Uganda | 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
Republic of Uganda
Records
63
Source
Uganda | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
21.81637963 1960
21.64386749 1961
21.4477143 1962
23.88054549 1963
23.09612784 1964
24.35897436 1965
25.32526475 1966
24.3884788 1967
22.61808367 1968
20.34263807 1969
20.11781705 1970
23.9553492 1971
16.77934272 1972
13.15399803 1973
15.04551012 1974
10.91542663 1975
9.60650513 1976
7.79847756 1977
18.86250135 1978
17.5313519 1979
26.03225107 1980
22.05937336 1981
17.52009185 1982
13.64380301 1983
14.32515682 1984
15.00833153 1985
15.23828003 1986
18.04329189 1987
17.77736699 1988
18.09322782 1989
19.3688229 1990
21.93777155 1991
24.29105525 1992
21.17731156 1993
19.09882803 1994
20.83115353 1995
23.42437361 1996
20.79905329 1997
20.40487434 1998
23.77313626 1999
22.09762405 2000
23.81189414 2001
25.06451499 2002
25.19900163 2003
22.7632055 2004
24.8145855 2005
28.35787241 2006
30.05234812 2007
31.97812586 2008
28.45031177 2009
24.44476616 2010
26.89950162 2011
28.01040837 2012
26.5961192 2013
21.06619017 2014
24.81197302 2015
18.78219761 2016
20.17592351 2017
21.55135254 2018
22.25199595 2019
21.58589385 2020
25.93262257 2021
22.48330649 2022
Uganda | 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
Republic of Uganda
Records
63
Source