Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
17.41521516 1960
17.1100957 1961
17.64941741 1962
18.37508341 1963
18.77520984 1964
18.06114306 1965
17.94586899 1966
20.2114601 1967
20.68150437 1968
20.06060467 1969
19.38195393 1970
18.81290737 1971
19.18400955 1972
20.0463758 1973
23.95558687 1974
22.97494341 1975
22.70505012 1976
25.3776947 1977
24.11327267 1978
29.29683378 1979
30.36761782 1980
30.12128482 1981
24.63042218 1982
27.27328968 1983
26.16788234 1984
25.94159905 1985
23.56905798 1986
28.3339735 1987
34.40150204 1988
37.48540547 1989
41.65043612 1990
42.50682546 1991
40.98217002 1992
40.92882756 1993
43.00683908 1994
48.22382987 1995
45.2557278 1996
46.81473194 1997
42.30317089 1998
44.26774584 1999
56.45770461 2000
57.01727652 2001
54.32399042 2002
55.17026807 2003
61.44001638 2004
69.45114993 2005
65.41160416 2006
61.00095182 2007
69.02059343 2008
54.83080636 2009
60.76434948 2010
68.82049784 2011
68.72370288 2012
65.2911331 2013
62.51136028 2014
57.20297188 2015
53.50434332 2016
54.21859497 2017
56.00376783 2018
50.17062409 2019
46.30479149 2020
58.60543811 2021
68.09655896 2022
Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source