Togo | 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
Togolese Republic
Records
63
Source
Togo | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
31.54895705 1960
30.22593592 1961
30.42222025 1962
29.8155255 1963
35.5796924 1964
31.11177107 1965
31.22353316 1966
27.60105155 1967
29.09316112 1968
32.34157402 1969
38.78835811 1970
39.87973544 1971
38.48025811 1972
32.99328459 1973
28.88681407 1974
53.69498836 1975
46.52715097 1976
52.46282824 1977
76.88171783 1978
76.23510704 1979
56.35151931 1980
52.96367144 1981
58.66666886 1982
46.74434806 1983
53.34607956 1984
57.10948847 1985
55.68862391 1986
50.74586914 1987
52.59476845 1988
48.84127438 1989
45.33526035 1990
41.53357366 1991
36.15164343 1992
32.09457851 1993
34.25449235 1994
37.40955385 1995
44.14038931 1996
44.80554337 1997
43.30148016 1998
39.01483873 1999
40.44856652 2000
43.6463259 2001
42.60417802 2002
45.41503935 2003
48.42856903 2004
51.21723524 2005
51.63529036 2006
37.15199387 2007
36.9811269 2008
36.34902572 2009
39.07204006 2010
46.23766836 2011
42.72402437 2012
48.03666955 2013
41.77675366 2014
42.41750801 2015
39.71354225 2016
32.9067829 2017
33.2436898 2018
32.43447212 2019
31.99569259 2020
31.46936335 2021
33.86573424 2022
Togo | 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
Togolese Republic
Records
63
Source