Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | 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
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965 17.5141416
1966 18.31748128
1967 18.209005
1968 18.49940083
1969 19.15347605
1970 20.42919795
1971 20.54067166
1972 20.33401354
1973 21.69747837
1974 27.10421273
1975 35.45159696
1976 30.08881618
1977 32.37813049
1978 27.94503211
1979 25.77657907
1980 30.52732926
1981 35.49646985
1982 31.45802843
1983 26.56433099
1984 22.91546524
1985 21.06197103
1986 16.98743626
1987 18.03097327
1988 21.2796957
1989 23.8827722
1990 19.29778765
1991 30.50260442
1992 30.19893163
1993 31.95641669
1994 29.62481337
1995 28.38322189
1996 27.08069681
1997 27.38700705
1998 27.68807514
1999 27.81225643
2000 27.93319617
2001 29.14261795
2002 30.42637209
2003 31.18210459
2004 34.47533653
2005 34.38512238
2006 31.70671603
2007 32.07224698
2008 33.79322869
2009 32.62683308
2010 30.22916312
2011 27.20526234
2012 29.42480275
2013 30.71760789
2014 31.01401149
2015 29.78948538
2016 27.42362193
2017 29.98007695
2018 32.56285466
2019 32.38114274
2020 28.88751098
2021 28.557935
2022 31.39357257

Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | 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
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source