Madagascar | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source
Madagascar | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
16.62452489 1960
19.50334052 1961
18.3835288 1962
19.92631435 1963
19.92784356 1964
19.99999888 1965
23.19806683 1966
21.50406202 1967
22.79017541 1968
23.11154775 1969
21.58562928 1970
21.02564868 1971
18.32323301 1972
18.87873192 1973
20.20715387 1974
20.89013523 1975
17.5247008 1976
20.04897104 1977
24.05740086 1978
30.38712953 1979
19.60101245 1980
14.64353793 1981
12.91519996 1982
11.14049315 1983
12.51489629 1984
12.54451598 1985
11.6977218 1986
15.98942305 1987
16.91217669 1988
16.40682823 1989
19.51072159 1990
19.78434979 1991
18.66146377 1992
19.05619639 1993
23.53911577 1994
24.38759396 1995
18.8575986 1996
20.73080524 1997
20.91981143 1998
22.57779195 1999
23.65745421 2000
20.96487667 2001
28.36611753 2002
20.3364401 2003
29.31807543 2004
34.81069883 2005
34.61592516 2006
38.90652821 2007
46.65015456 2008
42.03586776 2009
36.00051399 2010
33.76345392 2011
30.87102198 2012
33.09541571 2013
33.68752024 2014
32.82973271 2015
31.74212905 2016
34.44077063 2017
36.30548101 2018
34.1769218 2019
28.86863248 2020
31.68275171 2021
39.23090172 2022
Madagascar | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source