Lower middle income | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 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 constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source
Lower middle income | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
141722999199.24 1960
140508364750.8 1961
121042223521.65 1962
138021489020.3 1963
153372937771.85 1964
159088109162.52 1965
169828300925.68 1966
190917829489.16 1967
202122163638 1968
207035857627.21 1969
238832121969.39 1970
245959667951.58 1971
251299577911.34 1972
277155942314.54 1973
397119412862.09 1974
531185989519.34 1975
528691220270.59 1976
599234515049.44 1977
484681659780.11 1978
432677182404.88 1979
453543438768.39 1980
446366231131.12 1981
417785520669.09 1982
501800023341.51 1983
425221422190.53 1984
422489067696.88 1985
395813698754.27 1986
401530107925.41 1987
392214586104.93 1988
436200824969.31 1989
491651845658.54 1990
500745742855.29 1991
462453466657.2 1992
437325132633.28 1993
414865134177.13 1994
449129567529.93 1995
483884541926.97 1996
500786280726.53 1997
526727967449.31 1998
525537542883.55 1999
570560895591.81 2000
614654047925.42 2001
666578535610.19 2002
743767793898.2 2003
850744151594.7 2004
970507482620.96 2005
1077245176990.3 2006
1203317487681.1 2007
1373942645777.6 2008
1288136829439.9 2009
1406316774105.1 2010
1536216519221.8 2011
1586249350835.7 2012
1554649934441.7 2013
1581132331181.7 2014
1559519135782.1 2015
1640341731721 2016
1870326525463.6 2017
1994814085616.1 2018
1986539882146 2019
1740599175931.8 2020
2013704215047.3 2021
2247844785119.2 2022
Lower middle income | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 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 constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source