Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
484399806.24008 1965
582399767.04009 1966
694399722.24011 1967
694399722.24011 1968
800799679.68013 1969
692999722.80011 1970
724238833.13021 1971
919595438.80662 1972
1199034298.5852 1973
1800437317.287 1974
3127241132.013 1975
4275155872.1831 1976
6141691617.2889 1977
6180627006.4315 1978
7131847260.5169 1979
9822528921.8896 1980
9641838692.8995 1981
11298630132.228 1982
10300332101.675 1983
9687160121.8664 1984
9166990520.4603 1985
8596155818.235 1986
8303936654.6689 1987
8884381551.7383 1988
10058581791.074 1989
10701388541.667 1990
13840763853.955 1991
10766871506.476 1992
10602648675.497 1993
10518518518.518 1994
11409022677.317 1995
12340978394.103 1996
12015862916.97 1997
13256506844.82 1998
11878521097.843 1999
11370749008.971 2000
12400466933.175 2001
13961186388.255 2002
16499335597.224 2003
19246691550.73 2004
22839041095.89 2005
24543725187.472 2006
32461455100.734 2007
38206585623.521 2008
31130878954.775 2009
35034036154.037 2010
39894339786.723 2011
45739026063.1 2012
46581496461.428 2013
51284934655.108 2014
51487109941.101 2015
53091809344.767 2016
56293171254.327 2017
63047946389.54 2018
61135845209.824 2019
2020
2021
2022
Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source