169 1973
21.26118655 1974
21.18132017 1975
20.83001955 1976
20.68136482 1977
19.48386616 1978
20.3584322 1979
25.26174183 1980
25.75086864 1981
24.64242831 1982
24.69940507 1983
24.09752733 1984
24.25417754 1985
24.95752186 1986
24.19427941 1987
23.29865561 1988
24.83810412 1989
25.34971832 1990
24.39314726 1991
23.94375441 1992
22.97813173 1993
21.71751277 1994
22.68259746 1995
23.20927614 1996
23.05196349 1997
25.97169702 1998
28.12151933 1999
34.69729639 2000
33.35122477 2001
30.23614156 2002
29.64547092 2003
29.19032675 2004
29.58863376 2005
31.67622983 2006
35.00410429 2007
35.9681465 2008
28.76165978 2009
29.39918357 2010
31.34418993 2011
33.31870533 2012
32.66929458 2013
34.04072941 2014
33.15053123 2015
32.73174172 2016
36.54485631 2017
41.15712046 2018
41.77515933 2019
39.77622414 2020
48.71412578 2021
58.85997439 2022
Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source