Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
Source
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
5359624822.7001 1967
5712263733.3298 1968
5996141747.6666 1969
6674446799.6367 1970
7330828396.2645 1971
7824700867.4384 1972
9783707247.3668 1973
13415342489.686 1974
16295892339.843 1975
17005125947.523 1976
19793336211.046 1977
24449076191.855 1978
29788673916.868 1979
34580143275.837 1980
34325674943.511 1981
31410441010.914 1982
28064711042.064 1983
28538998774.103 1984
28466313648.869 1985
30597621045.691 1986
33957509671.073 1987
32830582542.113 1988
32413703324.88 1989
35678674186.388 1990
39543903510.601 1991
35308525242.647 1992
34656644461.116 1993
34703173381.058 1994
41214879267.783 1995
45116403559.041 1996
46100275131.142 1997
50012394040.053 1998
49691036092.952 1999
51366676671.208 2000
51005295074.692 2001
55947875248.227 2002
65292762469.275 2003
78116523729.232 2004
94830631254.917 2005
110797534619.4 2006
140330892875.95 2007
171631300530.49 2008
155109168093.85 2009
181598638870.65 2010
213950348498.48 2011
225683501246.29 2012
242686483295.09 2013
249207257908.89 2014
236046708938.89 2015
228435845646.01 2016
245202954190.29 2017
252772495186.15 2018
254297034334.49 2019
231011698448.02 2020
278716555665.44 2021
329366331523.01 2022
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
Source