Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
17.38846321 1960
15.86309608 1961
13.67864427 1962
12.45990773 1963
16.33036736 1964
16.47576065 1965
17.61258652 1966
19.65890018 1967
20.5127542 1968
21.05005853 1969
21.20146958 1970
21.32280651 1971
21.50599211 1972
20.6578109 1973
24.0337572 1974
35.3798875 1975
28.23007619 1976
29.09277485 1977
22.22002837 1978
16.05949086 1979
28.7466481 1980
27.94338273 1981
20.97324678 1982
24.19628935 1983
16.6206987 1984
14.28879576 1985
10.41323818 1986
8.72744993 1987
14.29881843 1988
18.10775607 1989
23.8018259 1990
30.36985136 1991
27.23333658 1992
20.63075268 1993
13.32294398 1994
13.46800421 1995
15.02616892 1996
15.37162725 1997
16.54483873 1998
15.59339094 1999
19.7901899 2000
21.23224612 2001
23.7587844 2002
26.05163294 2003
26.04692907 2004
24.10967608 2005
23.29832346 2006
21.04369452 2007
21.65227532 2008
20.98809109 2009
19.37099045 2010
16.28610167 2011
21.61404648 2012
21.90381118 2013
22.52074775 2014
20.70175415 2015
19.22613892 2016
22.0091825 2017
27.44870962 2018
27.27046708 2019
24.38555566 2020
21.53460206 2021
24.78162026 2022
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source