Sub-Saharan 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
24.35269803 1965
24.26656639 1966
24.97569708 1967
26.24208801 1968
24.40364043 1969
21.72527068 1970
22.8459725 1971
23.97120298 1972
24.5855782 1973
26.36112004 1974
24.75647731 1975
23.59484418 1976
25.88040072 1977
27.0820025 1978
28.16085532 1979
29.38597509 1980
17.84762538 1981
17.62478067 1982
20.02690537 1983
22.51141904 1984
23.87755899 1985
25.14658534 1986
26.05140021 1987
25.38905336 1988
25.2665135 1989
23.69047859 1990
21.51416928 1991
24.27770226 1992
24.55405084 1993
25.01874754 1994
23.05069354 1995
21.94206511 1996
21.03300972 1997
19.7270795 1998
27.6902514 1999
28.59415178 2000
28.67311279 2001
27.96044985 2002
26.85821701 2003
26.96428394 2004
28.02862984 2005
28.26111568 2006
29.79633953 2007
31.8809658 2008
26.03802419 2009
27.80119828 2010
29.44544441 2011
27.56580086 2012
25.65372663 2013
24.38391031 2014
21.19099283 2015
21.03247481 2016
22.65452307 2017
24.43828026 2018
22.93983581 2019
21.08409373 2020
24.84203552 2021
26.637171 2022
Sub-Saharan 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source