Guinea-Bissau | 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
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source
Guinea-Bissau | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
30.18866179 1970
34.31195437 1971
35.63015886 1972
40.72648244 1973
39.24842729 1974
25.94671356 1975
27.93533926 1976
32.60217722 1977
36.05310886 1978
41.52645047 1979
41.84189444 1980
35.71855927 1981
41.28519523 1982
32.25372335 1983
51.28141456 1984
57.709533 1985
31.83510513 1986
38.95615094 1987
51.16819428 1988
46.18951631 1989
37.03451335 1990
37.79112279 1991
50.11188577 1992
32.71686422 1993
34.30937124 1994
35.14326329 1995
31.83576744 1996
39.88313465 1997
35.8428445 1998
42.81647089 1999
33.1174935 2000
26.82298343 2001
23.35127899 2002
24.59180791 2003
26.38522046 2004
25.16865041 2005
27.60053188 2006
33.9507886 2007
32.7914364 2008
35.22253799 2009
35.22432161 2010
30.94700051 2011
25.6977795 2012
25.82319957 2013
31.38561405 2014
32.23849284 2015
31.30411011 2016
33.0730443 2017
30.74202053 2018
35.08463592 2019
29.24879649 2020
2021
2022
Guinea-Bissau | 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
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source