Latin America & Caribbean | Exports of goods and services (current US$)

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. 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
Latin America & Caribbean
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Exports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
25260063995.176 1971
28505197871.561 1972
38278845113.935 1973
58632158278.372 1974
55030476164.236 1975
61339608143.733 1976
70213333443.591 1977
77994146488.233 1978
102756431258.15 1979
129383828942.85 1980
137525909272.33 1981
130607689334.65 1982
131534901274.21 1983
138203447427.25 1984
137010696854.42 1985
128169155451.8 1986
135953699973.34 1987
161786322889.6 1988
178882386105.24 1989
205385377534.76 1990
207627996792.13 1991
221671933238.44 1992
233581904775.48 1993
268866288728.76 1994
316404500187.66 1995
347346679118.88 1996
380254003747.09 1997
384896889181.07 1998
405558655414.62 1999
476501047273.06 2000
469747638584.9 2001
476273088323.22 2002
520786783999.34 2003
624958577503.76 2004
742152063116.97 2005
867547782681.5 2006
974714990704.46 2007
1118633238483.5 2008
900116374723.42 2009
1165392422725.9 2010
1363639062760.4 2011
1367671834735.6 2012
1364085920478.4 2013
1338215560973.8 2014
1184201242436.1 2015
1175352547954.8 2016
1292835644082.2 2017
1382558752339.5 2018
1376241143703.7 2019
1203780773589.5 2020
1716824473654.9 2021
2039458797846.4 2022

Latin America & Caribbean | Exports of goods and services (current US$)

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. 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
Latin America & Caribbean
Records
63
Source