Low & middle income | 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
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source
Low & middle income | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
37853321740.014 1960
36337887133.039 1961
34605398884.926 1962
39545757849.346 1963
44221053148.686 1964
47516881952.011 1965
49871852844.68 1966
51935226451.608 1967
54460767581.124 1968
58084245684.177 1969
66902190787.285 1970
73588331924.722 1971
81149351372.398 1972
111002686025.98 1973
175878693664.32 1974
215409454400.05 1975
222009001161.21 1976
256107653321.17 1977
283664848784.81 1978
349452604172.35 1979
470781307469.03 1980
523902423073.35 1981
488964713402.13 1982
471505888033.01 1983
469426029497.92 1984
478394414269.07 1985
462153261035.05 1986
501332267955.84 1987
583684313302.03 1988
637576954088.7 1989
687791051942.46 1990
672798484522.92 1991
916464466618.77 1992
914070000427.26 1993
968506099545.59 1994
1131061407413.2 1995
1209776204691.3 1996
1296008695814 1997
1211818791259.4 1998
1225329995760 1999
1441749498328.5 2000
1452978330064.4 2001
1550315157367.7 2002
1836439997924.8 2003
2360957293796.3 2004
2805432329291.9 2005
3306375508832.7 2006
4045189736681.3 2007
4961530795068.6 2008
4177107118007.1 2009
5301795085037.7 2010
6437477900475.3 2011
6807850135114.8 2012
7067549842464.8 2013
7109647712175.6 2014
6232742538989 2015
6032389597740.8 2016
6857797555473.2 2017
7639663221112.9 2018
7478087452835.1 2019
6662831380995.3 2020
8884441940293.1 2021
9969702259078.3 2022
Low & middle income | 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
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source