IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source
IBRD only | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
34274571043.2 1960
32269599880.909 1961
30703777580.716 1962
34878044335.861 1963
38618332308.981 1964
40891456192.887 1965
43262732123.564 1966
44959116828.954 1967
47710418514.976 1968
51222431863.704 1969
58887410231.215 1970
64569264890.458 1971
72736892669.47 1972
102051917975.53 1973
164883397051.65 1974
200801542390.68 1975
210054517638.42 1976
249110245831.54 1977
272017854355.48 1978
331037879989.97 1979
449645440138.71 1980
509206923852.35 1981
472564034211.52 1982
439473102341.48 1983
439357227675.57 1984
446147577123.28 1985
430180067304.61 1986
460089262305.19 1987
557643391864.36 1988
602550887111.82 1989
651681282414.73 1990
635701796577.11 1991
891407195873.27 1992
880824288539.71 1993
927925928475.84 1994
1095444610298.7 1995
1175640955521.1 1996
1274786586018.5 1997
1205996470382.8 1998
1205102084112.3 1999
1423211700497.2 2000
1435222546991.5 2001
1526860194433.6 2002
1815273083649.6 2003
2335476179640.9 2004
2772571400831.5 2005
3290736251069.6 2006
4059736728835 2007
4987771560940.1 2008
4138805544423 2009
5260749739438.2 2010
6441830894260.9 2011
6810201899201.5 2012
7076843577640.7 2013
7168404614852.9 2014
6154555813472.7 2015
5977145850128.6 2016
6814128066791.2 2017
7609331333735.4 2018
7445468548656.7 2019
6656417539140.2 2020
8692875383608.5 2021
9691562093388.1 2022

IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source