Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965 22.26776688
1966 22.87159276
1967 22.74024959
1968 21.61910021
1969 22.62959047
1970 22.51006064
1971 24.59328084
1972 24.3297971
1973 32.36429836
1974 48.61466309
1975 41.50422198
1976 40.24927768
1977 36.44965879
1978 31.74432469
1979 38.23774913
1980 35.37192514
1981 26.84558222
1982 25.99321838
1983 22.83449038
1984 20.81485604
1985 18.46366198
1986 11.26840319
1987 17.43517433
1988 17.97964961
1989 21.06738413
1990 18.24584774
1991 28.09021426
1992 26.82981857
1993 25.52744512
1994 27.75939033
1995 25.71587995
1996 24.97743436
1997 26.51969195
1998 23.37393473
1999 27.40117304
2000 32.07871442
2001 29.32453963
2002 32.38359937
2003 31.89207783
2004 35.49306732
2005 39.10958864
2006 39.47268939
2007 38.55979347
2008 39.29783819
2009 30.37629952
2010 31.95951695
2011 30.45963779
2012 29.96838744
2013 29.71179985
2014 26.46792677
2015 21.94715927
2016 20.66951378
2017 24.67248778
2018 30.09487313
2019 27.10991436
2020 21.1548977
2021 25.4181693
2022 31.29643385
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source