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

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