Kuwait | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
67.69025367 1965
65.69086651 1966
59.51834862 1967
61.72450053 1968
63.49848332 1969
59.81681769 1970
66.34824623 1971
68.59972678 1972
71.93441805 1973
84.95935182 1974
80.47031889 1975
77.93316926 1976
72.02626387 1977
70.53912717 1978
77.97012129 1979
78.34904719 1980
69.49812421 1981
54.50477293 1982
59.1293732 1983
60.11297503 1984
53.67491946 1985
46.18658275 1986
52.54013497 1987
47.56460797 1988
52.40168552 1989
44.93894897 1990
16.90203901 1991
40.47026619 1992
47.77118521 1993
50.85365925 1994
52.35460136 1995
52.28494766 1996
52.85281371 1997
43.86264466 1998
45.93389097 1999
56.47217445 2000
51.30841121 2001
44.61604832 2002
52.0915106 2003
56.91711338 2004
63.9760609 2005
65.54573372 2006
63.4150384 2007
66.75954952 2008
59.43363435 2009
66.67331737 2010
73.19837828 2011
74.7316937 2012
70.86153454 2013
68.50614347 2014
53.76624808 2015
47.63172463 2016
51.19631559 2017
57.49549492 2018
53.29343278 2019
2020
2021
2022
Kuwait | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source