South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960 5.90869584
1961 5.72082767
1962 5.6045877
1963 5.56564107
1964 4.96085489
1965 4.71625016
1966 5.62323683
1967 5.37906521
1968 5.34188764
1969 4.9843427
1970 5.34834478
1971 5.03271197
1972 5.11247856
1973 5.67522348
1974 6.02553359
1975 6.44266179
1976 7.61426866
1977 7.50554067
1978 7.05854573
1979 7.64239744
1980 7.25061179
1981 7.17792775
1982 6.89531156
1983 6.94527114
1984 7.23894508
1985 6.32703304
1986 6.38691578
1987 6.81516588
1988 7.26460428
1989 8.11066286
1990 8.2576244
1991 9.98910545
1992 10.50523932
1993 11.41454369
1994 11.36263807
1995 12.44809661
1996 11.92488113
1997 12.19188657
1998 12.56532049
1999 12.66616274
2000 13.21371789
2001 13.06172995
2002 14.25402948
2003 14.80294346
2004 16.90284862
2005 18.57168739
2006 20.02293426
2007 19.66799219
2008 22.08738524
2009 19.28579024
2010 20.97197744
2011 22.90988961
2012 22.62362615
2013 23.26107199
2014 21.21166376
2015 18.3602375
2016 17.44776672
2017 17.10320789
2018 17.97003782
2019 17.21729905
2020 16.737328
2021 19.01520109
2022 20.46492314
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source